Central weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Central, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Circle Hot Springs, 2 km from Central; records cover 1935–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.1 in306 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 13
- First fall freeze
- Aug 8
- Heating degree days
- 15,901
- Cooling degree days
- 19
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −49°−45° (heating, 99%) and 83°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Central in January
Highs average −9°−23° and lows −23°−30°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 49°9° (2001)
- Record low
- −60°−51° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 2498
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in February
Highs average 1°−17° and lows −19°−28°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 51°11° (1943)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 2078
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in March
Highs average 15°−10° and lows −13°−25°, with 0.17 in4.3 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 53°12° (1947)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 1988
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in April
Highs average 40°4° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2010)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1192
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in May
Highs average 59°15° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1960)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 623
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 42°5°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2000)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 266
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Central in July
Highs average 72°22° and lows 45°7°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1955)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Central in August
Highs average 65°18° and lows 39°4°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2010)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 409
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Central in September
Highs average 52°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1949)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 749
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in OctoberThis month
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2003)
- Record low
- −41° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1432
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in November
Highs average 4°−16° and lows −12°−25°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 51°11° (1956)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 2074
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Central in December
Highs average −4°−20° and lows −20°−29°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 46°8° (2013)
- Record low
- −60°−51° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 2392
- Cooling degree days
- 0