Sand Point, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sand Point's primary NOAA station, SAND POINT 1 ENE.
The climate verdict for Sand Point
Water is the standout signal in Sand Point, Alaska: 48.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 40°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 40°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 160 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Sand Point: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00025630 · Sand Point, AK 40°F mean · 48.9" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 40°F
- RANK-COOL #343
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wally Noerenber…
- PRCP-MID 48.9"
- SWING-NARROW 22°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,127 HDD
- STN-1 USW00025630
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wally Noerenberg Hatchery, AK (+ 0.1 °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.
- Sand Point (this station) 40°F
- Hot Gustavus, AK 40°F
- Near Wally Noerenber…, AK 40°F
- Near Yakutat, AK 40°F
- Near Homer, AK 40°F
Sand Point 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 · Sand Point
Sand Point: 31/100 · grade F
Sand Point publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sand Point, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 48.9 in · 13.9 from 35 in | 51/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 150 calendar days | 46/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 160 days/year | 33/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 39.9°F · 27.6° from 67.5°F | 4/100 · F |
Sand Point · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sand Point is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 30.8°F and warmest-month mean 52.5°F place this station in continental, no dry season, cool summer climates (Dfc). Class Dfc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 52.5°F
- Coldest month
- 30.8°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 Sand Point sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sand Point's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 95%
- Among 6,861 stations, Sand Point sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 22% wettest
- Sand Point's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 96%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sand Point is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sand Point compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sand Point's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 4.0" | 19.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 35°F (2°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 4.4" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 35°F (2°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 2.4" | 23.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 40°F (4°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 2.6" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 46°F (8°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.0" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 52°F (11°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.1" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| July | 56°F (13°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 57°F (14°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 53°F (12°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 46°F (8°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 5.0" | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 40°F (5°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 5.1" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 6.5" | 17.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 57°F around August 13, short of 90°F on every date, while 150 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 26°F near January 8.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 20, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 150 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 December 14, when 71% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 23 at 44%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 210 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 10°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sand Point.
Where Sand Point Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 10°F.
Sand Point earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
20.1 days with precipitation
17.3 days with precipitation
14.1 days with precipitation
17.4 days with precipitation
18.2 days with precipitation
13.1 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
15.0 days with precipitation
17.2 days with precipitation
19.5 days with precipitation
20.1 days with precipitation
22.5 days with precipitation
Sand Point spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 20% of the annual total and December through February 31%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Sand Point has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 21.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 6.5" and March 2.4". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
How Sand Point's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 209 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 48.9" between them, or roughly 0.23 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
160 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,127
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
0
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
March
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Sand Point 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).
- Towner, ND 40°F · 0.0°F off
- Ada, MN 40°F · 0.1°F off
- Carrington, ND 40°F · 0.1°F off
- Cass Lake, MN 40°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Groton, CT 48.9" · 0.0" off
- Batesville, AR 48.9" · 0.0" off
- Calico Rock, AR 48.9" · 0.0" off
- Paris, TX 48.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sand Point's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Sand Point, at 9,127 degree days versus 0 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 21.7°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Sand Point's frost-free season lasts about 160 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Sand Point's 21.7°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and March mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 40°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
Alongside its heating load, Sand Point carries 48.9 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sand Point'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 Sand Point, 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 Sand Point's primary station: SAND POINT 1 ENE (USW00025630). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0267020). Match rule for Sand Point: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Sand Point 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.