Galena weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Galena is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 67/100), with June close behind. Galena averages about 2,014 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 95 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,014
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 67/100
- Rain / year
- 697 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.3 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 44 m
When is the best time to visit Galena?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Galena is July, then June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 32 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Galena?
Galena gets a moderate 2,014 hours of sunshine a year. 67 Sunshine Score points separate July (67) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #402 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 697 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 32 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -21° / -6°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -19° / -2°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 40 mm | 2 |
| May | 27 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 47 mm | 3 |
| June | 63 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 79 mm | 4 |
| July | 67 | 19° / 66°F | 11° / 52°F | 95 mm | 3 |
| August | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 102 mm | 3 |
| September | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 81 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 61 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -18° / 0°F | 46 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 45 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kotzebue United States · 351 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 406 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 430 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 505 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 528 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 812 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Koyukuk United States · 40 km · 2,016 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nulato United States · 54 km · 1,902 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ruby United States · 70 km · 2,008 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kaltag United States · 98 km · 1,898 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Huslia United States · 110 km · 2,152 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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