King Salmon weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit King Salmon is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 53/100), with August and June close behind. King Salmon averages about 1,566 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 17°C / 63°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,566
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 53/100
- Rain / year
- 895 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 307
- Elevation
- 17 m
When is the best time to visit King Salmon?
For sunshine, the best time to visit King Salmon is July, then August and June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 59 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is King Salmon?
King Salmon isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,566 hours of sunshine a year. 53 Sunshine Score points separate July (53) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #519 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 895 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 | -6° / 21°F | -11° / 12°F | 59 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -8° / 18°F | 58 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -9° / 16°F | 45 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 5° / 41°F | -2° / 28°F | 54 mm | 2 |
| May | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 62 mm | 3 |
| June | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 64 mm | 4 |
| July | 53 | 17° / 63°F | 10° / 50°F | 92 mm | 4 |
| August | 46 | 16° / 61°F | 10° / 50°F | 104 mm | 3 |
| September | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 113 mm | 2 |
| October | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 1° / 34°F | 93 mm | 1 |
| November | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -6° / 21°F | 79 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -4° / 25°F | -9° / 16°F | 72 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kodiak United States · 264 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 373 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 463 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 797 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 823 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 960 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- South Naknek United States · 21 km · 1,566 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Egegik United States · 69 km · 1,564 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Igiugig United States · 84 km · 1,454 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- New Stuyahok United States · 95 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Clarks Point United States · 110 km · 1,694 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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