Average Sunshine in Alaska for December
Number of Sunny Days
In the tables below, the average number of Sunny Days for a place in Alaska is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during December are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest and Far North Alaska.
Southeast Alaska
Place | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Annette Island | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Juneau | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Yakutat | 4 | 3 | 7 |
South - Central Alaska
Place | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Anchorage | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Fairbanks | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Gulkana | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Homer | 7 | 5 | 12 |
Talkeetna | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Valdez | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Southwest Alaska
Place | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Bethel | 8 | 5 | 13 |
Cold Bay | 2 | 5 | 7 |
King Salmon | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Kodiak | 6 | 6 | 12 |
McGrath | 8 | 5 | 13 |
St Paul Island | 1 | 5 | 6 |
Far North Alaska
Place | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Bettles | 9 | 7 | 16 |
Kotzebue | 11 | 4 | 15 |
Nome | 10 | 4 | 14 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a place gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.
Place | % Sun |
---|---|
Anchorage | 27 |
Juneau | 20 |
Nome | 34 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.