Selawik weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Selawik is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 65/100), with June close behind. Selawik averages about 2,132 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 18°C / 64°F and roughly 69 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,132
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 65/100
- Rain / year
- 506 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈2.1 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Population
- 809
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Selawik?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Selawik is July, then June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 28 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Selawik?
Selawik gets a moderate 2,132 hours of sunshine a year. 65 Sunshine Score points separate July (65) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #352 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 506 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 | -19° / -2°F | -25° / -13°F | 28 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -22° / -8°F | 39 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -21° / -6°F | 22 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -11° / 12°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| May | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 0° / 32°F | 33 mm | 3 |
| June | 56 | 16° / 61°F | 8° / 46°F | 40 mm | 3 |
| July | 65 | 18° / 64°F | 10° / 50°F | 69 mm | 3 |
| August | 45 | 15° / 59°F | 8° / 46°F | 76 mm | 2 |
| September | 7 | 9° / 48°F | 2° / 36°F | 49 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -6° / 21°F | 47 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -13° / 9°F | -19° / -2°F | 35 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -16° / 3°F | -22° / -8°F | 38 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kotzebue United States · 119 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 342 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 588 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 654 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 774 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,056 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kiana United States · 46 km · 1,928 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Noorvik United States · 51 km · 1,924 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Buckland United States · 86 km · 2,048 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Ambler United States · 109 km · 2,108 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Shungnak United States · 128 km · 2,131 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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