Kipnuk weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subarctic climate
Kipnuk is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 36/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,558
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 36/100
- Rain / year
- 858 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 13°C / 55°F
- Elevation
- Sea level
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When is the best time to visit Kipnuk?
Kipnuk never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 36/100, 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 Kipnuk?
Kipnuk isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,558 hours of sunshine a year. July (36/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #522 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 858 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 | -15° / 5°F | 58 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| February | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 65 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -12° / 10°F | 43 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 2 | -1° / 30°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 2° / 36°F | 55 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| June | 26 | 12° / 54°F | 7° / 45°F | 59 mm | 4 | 10° / 50°F |
| July | 36 | 14° / 57°F | 9° / 48°F | 89 mm | 4 | 13° / 55°F |
| August | 34 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 110 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 11 | 10° / 50°F | 7° / 45°F | 103 mm | 2 | 10° / 50°F |
| October | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 1° / 34°F | 89 mm | 1 | 5° / 41°F |
| November | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -7° / 19°F | 73 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 67 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
Sea temperature in Kipnuk by month
The sea off Kipnuk 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 · 153 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 515 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 705 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 776 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 778 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 991 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chefornak United States · 27 km · 1,500 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kwigillingok United States · 48 km · 1,427 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kongiganak United States · 64 km · 1,427 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nightmute United States · 70 km · 1,502 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tuntutuliak United States · 89 km · 1,641 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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