Galena weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Galena, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Galena, 0 km from Galena; records cover 1996–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.9 in354 mm
- Snow a year
- 77 in196 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 18
- First fall freeze
- Sep 4
- Heating degree days
- 14,209
- 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 −48°−45° (heating, 99%) and 82°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Galena in January
Highs average −3°−19° and lows −17°−27°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 42°6° (2009)
- Record low
- −65°−54° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 2317
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in February
Highs average 9°−13° and lows −9°−23°, with 0.75 in19 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 41°5° (2008)
- Record low
- −64°−53° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1827
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in March
Highs average 19°−7° and lows −5°−20°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 48°9° (1998)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1801
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in April
Highs average 38°3° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2005)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1133
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in May
Highs average 57°14° and lows 35°1°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2002)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 602
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in June
Highs average 69°20° and lows 47°8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2004)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 218
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Galena in July
Highs average 69°21° and lows 51°11°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2009)
- Record low
- 33°1° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 164
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Galena in August
Highs average 62°17° and lows 46°8°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2004)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 342
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Galena in September
Highs average 52°11° and lows 35°2°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2009)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 644
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in OctoberThis month
Highs average 31°0° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2003)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 1225
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in November
Highs average 12°−11° and lows −1°−18°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2020)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1785
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Galena in December
Highs average 3°−16° and lows −11°−24°, with 0.95 in24 mm of precipitation and 16 in40 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 42°6° (2015)
- Record low
- −55°−48° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2151
- Cooling degree days
- 0