Dry Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dry Creek, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Dry Creek, 6 km from Dry Creek; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.7 in399 mm
- Snow a year
- 57 in146 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 7
- First fall freeze
- Aug 9
- Heating degree days
- 13,776
- Cooling degree days
- 26
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 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dry Creek in January
Highs average 1°−17° and lows −15°−26°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2009)
- Record low
- −62°−52° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 2230
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in February
Highs average 11°−12° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2003)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in March
Highs average 25°−4° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2016)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 1644
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in April
Highs average 45°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.46 in12 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2003)
- Record low
- −35°−37° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 957
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in May
Highs average 59°15° and lows 35°2°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2015)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 558
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in June
Highs average 70°21° and lows 46°8°, with 2.7 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2013)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 234
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Dry Creek in July
Highs average 72°22° and lows 49°9°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2003)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 163
- Cooling degree days
- 12
Dry Creek in August
Highs average 66°19° and lows 44°6°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2004)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 328
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Dry Creek in September
Highs average 53°12° and lows 34°1°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation and 2.1 in5.3 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2025)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 640
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 33°0° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2003)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1251
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in November
Highs average 11°−12° and lows −3°−20°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 48°9° (2022)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 1839
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Dry Creek in December
Highs average 3°−16° and lows −11°−24°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1999)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2148
- Cooling degree days
- 0