Gulkana weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Gulkana, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Gulkana Airport, 6 km from Gulkana; records cover 1909–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.8 in299 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 7
- First fall freeze
- Aug 19
- Heating degree days
- 13,376
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −39° (heating, 99%) and 81°27° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Gulkana in January
Highs average 5°−15° and lows −12°−24°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (1917)
- Record low
- −60°−51° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 2119
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in February
Highs average 16°−9° and lows −5°−20°, with 0.65 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2017)
- Record low
- −65°−54° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1663
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in March
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 1°−17°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2019)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1559
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in April
Highs average 44°7° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.22 in5.6 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 70°21° (2003)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 972
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in May
Highs average 58°15° and lows 33°1°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1960)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 595
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in June
Highs average 67°20° and lows 43°6°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1969)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 306
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Gulkana in July
Highs average 69°21° and lows 47°8°, with 1.7 in44 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1915)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1919)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Gulkana in August
Highs average 65°18° and lows 43°6°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1976)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Gulkana in September
Highs average 54°12° and lows 33°1°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1917)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 640
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in OctoberThis month
Highs average 36°2° and lows 18°−8°, with 1 in25 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2003)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 1175
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in November
Highs average 15°−9° and lows −1°−19°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 48°9° (1948)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 1746
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Gulkana in December
Highs average 8°−13° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1999)
- Record low
- −65°−54° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 2021
- Cooling degree days
- 0