Ruby weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Ruby is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with July close behind. Ruby averages about 2,008 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,008
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 575 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Elevation
- 185 m
When is the best time to visit Ruby?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Ruby is June, then July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 26 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Ruby?
Ruby gets a moderate 2,008 hours of sunshine a year. 65 Sunshine Score points separate June (65) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #403 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 575 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 | -20° / -4°F | -26° / -15°F | 26 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -22° / -8°F | 33 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -20° / -4°F | 23 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -9° / 16°F | 33 mm | 2 |
| May | 28 | 12° / 54°F | 2° / 36°F | 42 mm | 3 |
| June | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 8° / 46°F | 65 mm | 3 |
| July | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 75 mm | 3 |
| August | 44 | 15° / 59°F | 7° / 45°F | 82 mm | 2 |
| September | 6 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 69 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -1° / 30°F | -6° / 21°F | 50 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 40 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -23° / -9°F | 37 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Fairbanks United States · 361 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Kotzebue United States · 403 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 476 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 482 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 545 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 792 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Galena United States · 70 km · 2,014 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Koyukuk United States · 108 km · 2,016 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Huslia United States · 115 km · 2,152 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nulato United States · 124 km · 1,902 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hughes United States · 156 km · 2,088 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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