Ridgeway weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Ridgeway, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kenai Airport, 12 km from Ridgeway; records cover 1899–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.3 in464 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 24
- First fall freeze
- Sep 11
- Heating degree days
- 10,694
- 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 −23°−31° (heating, 99%) and 74°23° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Ridgeway in January
Highs average 22°−5° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1903)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 1553
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in February
Highs average 28°−2° and lows 12°−11°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2007)
- Record low
- −48°−44° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1264
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in March
Highs average 33°0° and lows 14°−10°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1905)
- Record low
- −41° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1285
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in April
Highs average 44°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2005)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 870
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in May
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1969)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 606
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in June
Highs average 60°16° and lows 44°7°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1903)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1901)
- Heating degree days
- 387
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in July
Highs average 63°17° and lows 49°9°, with 2 in50 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2019)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 278
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in August
Highs average 63°17° and lows 47°8°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1977)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 318
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in September
Highs average 56°13° and lows 40°4°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1904)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 518
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in OctoberThis month
Highs average 43°6° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 63°17° (2003)
- Record low
- −12°−24° (1996)
- Heating degree days
- 904
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in November
Highs average 30°−1° and lows 16°−9°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1905)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 1255
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Ridgeway in December
Highs average 25°−4° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1906)
- Record low
- −43°−42° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 1456
- Cooling degree days
- 0