Hope weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Hope, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Anchorage Upper Dearmoun, 25 km from Hope; records cover 2005–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 22.4 in570 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Sep 26
- Heating degree days
- 9,984
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −7°−22° (heating, 99%) and 75°24° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Hope in January
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 14°−10°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2014)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1364
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.6 in40 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2007)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 1152
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in March
Highs average 33°1° and lows 18°−8°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2016)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 1218
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in April
Highs average 44°7° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2021)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 855
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in May
Highs average 55°13° and lows 38°3°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2006)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 575
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in June
Highs average 61°16° and lows 45°7°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2015)
- Record low
- 33°1° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 354
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Hope in July
Highs average 65°19° and lows 49°10°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2019)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 244
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Hope in August
Highs average 63°17° and lows 48°9°, with 3 in77 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2007)
- Record low
- 32°0° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 292
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Hope in September
Highs average 54°12° and lows 41°5°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2016)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 526
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in OctoberThis month
Highs average 42°5° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2006)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 910
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in November
Highs average 31°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 51°11° (2014)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1197
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Hope in December
Highs average 29°−1° and lows 17°−8°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2011)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 1297
- Cooling degree days
- 0