Average Precipitation for Alaska in August

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during August 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 August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
16	Annette Island	7.9	201
15	Haines	3.7	93
19	Juneau	6.4	163
17	Ketchikan	11.3	287
19	Sitka	7.3	184
15	Skagway	2.4	60
19	Yakutat	13.9	353

South - Central Alaska

August averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Anchorage	2.9	74
13	Gulkana	1.9	49
14	Homer	2.3	59
15	Seward	5.4	137
17	Talkeetna	4.7	119
18	Valdez	7.0	178

Southwest Alaska

Average amount of rain and snow in August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
18	Bethel	3.4	85
21	Cold Bay	3.7	94
17	King Salmon	3.3	83
15	Kodiak	4.9	124
16	McGrath	2.9	74
11	Port Alsworth	1.7	43
18	St Paul Island	3.1	78

Interior Alaska

Precipitation totals for August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Fairbanks	2.1	53
17	McKinley Park	3.0	76
15	Tanana	2.7	68
9	Tok	1.3	34

Far North Alaska

Total precipitation during August
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Barrow	1.1	28
15	Bettles	2.7	69
14	Kotzebue	2.1	54
15	Nome	3.2	82