Alaska

Fox River, Alaska Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Homer 9 E, 25.9 km from Fox River

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 64°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 17°F. A normal year brings 22.0 in of precipitation and 83.7 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Homer Municipal (Asos) (PAHO), since 1932. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fox River through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-250255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
53°F
Normal low
38°F
Record high
63°Fin 1952
Record low
23°Fin 1956
Chance of a wet day
52%
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
January30°F17°F57°F (2014)-24°F (1989)1.77 in11.417.6 in28.61,2930
February35°F18°F53°F (2015)-19°F (1999)1.28 in10.514.2 in25.81,0820
March37°F19°F54°F (2015)-21°F (1971)1.13 in9.912.4 in29.01,1490
April46°F29°F65°F (2005)-9°F (1944)0.80 in8.23.3 in20.88310
May55°F34°F72°F (2017)6°F (1949)0.66 in7.80.2 in12.26310
June61°F41°F80°F (1953)27°F (1973)0.90 in8.90.0 in0.64190
July64°F46°F81°F (1993)34°F (1949)1.50 in11.60.0 in0.03150
August63°F45°F78°F (2004)31°F (1955)2.47 in13.40.0 in0.23400
September56°F40°F69°F (1997)20°F (1956)3.30 in16.20.0 in4.15220
October46°F31°F64°F (1954)0°F (1938)2.52 in14.23.2 in19.58310
November36°F22°F58°F (1935)-7°F (1963)2.51 in12.510.4 in26.11,0910
December31°F18°F52°F (2014)-16°F (1964)3.20 in14.022.4 in28.81,2540
Year46°F30°F22.04 in13983.7 in1969,7550

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.

22.0 in in a normal year, most in September.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Fox River, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Homer 9 E.

83.7 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Homer 9 E. 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 May 27 and the first fall freeze around September 22, a growing season of about 116 days.

Median at 32°F
last May 27, first September 22
Median at 28°F
last May 9, first October 4

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Fox River.

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

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January17°F93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February20°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March21°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April29°F80%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May36°F77%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June43°F76%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July48°F79%100%0%0%0%0%0%
August48°F80%99%1%0%0%0%0%
September42°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October32°F87%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November23°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December19°F93%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 67 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 78 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 January, averaging 12.8 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 18 h 49 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 5 h 55 min.

Hours of daylight at Fox River through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 Kenai Peninsula Borough: 51.8°F (+1.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 12th warmest in 102 years on record.

August 2026 in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 4.43 in (-1.60 in against 1991-2020), the 24th driest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32.8°F (-3.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 27th coolest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32.90 in (+0.63 in against 1991-2020), the 50th wettest in 102 years on record.

Warmest August
55.3°F in 2004
Coolest August
46.3°F in 1948
Wettest August
12.71 in in 2022
Driest August
0.77 in in 2019

Every year since 1925

Each year's average temperature in Kenai Peninsula Borough 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 Fox River 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 1932. 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 USC00503682 (Homer 9 E), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00025507, 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.