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Delta Junction, Alaska Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Delta 5 Ne, 7.7 km from Delta Junction

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 72°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of -13°F. A normal year brings 13.4 in of precipitation and 45.0 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Ft.Greely/Allen Aaf (Asos) (PABI), since 1917. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Delta Junction through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-100-50050100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
50°F
Normal low
28°F
Record high
73°Fin 1942
Record low
10°Fin 1992
Chance of a wet day
31%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January3°F-13°F54°F (2009)-63°F (1947)0.50 in7.36.1 in30.92,1760
February14°F-7°F51°F (2003)-60°F (1947)0.35 in5.24.6 in27.91,7250
March27°F-1°F58°F (1981)-49°F (1964)0.25 in4.64.0 in31.01,6210
April47°F19°F72°F (1979)-37°F (1944)0.24 in3.53.1 in28.79720
May62°F32°F90°F (1947)-1°F (1945)0.94 in8.41.7 in16.55550
June71°F44°F92°F (1969)26°F (2006)2.97 in12.30.1 in2.02418
July72°F47°F91°F (1958)32°F (1971)3.03 in15.30.0 in0.41768
August66°F42°F90°F (1994)22°F (1948)2.06 in14.50.0 in4.33454
September54°F31°F79°F (1963)-2°F (1983)1.14 in10.12.3 in18.76800
October33°F15°F74°F (2003)-39°F (1975)0.69 in8.47.3 in28.71,2710
November12°F-4°F52°F (1979)-47°F (1986)0.64 in8.67.8 in29.91,8420
December6°F-10°F55°F (1985)-62°F (1946)0.57 in7.98.0 in31.02,0820
Year39°F16°F13.38 in10645.0 in25013,68520

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

13.4 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Delta Junction, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Delta 5 Ne.

45.0 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Delta 5 Ne. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around June 4 and the first fall freeze around August 22, a growing season of about 75 days.

Median at 32°F
last June 4, first August 22
Median at 28°F
last May 24, first September 1

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Delta Junction.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January-2°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February3°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March8°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April22°F73%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May33°F64%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June44°F65%97%2%0%0%0%0%
July48°F70%96%4%0%0%0%0%
August44°F71%98%2%0%0%0%0%
September35°F76%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October20°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November6°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December1°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is March, with the sky 49 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is July, at 75 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is December, averaging 8.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 21 h 03 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 4 h 10 min.

Hours of daylight at Delta Junction through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Southeast Fairbanks Census Area is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 53.2°F (+3.3 °F against 1991-2020), the 8th warmest in 102 years on record.

August 2026 in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 2.75 in (-0.53 in against 1991-2020), the 45th driest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 26.1°F (-3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 17th coolest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area: 15.06 in (+1.22 in against 1991-2020), the 21st wettest in 102 years on record.

Warmest August
55.9°F in 1994
Coolest August
42.9°F in 1969
Wettest August
7.21 in in 2018
Driest August
0.87 in in 2004

Every year since 1925

Each year's average temperature in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1925 to 2025.-7.5-5-2.50+2.5+5+7.519401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Alaska climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Delta Junction in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1917. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00502350 (Delta 5 Ne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026415, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.