Game Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Game Creek, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Hoonah, 8 km from Game Creek; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 65.8 in1671 mm
- Snow a year
- 90 in229 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 7,982
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 11°−12° (heating, 99%) and 78°26° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Game Creek in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 27°−3°, with 6.8 in171 mm of precipitation and 25 in64 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2018)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1980)
- Heating degree days
- 1068
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in February
Highs average 37°3° and lows 27°−3°, with 5 in128 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2017)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 932
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 28°−2°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1984)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 956
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in April
Highs average 49°9° and lows 33°1°, with 3.1 in80 mm of precipitation and 1.7 in4.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1983)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 722
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in May
Highs average 58°14° and lows 40°4°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2010)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 507
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in June
Highs average 62°17° and lows 47°8°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2019)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 314
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Game Creek in July
Highs average 65°18° and lows 51°11°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2019)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 227
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Game Creek in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 51°10°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2005)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1941)
- Heating degree days
- 235
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Game Creek in September
Highs average 58°14° and lows 45°7°, with 7.3 in184 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2025)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 411
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 48°9° and lows 38°3°, with 9.2 in233 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2013)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 685
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in November
Highs average 39°4° and lows 31°−1°, with 8.8 in224 mm of precipitation and 13 in34 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2016)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 900
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Game Creek in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 28°−2°, with 7.9 in200 mm of precipitation and 17 in43 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2017)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 1025
- Cooling degree days
- 0