Chicken weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Chicken, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Chicken, 5 km from Chicken; records cover 1953–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.3 in312 mm
- Snow a year
- 37 in93 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 19
- First fall freeze
- Jul 30
- Heating degree days
- 16,301
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −58°−50° (heating, 99%) and 82°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Chicken in January
Highs average −11°−24° and lows −29°−34°, with 0.36 in9.1 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 31°−1° (2014)
- Record low
- −72°−58° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 2635
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in February
Highs average 1°−17° and lows −22°−30°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 43°6° (2001)
- Record low
- −72°−58° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 2118
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in March
Highs average 20°−6° and lows −14°−25°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation and 2.7 in6.9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1954)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 1911
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in April
Highs average 42°6° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.3 in7.6 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2003)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1138
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in May
Highs average 58°15° and lows 29°−1°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2015)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 659
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in June
Highs average 69°20° and lows 38°3°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2004)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 352
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Chicken in July
Highs average 70°21° and lows 42°6°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1998)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 278
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Chicken in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 36°2°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1999)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 456
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in September
Highs average 53°12° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2025)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 771
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in OctoberThis month
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2003)
- Record low
- −39° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 1395
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in November
Highs average 4°−16° and lows −14°−26°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2023)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 2110
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Chicken in December
Highs average −7°−22° and lows −23°−30°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 32°0° (2006)
- Record low
- −72°−58° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2478
- Cooling degree days
- 0