Average Annual Precipitation for Alaska
The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at communities and other locations around Alaska.
Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives in a year. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.
The annual precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest, Interior and Far North Alaska.
Southeast Alaska
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
231 | Annette Island | 103.5 | 2629 |
187 | Haines | 63.1 | 1602 |
230 | Juneau | 67.0 | 1702 |
233 | Ketchikan | 149.5 | 3798 |
235 | Sitka | 84.5 | 2146 |
151 | Skagway | 25.2 | 640 |
237 | Yakutat | 140.4 | 3565 |
South - Central Alaska
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
115 | Anchorage | 16.4 | 417 |
101 | Gulkana | 11.8 | 299 |
156 | Homer | 23.9 | 607 |
171 | Seward | 69.7 | 1771 |
140 | Talkeetna | 26.5 | 673 |
198 | Valdez | 67.9 | 1725 |
Southwest Alaska
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
151 | Bethel | 19.7 | 500 |
250 | Cold Bay | 42.7 | 1084 |
159 | King Salmon | 21.4 | 545 |
204 | Kodiak | 78.3 | 1989 |
137 | McGrath | 18.1 | 458 |
95 | Port Alsworth | 13.1 | 332 |
202 | St Paul Island | 24.3 | 618 |
Interior Alaska
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
107 | Fairbanks | 11.7 | 296 |
123 | McKinley Park | 15.9 | 404 |
98 | Tanana | 11.5 | 291 |
63 | Tok | 10.6 | 269 |
Far North Alaska
Days | Place | Inches | Millimetres |
---|---|---|---|
98 | Barrow | 5.4 | 137 |
129 | Bettles | 16.0 | 407 |
113 | Kotzebue | 11.4 | 289 |
131 | Nome | 17.2 | 437 |
Reference
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.