Alaska

Savoonga, Alaska Climate

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Scammon Bay (PACM) (GHCN USW00026617), 323 km from Savoonga

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 58°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of -2°F. A normal year brings 17.2 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Scammon Bay (PACM), since 1900. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Savoonga 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
45°F
Normal low
33°F
Record high
61°Fin 1976
Record low
16°Fin 1992
Chance of a wet day
40%
Daylight
12 h 02 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet days
January13°F-2°F51°F (2014)-54°F (1989)0.93 in9.3
February17°F1°F48°F (1986)-42°F (1947)0.97 in11.3
March18°F2°F44°F (1938)-46°F (1971)0.74 in9.3
April29°F16°F60°F (1940)-30°F (1918)0.75 in9.0
May44°F31°F78°F (1981)-11°F (1949)0.89 in12.4
June55°F41°F86°F (2013)20°F (1931)0.99 in9.0
July58°F46°F86°F (1968)28°F (1924)2.35 in12.4
August56°F44°F83°F (1966)23°F (1913)3.22 in15.5
September49°F37°F71°F (1979)9°F (1992)2.20 in12.0
October36°F25°F59°F (1954)-10°F (1966)1.84 in15.5
November24°F12°F50°F (1928)-39°F (1948)1.26 in15.0
December16°F2°F44°F (2024)-42°F (1929)1.07 in12.4
Year35°F21°F17.20 in143

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

17.2 in in a normal year, most in August.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Savoonga, in percent.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

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

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

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January8°F96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February9°F96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March10°F96%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April19°F93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May29°F93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June38°F92%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July44°F93%100%0%0%0%0%0%
August45°F91%100%0%0%0%0%0%
September39°F88%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October31°F85%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November23°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December14°F92%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 71 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is November, at 84 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 20.4 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 20 h 47 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 4 h 22 min.

Hours of daylight at Savoonga 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 Nome 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 Nome Census Area: 50.8°F (+1.4 °F against 1991-2020), the 23rd warmest in 102 years on record.

August 2026 in Nome Census Area: 5.18 in (+2.23 in against 1991-2020), the 6th wettest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Nome Census Area: 25.5°F (-1.9 °F against 1991-2020), the 47th coolest in 102 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Nome Census Area: 13.63 in (+3.37 in against 1991-2020), the 9th wettest in 102 years on record.

Warmest August
55.2°F in 2004
Coolest August
44.0°F in 1969
Wettest August
7.07 in in 1951
Driest August
0.85 in in 2020

Every year since 1925

Each year's average temperature in Nome Census Area against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1925 to 2025.-10-50+5+1019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Alaska climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Savoonga 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 1900. 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.

More for this place

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026617, 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.