Port Heiden weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subarctic climate
Port Heiden is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is August (Score 33/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,147
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 33/100
- Rain / year
- 916 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.7 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 12°C / 54°F
- Elevation
- 25 m
When is the best time to visit Port Heiden?
Port Heiden never gets truly sunny weather: August is as good as it gets at 33/100, 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 Port Heiden?
Port Heiden isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,147 hours of sunshine a year. August (33/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It ranks #568 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 916 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 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 58 mm | 0 | 0° / 32°F |
| February | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -4° / 25°F | 60 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| March | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -5° / 23°F | 47 mm | 1 | -1° / 30°F |
| April | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -1° / 30°F | 56 mm | 2 | 0° / 32°F |
| May | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 3° / 37°F | 60 mm | 3 | 4° / 39°F |
| June | 18 | 11° / 52°F | 6° / 43°F | 63 mm | 4 | 8° / 46°F |
| July | 29 | 13° / 55°F | 9° / 48°F | 81 mm | 4 | 11° / 52°F |
| August | 33 | 14° / 57°F | 10° / 50°F | 102 mm | 3 | 12° / 54°F |
| September | 22 | 12° / 54°F | 8° / 46°F | 110 mm | 2 | 11° / 52°F |
| October | 0 | 7° / 45°F | 4° / 39°F | 106 mm | 1 | 7° / 45°F |
| November | 0 | 3° / 37°F | 0° / 32°F | 87 mm | 0 | 4° / 39°F |
| December | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -3° / 27°F | 86 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
Sea temperature in Port Heiden by month
The sea off Port Heiden is warmest in August at around 12°C / 54°F, and coolest in February 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
- Kodiak United States · 378 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 463 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 680 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 917 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 1,047 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 1,123 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chignik United States · 74 km · 1,144 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Chignik Lake United States · 79 km · 1,143 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Pilot Point United States · 94 km · 1,242 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Perryville United States · 121 km · 1,570 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Egegik United States · 156 km · 1,564 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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