Takotna weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Takotna, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mcgrath Airport, 22 km from Takotna; records cover 1941–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 18.1 in458 mm
- Snow a year
- 87 in220 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 4
- Heating degree days
- 13,161
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −46°−43° (heating, 99%) and 82°28° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Takotna in January
Highs average 3°−16° and lows −14°−26°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 15 in37 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1945)
- Record low
- −75°−59° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 2193
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in February
Highs average 15°−10° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1943)
- Record low
- −64°−53° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1693
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in March
Highs average 25°−4° and lows −1°−18°, with 0.68 in17 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 55°13° (1998)
- Record low
- −51°−46° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 1646
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in April
Highs average 43°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 4 in11 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2009)
- Record low
- −40° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 984
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in May
Highs average 59°15° and lows 38°3°, with 0.91 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 86°30° (2013)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in June
Highs average 69°20° and lows 49°9°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2013)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 200
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Takotna in July
Highs average 70°21° and lows 52°11°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2024)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 147
- Cooling degree days
- 17
Takotna in August
Highs average 64°18° and lows 48°9°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1977)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 285
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Takotna in September
Highs average 54°12° and lows 38°3°, with 2.5 in64 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1949)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 572
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in OctoberThis month
Highs average 35°1° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 7 in19 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2009)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1982)
- Heating degree days
- 1133
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in November
Highs average 15°−9° and lows 1°−17°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 18 in46 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2014)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1710
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Takotna in December
Highs average 6°−15° and lows −10°−23°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 49°9° (1977)
- Record low
- −67°−55° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 2085
- Cooling degree days
- 0