Point Hope weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Point Hope is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 7/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,226
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 7/100
- Rain / year
- 444 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 9°C / 48°F
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Point Hope?
Point Hope never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 7/100, 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 Point Hope?
Point Hope gets a moderate 2,226 hours of sunshine a year. Conditions barely change through the year — only 7 Sunshine Score points separate July from January. It ranks #313 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 444 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 | -16° / 3°F | -20° / -4°F | 24 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -19° / -2°F | 30 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -18° / 0°F | 21 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -12° / 10°F | 20 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -3° / 27°F | 33 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 3° / 37°F | 35 mm | 3 | 2° / 36°F |
| July | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 6° / 43°F | 55 mm | 3 | 6° / 43°F |
| August | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 7° / 45°F | 61 mm | 2 | 9° / 48°F |
| September | 0 | 6° / 43°F | 4° / 39°F | 44 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| October | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -1° / 30°F | 49 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -6° / 21°F | -8° / 18°F | 39 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -16° / 3°F | 33 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Point Hope by month
The sea off Point Hope is warmest in August at around 9°C / 48°F, and coolest in January at -2°C / 28°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
- Kotzebue United States · 241 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 431 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 874 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 920 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,120 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,374 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cape Lisburne United States · 65 km · 2,236 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kivalina United States · 115 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Noatak United States · 182 km · 2,194 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Point Lay United States · 215 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Shishmaref United States · 235 km · 1,904 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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