Valdez weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Valdez, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Valdez, 6 km from Valdez; records cover 2012–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 82.1 in2085 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 6
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 10,267
- 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 1°−17° (heating, 99%) and 75°24° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Valdez in January
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 15°−10°, with 9 in229 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 46°8° (2015)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1373
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in February
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 17°−9°, with 7 in177 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 47°8° (2017)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 1157
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in March
Highs average 34°1° and lows 19°−7°, with 5.2 in132 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2019)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in April
Highs average 44°7° and lows 28°−2°, with 4.6 in116 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 59°15° (2021)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 865
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in May
Highs average 53°12° and lows 36°2°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2014)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 629
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in June
Highs average 60°16° and lows 44°7°, with 4.5 in114 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2019)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2025)
- Heating degree days
- 381
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in July
Highs average 62°17° and lows 48°9°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2016)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 309
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in August
Highs average 61°16° and lows 46°8°, with 7.3 in185 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2019)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 348
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in September
Highs average 53°12° and lows 39°4°, with 11.2 in283 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2018)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 570
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in OctoberThis month
Highs average 43°6° and lows 30°−1°, with 9.3 in235 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2018)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in November
Highs average 31°0° and lows 21°−6°, with 9.3 in236 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2017)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1165
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Valdez in December
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 15°−9°, with 8.1 in207 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 42°6° (2018)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 1381
- Cooling degree days
- 0