Alaska weather today
We follow 22 towns and cities in Alaska, each with NWS, American, European side by side and the days they disagree flagged.
Numbers from the forecast run of Saturday, October 3. Open any town for the live, hour-by-hour comparison.
Alaska weather alerts and warnings
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The past week across Alaska
analysed, the seven days September 22 to September 28Estimates from NASA POWER (GEOS-IT weather analysis, FLASHFlux satellite sunlight), not forecasts or station readings. Warmest and coolest are the average daily high. "Sunniest" is the sunlight that reached the ground as a share of what a clear sky would give at that latitude and date (FAO-56 clear-sky formula, approximate). Each value covers an area of about 50 km around the town, so one town per area. Rain is left out because weekly rain estimates differ too much between data sources to rank them honestly. The week ends a few days back because the sunlight data arrives with a delay.
Alaska climate, city by city
Across the 12 Alaska places we hold long-run averages for, typical July highs run from 59°F in Kenai to 71°F in College, and January highs from 3°F in College to 38°F in Ketchikan. Ketchikan is the wettest at about 146 in of precipitation a year, College the driest at about 20 in.
Averages from ERA5 reanalysis, the same source as the climate tables on each city page.