Tok, 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 Tok's primary NOAA station, TOK 70 SE - 3 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Tok
Winter sets the terms in Tok, Alaska. A pronounced 67.4°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 24°F. July is the warmest month at 56°F and January the coldest at -11°F.
- 24°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 12.7"
- annual precipitation
Tok: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00096404 · Tok, AK 24°F mean · 12.7" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 24°F
- RANK-COOL #1
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Manley Hot Spri…
- PRCP-DRY 12.7"
- SWING-WIDE 67°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 14,827 HDD
- STN-MULTI USW00096404
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Manley Hot Springs, AK (+ 0.5 °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.
- Hot Glennallen, AK 26°F
- Near Manley Hot Spri…, AK 25°F
- Near Northway, AK 25°F
- Tok (this station) 24°F
- Cold Deering, AK 23°F
Tok 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 · Tok
Tok: 5/100 · grade F
Tok publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tok, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 12.7 in · 22.3 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 24.2°F · 43.3° from 67.5°F | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 264 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Tok · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Tok is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean -11.0°F and warmest-month mean 56.4°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
- 56.4°F
- Coldest month
- -11.0°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 Tok sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tok's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 100%
- Among 6,861 stations, Tok sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Tok's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tok is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3°F (-20°C) | -19°F (-28°C) | -11°F (-24°C) | 0.5" | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 9°F (-13°C) | -15°F (-26°C) | -3°F (-19°C) | 0.5" | N/A | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 26°F (-4°C) | -5°F (-21°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 0.4" | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.3" | N/A | 29.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 60°F (16°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.9" | N/A | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 69°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 2.5" | N/A | 6.4 | 0.4 |
| July | 71°F (22°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 2.5" | N/A | 2.1 | 0.0 |
| August | 66°F (19°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.9" | N/A | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| September | 55°F (13°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.1" | N/A | 22.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 33°F (0°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 0.9" | N/A | 30.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 9°F (-13°C) | -8°F (-22°C) | 1°F (-17°C) | 0.7" | N/A | 30.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 2°F (-17°C) | -17°F (-27°C) | -8°F (-22°C) | 0.6" | N/A | 31.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 71°F around July 5, short of 90°F on every date, while 264 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest -19°F near January 5.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 23, then returns to freezing around September 3, covering 264 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.
The widest day
March 18 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tok.
Where Tok Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 264 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Tok earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Tok runs a summer-peaked wet season
54% of Tok's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 2.5", on a wide 67.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, June, August, taking 54% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.3".
- Winter share: 12% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
14,827
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Tok 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 (24°F here).
- Cooke City, MT 34°F · 10.0°F off
- Crested Butte, CO 34°F · 10.0°F off
- Silver Gate, MT 34°F · 10.1°F off
- Stanley, ID 34°F · 10.2°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Moriarty, NM 12.7" · 0.0" off
- Taos, NM 12.7" · 0.0" off
- Tehachapi, CA 12.7" · 0.0" off
- La Sal, UT 12.7" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Tok's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Tok logs 14,827 heating degree days, more than twice its 3 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 67.4°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Tok. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in this dry, high-range record. The gap is 67.4°F, so a single annual figure is especially lossy; the annual average is 24°f. Compare monthly temperature and precipitation together before drawing a seasonal conclusion about Tok.
Tok's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.7 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.
Tok wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (12.7 inches).
Tok driest normal
April
April is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Tok's primary station: TOK 70 SE (USW00096404). 3 NOAA stations are mapped to the Tok area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 0277800), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Tok: 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 Tok 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.