Palmer Job Corps, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Palmer Job Corps's primary NOAA station, PALMER JOB CORPS.
The climate verdict for Palmer Job Corps
Dryness leads the climate profile for Palmer Job Corps, Alaska, with 15.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 40°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 40°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.7"
- precipitation, annual total
- 163 days
- frost-free growing season
Palmer Job Corps: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00506870 · Palmer Job Corps, AK 40°F mean · 15.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 40°F
- RANK-COOL #412
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Yampa
- PRCP-DRY 15.7"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,043 HDD
- STN-1 USC00506870
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Yampa, CO (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AK station list.
- Palmer Job Corps (this station) 40°F
- Hot Deer Lodge, MT 40°F
- Near Yampa, CO 40°F
- Near Libby, MT 40°F
- Near Moon Lake, UT 40°F
Palmer Job Corps sits in Alaska, the #1 coldest U.S. state at 33.5°F statewide annual average - see all 50 coldest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Palmer Job Corps
Palmer Job Corps: 21/100 · grade F
Palmer Job Corps publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Palmer Job Corps, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 163 days/year | 36/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 15.7 in · 19.3 from 35 in | 31/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 178 calendar days | 26/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 40.2°F · 27.3° from 67.5°F | 5/100 · F |
Palmer Job Corps · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Palmer Job Corps is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 18.1°F and warmest-month mean 61.8°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 61.8°F
- Coldest month
- 18.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Palmer Job Corps sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Palmer Job Corps's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 94%
- Among 6,861 stations, Palmer Job Corps sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 81%
- Palmer Job Corps's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 52nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Palmer Job Corps compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Palmer Job Corps's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Palmer Job Corps's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 40 complete annual observations from 1959 to 2022, PALMER JOB CORPS warmed at a fitted rate of 0.36°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Palmer Job Corps primary station fitted change +0.36 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24°F (-4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 0.8" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 31°F (-1°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.2" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 28.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.4" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.7" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 69°F (21°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 67°F (19°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 58°F (15°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.2" | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 45°F (7°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.6" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 30°F (-1°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 27°F (-3°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 1.4" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 71°F around June 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 178 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 10.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 11, then returns to freezing around October 17, covering 178 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 26, when 43% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 24 at 10%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 93 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Palmer Job Corps.
Where Palmer Job Corps Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Palmer Job Corps earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.4 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
8.6 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
Palmer Job Corps spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 33% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Palmer Job Corps has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 2.2" and April 0.4". The three wettest months together take 39% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Palmer Job Corps is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 93 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 25% of the calendar, and they carry 15.7" between them. At roughly 0.17 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is August at about 13 wet days; the driest is April at about 3.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
163 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,043
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
35
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Palmer Job Corps on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (40°F here).
- Crosby, ND 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Ironwood, MI 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Libby, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Scobey, MT 40°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Busby, MT 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Soda Springs, ID 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Eads, CO 15.7" · 0.0" off
- Show Low, AZ 15.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Palmer Job Corps's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Palmer Job Corps's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,043 annual heating degree days against 35 for cooling. Its 43.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Palmer Job Corps's frost-free season lasts about 163 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Palmer Job Corps's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.7°F. The annual average is 40°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Palmer Job Corps's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 15.7 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Palmer Job Corps's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Palmer Job Corps, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Palmer Job Corps's primary station: PALMER JOB CORPS (USC00506870). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Palmer Job Corps; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Palmer Job Corps comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.