Cape Lisburne weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Cape Lisburne is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 7/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,236
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 7/100
- Rain / year
- 429 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 8°C / 46°F
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Cape Lisburne?
Cape Lisburne never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 7/100, 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 Cape Lisburne?
Cape Lisburne gets a moderate 2,236 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 7 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #312 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 429 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 | -16° / 3°F | -20° / -4°F | 23 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -19° / -2°F | 28 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -18° / 0°F | 19 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -12° / 10°F | 20 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 31 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 2° / 36°F | 34 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 6° / 43°F | 51 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 59 mm | 2 | 8° / 46°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 45 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 51 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -8° / 18°F | 37 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -16° / 3°F | 31 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Cape Lisburne by month
The sea off Cape Lisburne is warmest in August at around 8°C / 46°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
- Kotzebue United States · 266 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 486 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 912 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 922 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,135 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,404 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Point Hope United States · 65 km · 2,226 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kivalina United States · 142 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Point Lay United States · 155 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Noatak United States · 195 km · 2,194 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Shishmaref United States · 292 km · 1,904 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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