Chefornak weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subarctic climate
Chefornak is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 30/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,500
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 30/100
- Rain / year
- 856 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Elevation
- 13 m
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When is the best time to visit Chefornak?
Chefornak never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 30/100, 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 Chefornak?
Chefornak isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,500 hours of sunshine a year. July (30/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #535 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 856 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 | -9° / 16°F | -14° / 7°F | 60 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 65 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 43 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 53 mm | 3 | 3° / 37°F |
| June | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 6° / 43°F | 56 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 30 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 86 mm | 3 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 28 | 13° / 55°F | 10° / 50°F | 109 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 106 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 2° / 36°F | 91 mm | 0 | 6° / 43°F |
| November | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -5° / 23°F | 73 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -10° / 14°F | 67 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Chefornak by month
The sea off Chefornak is warmest in July at around 13°C / 55°F, and coolest in January at -1°C / 30°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 · 152 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 490 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 725 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 755 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 785 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 987 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kipnuk United States · 27 km · 1,558 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nightmute United States · 44 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Toksook Bay United States · 63 km · 1,503 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kwigillingok United States · 68 km · 1,427 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tununak United States · 72 km · 1,503 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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