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Southeast Alaska is warm and rainy

Steady precipitation keeps the region green

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The Inside Passage has the highest annual precipitation averages in the state as well as the highest average temperatures. For anglers, kayakers, hikers and cruise ship passengers, jackets and rain gear are almost always appropriate. Rubber boots are worn so frequently that they're known as "Alaska tennis shoes" and "Sitka slippers."

Rainy towns
Ketchikan averages 150 inches of precipitation a year, almost 3 times Juneau's total and 10 times what Anchorage gets. Yakutat, near enormous Malaspina Glacier, averages 145 inches of precipitation, including the meltwater from 193 inches of snow. Year to year, the wettest place in the state is Little Port Walter, which averages 220 inches.

Juneau gets more than 18 hours of sunlight at the summer solstice in June but less than 6.5 hours at the winter solstice. Ketchikan, 250 miles south of Juneau, gets less (17.5 hours) at the summer solstice but more (7 hours) in December.

Monthly averages for the Inside Passage
Here are monthly averages -- high temperature, low temperature, precipitation (inches of rain and melted snow), snowfall and snow depth for Southeast locations: Angoon, Annette, Glacier Bay, Gustavus, Haines, Hollis, Juneau, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell and Yakutat.

ANGOON
(Western side of Admiralty Island)
Period of record: 9/1/1949 to 4/30/1989

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
47.6	36.9	42.19	65.3

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	31.8	36.7	40.8	47.0	53.4	58.8	62.0	61.5	56.5	48.4	39.8	34.1
Min temp	23.4	27.1	29.8	33.9	39.8	45.6	49.8	49.7	45.4	39.2	32.3	27.1
Precip- tation	3.51	2.86	2.48	2.22	1.91	1.90	2.31	3.78	4.84	7.72	4.54	4.13
Snow- fall	17.3	13.8	8.8	2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	6.5	16.4
Snow depth	7	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

ANNETTE
(Inside Passage near Metlakatla, south of Ketchikan)
Period of record: 9/1/1949 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
51.3	40.4	108.96	46.1

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	38.7	41.8	44.2	49.5	55.8	60.7	64.2	64.5	59.8	51.6	44.3	40.4
Min temp	29.4	32.2	33.6	37.2	42.7	48.1	52.0	52.3	48.1	41.8	35.3	31.8
Precip- tation	10.03	8.99	8.55	8.02	6.26	4.87	4.69	6.98	9.78	15.90	12.81	12.06
Snow- fall	12.0	10.0	8.1	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	3.4	9.9
Snow depth	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

GLACIER BAY
(National park in northern Panhandle)
Period of record: 1/1/1966 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
46.5	34.9	70.07	115.2

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	30.9	34.0	38.2	45.8	53.6	60.3	62.9	60.7	54.0	45.9	37.6	33.6
Min temp	22.5	25.1	28.4	32.7	38.3	43.6	47.0	46.5	42.4	36.8	30.0	25.4
Precip- tation	6.22	4.84	3.85	2.98	3.62	2.76	4.00	6.00	9.82	11.56	7.47	6.97
Snow- fall	34.5	23.3	14.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	15.5	24.9
Snow depth	21	29	27	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	11

GUSTAVUS
(Northern Panhandle town, gateway to Glacier Bay National Park)
Period of record: 9/1/1949 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
47.7	33.8	54.00	72.7