Barter weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Barter is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 13/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 13/100
- Rain / year
- 393 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 6°C / 43°F
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Barter?
Barter never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 13/100, 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 Barter?
Barter never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 13/100. Conditions barely change through the year — only 13 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It is one of 586 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in United States. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 47% of the annual 393 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -22° / -8°F | 18 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -22° / -8°F | 17 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -21° / -6°F | 16 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -13° / 9°F | 18 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 28 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 35 mm | 4 | -1° / 30°F |
| July | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 5° / 41°F | 56 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| August | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 4° / 39°F | 75 mm | 2 | 6° / 43°F |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 53 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| October | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 38 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -16° / 3°F | 20 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -20° / -4°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Barter by month
The sea off Barter is warmest in August at around 6°C / 43°F, and coolest in January at -2°C / 28°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
- Fairbanks United States · 618 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 850 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,037 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 1,117 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,117 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 1,328 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Deadhorse United States · 184 km · best in Jul
- Arctic Village United States · 238 km · 2,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nuiqsut United States · 280 km · best in Jul
- Old Crow Canada · 322 km · 2,379 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Venetie United States · 365 km · 2,314 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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