Coldfoot weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Coldfoot, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wiseman, 17 km from Coldfoot; records cover 1919–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.9 in405 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 27
- First fall freeze
- Aug 8
- Heating degree days
- 15,446
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −47°−44° (heating, 99%) and 81°27° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Coldfoot in January
Highs average 0°−18° and lows −19°−28°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 36°2° (2025)
- Record low
- −65°−54° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 2322
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in February
Highs average 6°−15° and lows −15°−26°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 40°4° (1943)
- Record low
- −65°−54° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1956
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in March
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −11°−24°, with 0.47 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1940)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 1891
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in April
Highs average 38°3° and lows 11°−12°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2010)
- Record low
- −39° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 1227
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in May
Highs average 56°13° and lows 29°−1°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2011)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 693
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 43°6°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1937)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 256
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Coldfoot in July
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2025)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 240
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Coldfoot in August
Highs average 62°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1920)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 445
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in September
Highs average 49°9° and lows 29°−2°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1937)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1939)
- Heating degree days
- 790
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in OctoberThis month
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 10°−12°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1950)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1426
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in November
Highs average 7°−14° and lows −10°−23°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 38°3° (1943)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1999
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Coldfoot in December
Highs average 3°−16° and lows −15°−26°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 36°2° (1939)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 2201
- Cooling degree days
- 0