Average Precipitation for Alaska in April

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during April at communities and other locations around Alaska.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. 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 precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

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

Southeast Alaska

Average monthly precipitation in April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
19 Annette Island 7.2 182
13 Haines 3.0 76
17 Juneau 3.5 88
19 Ketchikan 10.3 260
18 Sitka 4.3 109
11 Skagway 1.2 31
19 Yakutat 7.9 202

South - Central Alaska

April averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
5 Anchorage 0.4 11
3 Gulkana 0.2 6
10 Homer 1.2 29
14 Seward 4.3 109
8 Talkeetna 1.3 34
14 Valdez 3.4 86

Southwest Alaska

Average amount of rain and snow in April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Bethel 0.8 20
19 Cold Bay 2.7 69
11 King Salmon 1.0 26
18 Kodiak 6.1 156
7 McGrath 0.7 19
5 Port Alsworth 0.5 13
12 St Paul Island 1.0 26

Interior Alaska

Precipitation totals for April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
4 Fairbanks 0.3 9
4 McKinley Park 0.4 11
4 Tanana 0.3 8
2 Tok 0.2 5

Far North Alaska

Total precipitation during April
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
5 Barrow 0.2 5
6 Bettles 0.6 15
7 Kotzebue 0.6 14
8 Nome 0.7 19
Reference

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

Alaska Precipitation
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