Atka weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · oceanic / maritime climate
Atka is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 16/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,046
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 16/100
- Rain / year
- 969 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈64 cm
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 9°C / 48°F
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Atka?
Atka never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 16/100, and January is the low point (0/100). If sunshine is the point of the trip, the nearby alternatives below do better.
How sunny is Atka?
Atka isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,046 hours of sunshine a year. August (16/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #575 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 969 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 2° / 36°F | 1° / 34°F | 76 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| February | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 1° / 34°F | 83 mm | 1 | 4° / 39°F |
| March | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 1° / 34°F | 75 mm | 2 | 4° / 39°F |
| April | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 65 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| May | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 4° / 39°F | 55 mm | 4 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 6° / 43°F | 57 mm | 4 | 5° / 41°F |
| July | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 8° / 46°F | 93 mm | 4 | 7° / 45°F |
| August | 16 | 11° / 52°F | 9° / 48°F | 104 mm | 4 | 9° / 48°F |
| September | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 8° / 46°F | 93 mm | 3 | 9° / 48°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 6° / 43°F | 90 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 3° / 37°F | 89 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 2° / 36°F | 89 mm | 0 | 5° / 41°F |
Sea temperature in Atka by month
The sea off Atka is warmest in August at around 9°C / 48°F, and coolest in January at 4°C / 39°F. It never reaches comfortable swimming temperatures (21°C+). Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Bethel United States · 1,213 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 1,456 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,507 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,750 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,766 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia · 1,834 km · best in Aug · 1,728 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Adak United States · 171 km · 1,006 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Nikolski United States · 371 km · 1,066 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Unalaska United States · 545 km · 1,055 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- St Paul United States · 606 km · 1,043 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Akutan United States · 611 km · 985 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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