Yakutat State, AK Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Yakutat State's primary NOAA station, YAKUTAT STATE AP.
The climate verdict for Yakutat State
Water is the standout signal in Yakutat State, Alaska: 140.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 41°F. At 24/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 0% of scores.
- 41°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 24/100
- comfort score, above 0% of station-mapped location scores
- 140.4"
- annual precipitation · 147" snow
- 126 days
- frost-free growing season
Yakutat State: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00025339 · Yakutat State, AK 41°F mean · 140.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 41°F
- RANK-COOL #480
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Whittier
- PRCP-WET 140.4"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-LOW 24/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,706 HDD
- STN-1 USW00025339
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Whittier, AK (+ 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.
- Yakutat State (this station) 41°F
- Cold Snettisham Pwr…, AK 41°F
- Hot Odell Lake-east, OR 41°F
- Near Whittier, AK 41°F
- Near Cedar Breaks Na…, UT 41°F
Yakutat State 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 · Yakutat State
Yakutat State: 23/100 · grade F
Yakutat State publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Yakutat State, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 24/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Summer moisture balance | 49.8°F mean dew point | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 180 calendar days | 25/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 126 days/year | 10/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.1°F · 26.4° from 67.5°F | 7/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 140.4 in · 105.4 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 147.3 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Yakutat State · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Yakutat State is a continental Köppen climate: Dfc
Coldest-month mean 28.6°F and warmest-month mean 55.4°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
- 55.4°F
- Coldest month
- 28.6°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 Yakutat State sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Yakutat State's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 93%
- Among 6,861 stations, Yakutat State sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 1% wettest
- Yakutat State's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Yakutat State is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Yakutat State compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Yakutat State's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
24 0th percentile score exceeds 0% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Above this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 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
Yakutat State's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 91 complete annual observations from 1919 to 2025, YAKUTAT STATE AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.15°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Yakutat State primary station fitted change +0.15 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 12.4" | 28.9" | 24.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 10.3" | 27.5" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 40°F (4°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 9.5" | 30.4" | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 47°F (8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 7.9" | 7.2" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 54°F (12°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 7.8" | 0.3" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 59°F (15°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 5.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| July | 62°F (16°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 7.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 62°F (17°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 13.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 57°F (14°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 19.0" | 0.0" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| October | 49°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 18.9" | 3.4" | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 40°F (5°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 13.6" | 20.0" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 13.9" | 29.6" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 63°F around August 2, short of 90°F on every date, while 180 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 13.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 21, then returns to freezing around October 25, covering 180 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 October 3, when 75% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 9 at 54%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 237 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 23 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Yakutat State.
Where Yakutat State Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 140 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
Yakutat State 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
Snow: 28.9"
20.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 27.5"
18.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 30.4"
18.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
18.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
16.6 days with precipitation
16.5 days with precipitation
18.8 days with precipitation
19.3 days with precipitation
21.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.4"
23.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 20.0"
21.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 29.6"
23.0 days with precipitation
Yakutat State spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 19% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Yakutat State has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry an unusually narrow 26.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 19.0" and June 5.4". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
When it rains in Yakutat State, it arrives in quantity
140.4" of precipitation falls across only about 237 wet days here, averaging 0.59 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 237 a year, 65% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.59 inches
- Most wet days
- October, about 23
- Fewest wet days
- June, about 17
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Yakutat State
Yakutat State averages 147.3 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 62 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 147.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 62 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 10% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
126 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,706
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
0
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 85% | 5.6 | 20% | 59% |
| February | 78% | 5.3 | 29% | 46% |
| March | 78% | 5.3 | 20% | 50% |
| April | 78% | 5.6 | 16% | 51% |
| May | 81% | 5.4 | 12% | 55% |
| June | 83% | 4.7 | 9% | 67% |
| July | 87% | 4.5 | 7% | 70% |
| August | 86% | 4.9 | 13% | 58% |
| September | 87% | 5.5 | 15% | 60% |
| October | 85% | 5.1 | 18% | 56% |
| November | 85% | 6.1 | 13% | 64% |
| December | 84% | 5.4 | 20% | 58% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AK closest to Yakutat State 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 (41°F here).
- Brainerd, MN 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Island Pond, VT 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Port Wing, WI 41°F · 0.0°F off
- Sundance, WY 41°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (140.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hilo, HI 120.4" · 20.0" off
- Forks, WA 119.9" · 20.4" off
- Cougar, WA 115.3" · 25.1" off
- Naselle, WA 112.2" · 28.2" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Yakutat State
heating led · wet · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Yakutat State, at 8,706 degree days versus 0 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 26.8°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Only about 126 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Yakutat State coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 29°F (-2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Yakutat State typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Yakutat State snow peak
March
Yakutat State averages 147.3 inches of snow a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Yakutat State's primary station: YAKUTAT STATE AP (USW00025339). 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 Yakutat State; 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 Yakutat State 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.