Wrangell, AK Climate: Temperature by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wrangell's primary NOAA station, WRANGELL AP.
The climate verdict for Wrangell
A compact 25.5°F seasonal swing gives Wrangell, Alaska a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 45°F. July is the warmest month at 58°F and January the coldest at 33°F.
- 45°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 204 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Wrangell: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00509919 · Wrangell, AK 45°F mean
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,235
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Vallecito Reser…
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-NARROW 26°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 7,317 HDD
- STN-1 USC00509919
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Vallecito Reservoir, CO (+ 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.
- Wrangell (this station) 45°F
- Hot Easton, WA 45°F
- Near Vallecito Reser…, CO 45°F
- Near Chiloquin, OR 45°F
- Near Klawock, AK 45°F
Wrangell 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 · Wrangell
Wrangell: 50/100 · grade D
Wrangell publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wrangell, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 103 calendar days | 74/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 204 days/year | 67/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 44.9°F · 22.6° from 67.5°F | 19/100 · F |
Wrangell · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Wrangell sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Wrangell are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 82%
- Among 6,861 stations, Wrangell sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 94%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wrangell is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 33°F (0°C) | N/A | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 14.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 50°F (10°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (14°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 51°F (10°C) | N/A | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 61°F (16°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 55°F (13°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 64°F (18°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 63°F (17°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 58°F (14°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 53°F (12°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 49°F (10°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 45°F (7°C) | N/A | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 41°F (5°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | N/A | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 34°F (1°C) | N/A | 17.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 65°F around July 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 103 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near January 6.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 15, then returns to freezing around December 4, covering 103 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
May 17 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 15°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wrangell.
Where Wrangell Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 15°F.
Wrangell 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
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
204 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,317
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Wrangell 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 (45°F here).
- Custer, SD 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, IA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest Lake, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Gaylord, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Wrangell's climate pattern fits together
heating led · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Wrangell, at 7,317 degree days versus 4 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 25.5°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Wrangell's frost-free season lasts about 204 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Temperature varies within a narrow 25.5°F band across the normal year. July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 45°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Wrangell's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Wrangell'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 Wrangell, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Wrangell's climate
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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 Wrangell's primary station: WRANGELL AP (USC00509919). 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 Wrangell; 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 Wrangell 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.