Wainwright weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · seaside town · subpolar / tundra climate
Wainwright is short on reliable sunshine. Its best month is July (Score 20/100) — for stronger sun, try one of the nearby alternatives below.
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- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 20/100
- Rain / year
- 387 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.9 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 3 (moderate)
- Sea at warmest
- 7°C / 45°F
- Population
- 628
- Elevation
- 11 m
When is the best time to visit Wainwright?
Wainwright never gets truly sunny weather: July is as good as it gets at 20/100, 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 Wainwright?
Wainwright never scores well for sunshine: even July, its best month, reaches only 20/100. July (20/100) is noticeably better than January (0). It is one of 586 destinations Sunshine Map tracks in United States. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 42% of the annual 387 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 19 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| February | 0 | -19° / -2°F | -24° / -11°F | 22 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
| March | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -23° / -9°F | 17 mm | 1 | -2° / 28°F |
| April | 0 | -9° / 16°F | -15° / 5°F | 19 mm | 2 | -2° / 28°F |
| May | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -5° / 23°F | 29 mm | 3 | -2° / 28°F |
| June | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 2° / 36°F | 37 mm | 3 | 1° / 34°F |
| July | 20 | 11° / 52°F | 5° / 41°F | 60 mm | 3 | 7° / 45°F |
| August | 0 | 8° / 46°F | 4° / 39°F | 60 mm | 2 | 7° / 45°F |
| September | 0 | 4° / 39°F | 0° / 32°F | 41 mm | 1 | 6° / 43°F |
| October | 0 | -3° / 27°F | -6° / 21°F | 35 mm | 0 | 3° / 37°F |
| November | 0 | -12° / 10°F | -16° / 3°F | 26 mm | 0 | -1° / 30°F |
| December | 0 | -17° / 1°F | -22° / -8°F | 22 mm | 0 | -2° / 28°F |
Sea temperature in Wainwright by month
The sea off Wainwright is warmest in July at around 7°C / 45°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 · 430 km · best in Jul · 2,092 h sun/yr
- Nome United States · 719 km · best in Jul · 1,904 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 822 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Bethel United States · 1,099 km · best in Jul · 1,745 h sun/yr
- Anchorage United States · 1,142 km · best in Jul · 1,720 h sun/yr
- Kodiak United States · 1,476 km · best in Jul · 1,335 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Atqasuk United States · 97 km · best in Jul
- Utqiaġvik United States · 137 km · best in Jan
- Point Lay United States · 152 km · 2,224 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Cape Lisburne United States · 306 km · 2,236 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Nuiqsut United States · 338 km · best in Jul
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