Average Precipitation for Alaska in October

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during October 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 October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
23	Annette Island	12.9	327
20	Haines	8.5	216
23	Juneau	8.4	214
23	Ketchikan	18.4	467
24	Sitka	11.8	299
17	Skagway	3.6	91
23	Yakutat	18.9	480

South - Central Alaska

October averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Anchorage	1.8	46
9	Gulkana	1.0	25
15	Homer	2.6	66
17	Seward	8.7	221
13	Talkeetna	2.8	71
19	Valdez	8.0	203

Southwest Alaska

Average amount of rain and snow in October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
13	Bethel	1.8	47
25	Cold Bay	4.9	125
15	King Salmon	2.3	59
18	Kodiak	8.9	225
12	McGrath	1.5	37
9	Port Alsworth	1.3	34
23	St Paul Island	3.3	84

Interior Alaska

Precipitation totals for October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
10	Fairbanks	0.8	19
10	McKinley Park	0.8	21
8	Tanana	0.7	18
5	Tok	0.6	14

Far North Alaska

Total precipitation during October
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Barrow	0.5	14
12	Bettles	1.2	30
12	Kotzebue	1.1	27
13	Nome	1.8	47