Deadhorse weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subpolar / tundra climate
Deadhorse is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 33/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 33/100
- Rain / year
- 377 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 18 m
When is the best time to visit Deadhorse?
Deadhorse never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 33/100, 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 Deadhorse?
Deadhorse never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 33/100. July (33/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 586 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in United States. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 46% of the annual 377 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -27° / -17°F | 18 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -26° / -15°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -24° / -11°F | 17 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -15° / 5°F | 20 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -5° / 23°F | 31 mm | 3 |
| June | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 30 mm | 3 |
| July | 33 | 13° / 55°F | 6° / 43°F | 56 mm | 3 |
| August | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 4° / 39°F | 71 mm | 2 |
| September | 0 | 5° / 41°F | 0° / 32°F | 46 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -8° / 18°F | 30 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -19° / -2°F | 20 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -24° / -11°F | 19 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 599 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 680 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 957 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,005 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 1,209 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Whitehorse Canada · 1,217 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Nuiqsut United States · 96 km · best in Jul
- Barter United States · 184 km · best in Jul
- Arctic Village United States · 258 km · 2,418 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Anaktuvuk Pass United States · 263 km · 2,165 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Utqiaġvik United States · 327 km · best in Jan
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