Denali Park weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Denali Park, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mckinley Park, 22 km from Denali Park; records cover 1923–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.9 in404 mm
- Snow a year
- 77 in195 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 2
- First fall freeze
- Aug 24
- Heating degree days
- 13,469
- 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 −32°−36° (heating, 99%) and 79°26° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Denali Park in January
Highs average 10°−12° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2014)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 1947
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in February
Highs average 20°−7° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 10 in24 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2007)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1558
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in March
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1938)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1627
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in April
Highs average 41°5° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2003)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1088
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in May
Highs average 55°13° and lows 31°0°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1960)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 682
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in June
Highs average 65°19° and lows 41°5°, with 2.4 in61 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1991)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 361
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Denali Park in July
Highs average 66°19° and lows 45°7°, with 3.1 in79 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2009)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 298
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Denali Park in August
Highs average 61°16° and lows 41°5°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1994)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in September
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°−1°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1957)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 726
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in OctoberThis month
Highs average 34°1° and lows 16°−9°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1927)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1249
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in November
Highs average 18°−8° and lows 2°−17°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1926)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1657
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Denali Park in December
Highs average 14°−10° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1934)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1840
- Cooling degree days
- 0