Average Annual Temperatures in Alaska

Average annual temperatures at communities and other locations around Alaska are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest, Interior and Far North Alaska.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Place name links take you to more detailed temperature information for that location.

Southeast Alaska

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
54 42 Annette Island 12 5
46 36 Glacier Bay 8 2
47 35 Haines 8 1
48 36 Juneau 9 2
51 41 Ketchikan 11 5
50 41 Sitka 10 5
48 37 Skagway 9 3
50 40 Wrangell 10 4
48 34 Yakutat 9 1

South - Central Alaska

Average temperatures for the year
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
44 31 Anchorage 7 0
39 18 Gulkana 4 -8
47 33 Homer 8 1
46 35 Seward 8 1
45 27 Talkeetna 7 -3
46 33 Valdez 8 1

Southwest Alaska

Average yearly temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
38 24 Bethel 4 -4
44 34 Cold Bay 7 1
44 29 King Salmon 7 -2
48 37 Kodiak 9 3
38 20 McGrath 3 -7
46 31 Port Alsworth 8 -1
40 32 St Paul Island 4 0

Interior Alaska

Annual average temperature
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
39 18 Fairbanks 4 -8
38 18 McKinley Park 4 -8
35 16 Tanana 2 -9
36 13 Tok 2 -11

Far North Alaska

Average annual temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
19 8 Barrow -7 -13
34 14 Bettles 1 -10
30 18 Kotzebue -1 -8
35 21 Nome 1 -6
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Alaska Temperatures
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