Average temperatures for October at communities and other locations throughout Alaska are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest, Interior and Far North Alaska.
The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.
Southeast Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
54 |
42 |
Annette Island |
12 |
6 |
45 |
37 |
Glacier Bay |
7 |
3 |
46 |
36 |
Haines |
8 |
2 |
47 |
37 |
Juneau |
9 |
3 |
51 |
41 |
Ketchikan |
11 |
5 |
51 |
42 |
Sitka |
10 |
6 |
48 |
39 |
Skagway |
9 |
4 |
49 |
41 |
Wrangell |
10 |
5 |
49 |
35 |
Yakutat |
9 |
2 |
South - Central Alaska
Average daily temperatures in October
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
42 |
31 |
Anchorage |
6 |
-1 |
36 |
18 |
Gulkana |
2 |
-8 |
47 |
33 |
Homer |
8 |
1 |
46 |
35 |
Seward |
8 |
2 |
42 |
27 |
Talkeetna |
5 |
-3 |
45 |
34 |
Valdez |
7 |
1 |
Southwest Alaska
October temperatures: daily averages
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
38 |
26 |
Bethel |
3 |
-3 |
47 |
36 |
Cold Bay |
8 |
2 |
44 |
29 |
King Salmon |
7 |
-2 |
48 |
36 |
Kodiak |
9 |
2 |
35 |
22 |
McGrath |
1 |
-5 |
44 |
32 |
Port Alsworth |
7 |
0 |
44 |
35 |
St Paul Island |
6 |
2 |
Interior Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
34 |
18 |
Fairbanks |
1 |
-8 |
34 |
16 |
McKinley Park |
1 |
-9 |
31 |
17 |
Tanana |
0 |
-8 |
31 |
14 |
Tok |
0 |
-10 |
Far North Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
26 |
17 |
Barrow |
-4 |
-8 |
28 |
14 |
Bettles |
-2 |
-10 |
31 |
23 |
Kotzebue |
-1 |
-5 |
36 |
25 |
Nome |
2 |
-4 |