Yakutat weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Yakutat, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Yakutat Airport, 7 km from Yakutat; records cover 1917–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 140.4 in3565 mm
- Snow a year
- 147 in374 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 23
- First fall freeze
- Sep 23
- Heating degree days
- 8,707
- 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 72°22° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Yakutat in January
Highs average 35°2° and lows 22°−5°, with 12.4 in315 mm of precipitation and 29 in73 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1930)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1128
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 24°−5°, with 10.3 in261 mm of precipitation and 28 in70 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1945)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 962
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in March
Highs average 40°4° and lows 24°−5°, with 9.5 in242 mm of precipitation and 30 in77 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 60°16° (2019)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1026
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in April
Highs average 47°8° and lows 30°−1°, with 7.9 in202 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1995)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 792
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in May
Highs average 54°12° and lows 38°3°, with 7.9 in199 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1942)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 600
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in June
Highs average 59°15° and lows 45°7°, with 5.4 in137 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1936)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 393
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in July
Highs average 62°16° and lows 49°10°, with 7.6 in194 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2009)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 298
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in August
Highs average 62°17° and lows 48°9°, with 13.9 in353 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2004)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 321
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in September
Highs average 57°14° and lows 42°5°, with 19 in483 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1957)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1940)
- Heating degree days
- 468
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in OctoberThis month
Highs average 49°9° and lows 35°2°, with 18.9 in480 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 66°19° (2018)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 718
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in November
Highs average 40°5° and lows 27°−3°, with 13.6 in344 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 59°15° (1947)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 939
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Yakutat in December
Highs average 36°2° and lows 25°−4°, with 13.9 in354 mm of precipitation and 30 in75 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (2019)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1062
- Cooling degree days
- 0