Eielson AFB weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Eielson AFB, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at North Pole, 16 km from Eielson AFB; records cover 1968–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 12.9 in326 mm
- Snow a year
- 54 in137 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 24
- First fall freeze
- Aug 25
- Heating degree days
- 13,472
- Cooling degree days
- 54
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −48°−44° (heating, 99%) and 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Eielson AFB in January
Highs average −2°−19° and lows −16°−27°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2009)
- Record low
- −67°−55° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 2284
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in February
Highs average 12°−11° and lows −9°−23°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1980)
- Record low
- −59°−51° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 1778
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in March
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 60°16° (1998)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1606
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in April
Highs average 46°8° and lows 23°−5°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1979)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 918
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 37°3°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1995)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 483
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Eielson AFB in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 49°9°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1969)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 168
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Eielson AFB in July
Highs average 73°23° and lows 52°11°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2015)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 109
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Eielson AFB in August
Highs average 66°19° and lows 47°8°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2010)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 277
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Eielson AFB in September
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1995)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 599
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in OctoberThis month
Highs average 33°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2003)
- Record low
- −41° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in November
Highs average 10°−12° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1976)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1857
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Eielson AFB in December
Highs average 2°−17° and lows −12°−24°, with 0.48 in12 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 49°9° (2011)
- Record low
- −62°−52° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 2175
- Cooling degree days
- 0