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The climate of Anchorage (Alaska - United States of America)
Anchorage is the most northerly located city of importance in America. With a population of almost 400,000 it is also the largest city in the state of Alaska. However, it is not the capital of Alaska. The capital is Juneau which is located in the southeastern part of this state. The main reason almost one third of the population of Alaska lives in Anchorage is economic. In the vicinity of Anchorage oil and gas were found which caused the city to flourish during the second part of last century. Anchorage is an industrial city that benefits from the influence of the sea on the relatively mild climate, especially for a city located far to the north.
According to the Köppen climate classification Anchorage has a cool land climate (type Dfb). This type of climate of also known as a subarctic climate. during the winter the cold is tempered by the sea water. Because of this daytime temperatures are between -15 to 0 degrees Celsius (5-32 degrees Fahrenheit). During the night it is cold and snowfall is not uncommon. Spring starts in April after which daytime temperatures during the summer reach about 20 degrees Celsius (68.0 degrees Fahrenheit). From April to October the weather is pleasant for humans, animals and plants.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Anchorage:

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January -6 -14 3 9 6
February -3 -12 4 8 5
March 0 -8 6 8 5
April 6 -2 8 7 5
May 13 4 9 9 7
June 16 8 9 10 10
July 19 11 8 12 13
August 17 10 7 14 13
September 13 5 5 14 12
October 5 -2 4 12 9
November -3 -10 3 9 8
December -6 -13 2 11 7
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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