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	Anchorage weather Cloudy Temp: 33° Humidity: 88% Wind: N 8 mph Press: 29.59 in. Vis: 6 mi. Sun: Next sunrise 8:21 a.m. Next sunset 7:11 p.m. Anchorage 5 day forecast Elsewhere in Alaska Adak Ambler Anaktuvuk Pass Anaik Arctic Village Atka Barrow Barter island Beluga Bethel Bettles Big Delta Birchwood Cantwell Chandalar Lake Circle Cold Bay College Cordova Deadhorse Deering Delta Junction Denali Park Dillingham Dutch Harbor Eagle Egegik Eareckson AFS Eielson AFB Elfin Cove Emmonak Eureka Fairbanks Farewell Lake Fort Yukon Galbraith Lk. Galena Glennallen Gulkana Golovin Gustavus Haines Healy Homer Hoonah Hooper Bay Huslia Hydaburg Iliamna Kake Kaltag Kenai Koyuk Juneau Ketchikan Kiana King Salmon Klawock Kodiak Kotzebue Lake Clark NP Manley Hot Springs McCarthy McGrath McKinley Park Mekoryuk Merrill Pass W. Metlakatla Minchumina Nabesna Nenana Noatak Nome Northway Nuiqsut Palmer Paxson Petersburg Point Hope Point Lay Point Alsworth Port Heiden Portage Prospect Creek Prudhoe Bay Puntilla Red Dog Mine Saint Paul Sand Point Savoonga Selawik Seldovia Seward Sheep Mountain Shemya Shishmaref Sitka Skagway Skwentna Slana Sleetmute Soldotna Sparrevohn Talkeetna Tanana Togiak Tok Ugnu Kuparuk Umiat Unalakleet Valdez Wainwright Wasilla Whittier Willow Wrangell Yakutat

Interior's climate runs hot and cold

Winter's bitter temperatures are replaced by balmy summers

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Although winters can be extremely harsh, with temperatures around -60 degrees Fahrenheit for days at a time, Interior summers can have high temperatures over 90 degrees.

Here are monthly averages -- high temperature, low temperature, precipitation (rain and melted snow), snowfall and snow depth for Interior locations: Big Delta, Cantwell, Circle, Central, Clear, Eagle, Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Healy, Manley Hot Springs, McKinley Park, Nabesna, Nenana, North Pole, Paxson, Tanana and Tok.

BIG DELTA
(100 miles southeast of Fairbanks near intersection of Alaska and Richardson highways)
Period of record: 2/1/1937 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
36.7	19.1	11.62	43.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	3.1	11.7	23.8	40.7	56.9	67.0	69.5	64.4	52.5	31.6	13.8	5.0
Min temp	-11.4	-5.6	1.9	20.4	36.9	47.2	50.5	45.7	35.5	18.1	-0.2	-9.3
Precip- tation	0.34	0.33	0.26	0.25	0.88	2.32	2.63	2.01	1.09	0.64	0.48	0.37
Snow- fall	5.6	5.2	4.3	2.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	9.2	8.5	5.8
Snow depth	8	10	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6

CANTWELL
(South of Denali National Park, along Parks Highway)
Period of record: 11/1/1983 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
37.2	15.5	16.66	131.4

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	10.8	16.1	27.1	38.6	52.2	64.7	66.3	59.5	49.5	31.3	16.2	14.2
Min temp	-9.1	-6.9	-0.4	14.5	28.3	37.7	44.2	40.3	30.8	13.1	-1.8	-5.3
Precip- tation	1.05	0.68	0.48	0.34	0.77	1.77	2.67	3.23	2.72	1.03	0.77	1.15
Snow- fall	24.0	15.6	13.8	9.2	5.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	4.1	16.7	17.9	24.1
Snow depth	26	30	30	20	3	0	0	0	0	3	9	16

CENTRAL
(147 miles east of Fairbanks on Steese Highway)
Period of record: 8/1/1962 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
31.9/td>	8.9	10.65	51.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	-12.7	-1.4	15.9	37.5	56.8	69.5	72.2	66.2	52.4	26.7	5.5	-5.5
Min temp	-30.7	-23.2	-13.0	10.4	30.7	43.2	46.6	40.9	29.4	9.6	-12.8	-23.9
Precip- tation	0.36	0.37	0.27	0.33	0.48	1.85	2.10	1.89	0.96	0.97	0.54	0.54
Snow- fall	5.5	5.6	5.3	3.4	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	13.7	8.7	7.8
Snow depth	16	18	19	16	1	0	0	0	0	4	10	13

CIRCLE
(166 miles east of Fairbanks along Yukon River)
Period of record: 6/18/1957 to 10/15/1999

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
31.4	9.8	8.16	46.6

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	-9.2	-5.0	13.4	34.0	57.1	71.5	73.1	68.5	52.7	25.6	1.1	-6.5
Min temp	-25.0	-25.3	-14.0	6.2	30.6	46.8	49.6	44.1	28.9	10.5	-13.5	-22.0
Precip- tation	0.47	0.46	0.32	0.26	0.27	0.85	1.24	1.24	0.56	1.00	0.82	0.68
Snow- fall	6.5	6.6	4.8	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	7.7	9.0	8.1
Snow depth	17	21	21	15	1	0	0	0	0	3	10	14

CLEAR
(90 miles southwest of Fairbanks, near Anderson on Parks Highway)
Period of record: 12/8/1965 to 12/30/1997

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
35.3	14.6	12.96	50.1