Kachemak weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kachemak, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Homer Airport, 5 km from Kachemak; records cover 1932–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 23.9 in607 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 27
- Heating degree days
- 9,085
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −2°−19° (heating, 99%) and 70°21° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kachemak in January
Highs average 32°0° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 57°14° (2014)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 1228
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2015)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1028
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in March
Highs average 37°3° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2015)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1082
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in April
Highs average 46°8° and lows 31°0°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2005)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 789
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in May
Highs average 54°12° and lows 38°3°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2017)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 589
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in June
Highs average 59°15° and lows 45°7°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1953)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1973)
- Heating degree days
- 390
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in July
Highs average 63°17° and lows 49°10°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1993)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 274
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in August
Highs average 63°17° and lows 48°9°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1944)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 301
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in September
Highs average 57°14° and lows 42°6°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1997)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 465
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in OctoberThis month
Highs average 47°8° and lows 33°1°, with 2.6 in66 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 64°18° (1954)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1938)
- Heating degree days
- 769
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 25°−4°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1935)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1014
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kachemak in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 21°−6°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2014)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1156
- Cooling degree days
- 0