Discover the best time of year, based on historical climate, temperature, and precipitation.
The best weather in Anchorage is from June, July, August. — consistent weather climate
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| Score | 11 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 50 | 80 | 78 | 70 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate | Polar | Polar | Polar | Cold | Cold | Mild | Mild | Cool & rainy | Cold | Cold | Polar | Polar |
| Temperature | -11–-6°C | -9–-4°C | -7–0°C | -2–7°C | 5–14°C | 10–18°C | 12–20°C | 11–18°C | 7–13°C | 0–6°C | -7–-2°C | -10–-5°C |
| Feels like | -16–-10°C | -14–-8°C | -12–-3°C | -6–4°C | 2–11°C | 9–17°C | 12–19°C | 10–17°C | 4–11°C | -3–3°C | -12–-6°C | -14–-9°C |
| Precipitation | 54mm 13 days | 61mm 14 days | 40mm 11 days | 33mm 10 days | 46mm 12 days | 44mm 10 days | 96mm 15 days | 121mm 18 days | 128mm 19 days | 93mm 16 days | 75mm 14 days | 74mm 16 days |
| Sunshine | 2.2h ☀︎ 34% | 3.7h ☀︎ 41% | 7.0h ☀︎ 59% | 9.3h ☀︎ 63% | 9.6h ☀︎ 55% | 11.4h ☀︎ 59% | 9.2h ☀︎ 50% | 7.5h ☀︎ 48% | 5.5h ☀︎ 43% | 4.2h ☀︎ 42% | 2.7h ☀︎ 38% | 1.0h ☀︎ 18% |
| Wind | N · 13 km/h | NE · 14 km/h | N · 13 km/h | NE · 12 km/h | SW · 12 km/h | SW · 12 km/h | SW · 12 km/h | SW · 13 km/h | NE · 12 km/h | NE · 12 km/h | NE · 13 km/h | N · 14 km/h |
| Humidity (%) | 83% | 81% | 75% | 72% | 69% | 67% | 74% | 78% | 82% | 81% | 81% | 84% |
| Day length | 6.5h | 9.0h | 11.9h | 14.8h | 17.6h | 19.2h | 18.3h | 15.7h | 12.9h | 10.0h | 7.2h | 5.6h |
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