Wainwright weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Wainwright, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Wainwright Airport, 3 km from Wainwright; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 0 in0 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 23
- First fall freeze
- Jul 20
- Heating degree days
- 18,265
- 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 −39° (heating, 99%) and 66°19° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Wainwright in January
Highs average −4°−20° and lows −18°−28°, with — of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2003)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2348
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in February
Highs average −5°−20° and lows −18°−28°, with — of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 45°7° (2007)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 2141
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in March
Highs average −3°−20° and lows −18°−28°, with — of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2002)
- Record low
- −47°−44° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2345
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in April
Highs average 11°−12° and lows −3°−20°, with — of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2009)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 1837
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in May
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 19°−7°, with — of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2016)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 1266
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in June
Highs average 46°8° and lows 33°1°, with — of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2016)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 767
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in July
Highs average 52°11° and lows 39°4°, with — of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2023)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 604
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in August
Highs average 49°9° and lows 38°3°, with — of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2010)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2006)
- Heating degree days
- 677
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in September
Highs average 39°4° and lows 31°−1°, with — of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2006)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 903
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in OctoberThis month
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 16°−9°, with — of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2018)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1369
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in November
Highs average 12°−11° and lows −1°−18°, with — of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 37°3° (2003)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2021)
- Heating degree days
- 1788
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Wainwright in December
Highs average 0°−18° and lows −13°−25°, with — of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 39°4° (2022)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 2220
- Cooling degree days
- 0