McGrath weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit McGrath is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with June close behind. McGrath averages about 1,858 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 19°C / 66°F and roughly 103 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,858
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 754 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.4 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 301
- Elevation
- 100 m
When is the best time to visit McGrath?
For sunshine, the best time to visit McGrath is July, then June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 38 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is McGrath?
McGrath gets a moderate 1,858 hours of sunshine a year. 65 Sunshine Score points separate July (65) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #459 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 754 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 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 38 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -18° / 0°F | 42 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -17° / 1°F | 31 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -6° / 21°F | 41 mm | 2 |
| May | 34 | 13° / 55°F | 3° / 37°F | 48 mm | 3 |
| June | 61 | 18° / 64°F | 9° / 48°F | 88 mm | 4 |
| July | 65 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 103 mm | 3 |
| August | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 99 mm | 3 |
| September | 12 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 90 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -4° / 25°F | 68 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -16° / 3°F | 56 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -20° / -4°F | 50 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Anchorage United States · 353 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 406 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 432 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 514 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 547 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 603 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Takotna United States · 22 km · 1,836 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nikolai United States · 63 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Stony River United States · 139 km · 1,760 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Red Devil United States · 158 km · 1,760 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Sleetmute United States · 161 km · 1,759 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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