Hughes weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Hughes is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with June close behind. Hughes averages about 2,088 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 20°C / 68°F and roughly 88 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,088
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 632 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 90 m
When is the best time to visit Hughes?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Hughes is July, then June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 29 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Hughes?
Hughes gets a moderate 2,088 hours of sunshine a year. 75 Sunshine Score points separate July (75) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #367 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 41% of the annual 632 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -26° / -15°F | 29 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -23° / -9°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -11° / 12°F | -21° / -6°F | 25 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -10° / 14°F | 34 mm | 2 |
| May | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| June | 72 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 66 mm | 3 |
| July | 75 | 20° / 68°F | 11° / 52°F | 88 mm | 3 |
| August | 49 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 97 mm | 2 |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 71 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 55 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -20° / -4°F | 43 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -23° / -9°F | 42 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 326 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 382 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 546 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 580 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 695 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 926 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Utopia Creek United States · 26 km · 2,057 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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- Huslia United States · 102 km · 2,152 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Tanana United States · 138 km · 2,045 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Kobuk United States · 152 km · 2,131 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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