Paxson weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Paxson, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Glennallen 64 N, 14 km from Paxson; records cover 2013–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.7 in476 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 13
- First fall freeze
- Aug 18
- Heating degree days
- 14,389
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −36°−38° (heating, 99%) and 76°24° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Paxson in January
Highs average 7°−14° and lows −10°−23°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 38°3° (2014)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 2071
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in February
Highs average 15°−9° and lows −7°−22°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 38°3° (2017)
- Record low
- −38°−39° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 1703
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in March
Highs average 22°−5° and lows −3°−19°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 46°8° (2016)
- Record low
- −39° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 1711
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in April
Highs average 37°3° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2016)
- Record low
- −34°−37° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1170
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in May
Highs average 51°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2015)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 763
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in June
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.5 in63 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2017)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 430
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Paxson in July
Highs average 66°19° and lows 43°6°, with 3.2 in80 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2019)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 326
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in August
Highs average 60°16° and lows 40°4°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2021)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 466
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in September
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°0°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 71°22° (2025)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 725
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in OctoberThis month
Highs average 33°0° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2018)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 1258
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in November
Highs average 15°−10° and lows −4°−20°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 38°3° (2014)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1785
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Paxson in December
Highs average 11°−12° and lows −9°−23°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 37°3° (2015)
- Record low
- −45°−43° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1981
- Cooling degree days
- 0