Skagway weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Skagway, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Skagway Airport, 3 km from Skagway; records cover 1965–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 25.2 in640 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 10
- Heating degree days
- 8,113
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 78°26° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Skagway in January
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 22°−5°, with 2.2 in55 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2019)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1195
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in February
Highs average 35°2° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1992)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 983
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in March
Highs average 39°4° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 64°18° (2019)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 978
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in April
Highs average 49°10° and lows 35°2°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2003)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 682
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in May
Highs average 58°15° and lows 43°6°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1968)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 453
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in June
Highs average 63°17° and lows 49°10°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1991)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 270
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Skagway in July
Highs average 65°18° and lows 52°11°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1972)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 212
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Skagway in August
Highs average 63°17° and lows 51°11°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2017)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 244
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Skagway in September
Highs average 57°14° and lows 46°8°, with 3.9 in99 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1995)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1983)
- Heating degree days
- 404
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in OctoberThis month
Highs average 48°9° and lows 39°4°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1969)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in November
Highs average 38°3° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1970)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 933
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Skagway in December
Highs average 34°1° and lows 26°−4°, with 2.8 in71 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1999)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1093
- Cooling degree days
- 0