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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

Western Alaska is often stormy

Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska determine weather

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The precipitation helps ensure good salmon habitat around Bristol Bay and the surrounding region. It also provides thousands upon thousands of lakes and ponds for migratory waterfowl in the Yukon Delta and other national wildlife refuges.

Nome, in the northern part of Western Alaska, has a drier, colder climate, but northwest Alaska suffers each October and November as big storms wash ashore off the Bering Sea.

Here are monthly averages -- high temperature, low temperature, precipitation (inches of rain and melted snow), snowfall and snow depth for Western locations: Adak, Bethel, Cold Bay, Dillingham, Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Iliamna, King Salmon, Kodiak, McGrath, Nome, Port Alsworth, St. Marys, St. Paul Island and Sand Point.

ADAK
(Former naval base in Aleutian Islands)
Period of record: 9/1/1949 to 9/26/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
44.7	36.2	61.50	99.4

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	37.2	37.0	38.6	41.3	45.1	49.1	54.0	55.8	52.3	46.9	41.4	38.0
Min temp	28.9	28.5	30.1	32.9	36.6	40.8	44.7	46.6	43.6	38.2	33.0	29.9
Precip- tation	6.27	4.57	5.43	4.19	3.86	3.09	2.82	4.22	5.78	6.56	7.43	7.28
Snow- fall	18.1	18.4	20.1	10.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.5	10.4	19.3
Snow depth	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

BETHEL
(Transportation and trade hub of southwestern Alaska)
Period of record: 9/3/1949 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
36.3	22.1	16.53	53.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	12.2	14.0	21.4	32.8	49.1	59.6	62.7	59.3	51.8	35.5	23.7	13.6
Min temp	-0.8	0.0	5.2	16.9	32.3	42.8	47.9	46.5	38.4	24.0	11.6	0.6
Precip- tation	0.75	0.65	0.76	0.65	0.86	1.47	2.10	3.35	2.32	1.34	1.20	1.08
Snow- fall	7.6	6.8	8.7	5.0	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	3.9	9.3	10.3
Snow depth	8	9	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6

COLD BAY
(Gateway to Izembek National Wildlife Refuge on Alaska Peninsula)
Period of record: 3/2/1950 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
42.8	33.6	37.43	65.1

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	32.8	32.5	34.7	38.0	44.7	50.4	54.9	55.8	52.1	44.5	39.0	34.7
Min temp	23.6	23.1	24.8	28.7	34.9	41.0	45.9	47.2	43.0	35.0	30.0	25.7
Precip- tation	2.82	2.47	2.32	2.02	2.50	2.45	2.46	3.78	4.30	4.34	4.41	3.55
Snow- fall	11.9	12.0	11.2	6.3	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.1	7.8	11.1
Snow depth	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

DILLINGHAM
(Fishing port on Bristol Bay, gateway to Wood-Tikchik State Park)
Period of record: 12/2/1951 to 11/30/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
40.6	26.9	26.11	86.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	22.1	22.8	29.2	38.1	50.3	58.7	62.5	60.6	53.9	39.7	28.7	20.7
Min temp	10.1	9.5	14.8	24.4	35.0	43.2	47.4	46.6	40.3	26.5	16.7	8.1
Precip- tation	1.84	1.42	1.57	1.09	1.59	1.93	2.86	3.92	3.56	2.21	2.19	1.91
Snow- fall	17.7	12.0	14.1	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	2.1	16.1	18.7
Snow depth	16	19	18	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	14