Kaltag weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kaltag, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kaltag Airport, 2 km from Kaltag; records cover 1944–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.5 in547 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 31
- First fall freeze
- Aug 25
- Heating degree days
- 13,512
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −45°−43° (heating, 99%) and 81°27° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kaltag in January
Highs average 4°−15° and lows −12°−25°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2009)
- Record low
- −60°−51° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2139
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in February
Highs average 14°−10° and lows −6°−21°, with 1.3 in33 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2006)
- Record low
- −57°−49° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 1707
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in March
Highs average 21°−6° and lows −2°−19°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 56°13° (2002)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 1716
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in April
Highs average 38°3° and lows 17°−8°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2014)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1122
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in May
Highs average 56°13° and lows 34°1°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2011)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 617
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in June
Highs average 69°21° and lows 46°8°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2015)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 235
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Kaltag in July
Highs average 69°21° and lows 49°10°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2004)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 189
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Kaltag in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 45°7°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 335
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Kaltag in September
Highs average 53°12° and lows 36°2°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2010)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 617
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in OctoberThis month
Highs average 35°2° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2006)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1153
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in November
Highs average 17°−8° and lows 2°−17°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2003)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1668
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kaltag in December
Highs average 8°−13° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 54°12° (2005)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 2014
- Cooling degree days
- 0