This weather has a price Keeping the median Chugach Census Area home comfortable runs roughly $941 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Chugach Census Area Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: August

61.9°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 19.0°F.

Chugach Census Area gets 86.18" of precipitation a year, and 39% of it falls in Aug, Sep, Oct.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Precip
January	33.7°	19.0°	6.22"
February	36.7°	21.4°	5.95"
March	39.1°	22.5°	4.69"
April	46.5°	29.8°	4.48"
May	54.1°	36.8°	5.41"
June	59.4°	43.5°	4.58"
July	61.6°	47.6°	5.70"
August	61.9°	46.4°	9.93"
September	56.4°	40.3°	13.21"
October	47.5°	32.7°	10.88"
November	38.4°	24.8°	7.16"
December	35.3°	22.4°	7.97"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 39% falling in the wettest three months (Aug, Sep, Oct).

January 6.22"

February 5.95"

March 4.69"

April 4.48"

May 5.41"

June 4.58"

July 5.70"

August 9.93"

September 13.21"

October 10.88"

November 7.16"

December 7.97"

Annual total 86.18"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 1

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 9,136

Approximate annual cooling cost At 29.41¢/kWh, Alaska average $0

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $940

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Chugach Census Area, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Chugach Census Area?

Chugach Census Area averages a high of 61.9°F in August and a low of 19.0°F in January. Annual precipitation is 86.18 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Chugach Census Area?

The wettest stretch is Aug, Sep, Oct, which accounts for 39% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Chugach Census Area?

The average daily high in August, the hottest month, is 61.9°F. That drives 1 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Chugach Census Area?

The weather station used for Chugach Census Area, CORDOVA M K SMITH AP, AK US, reports temperature and precipitation but not snowfall, so there is no snow normal to quote here. Precipitation that falls as snow is still counted in the 86.18 inches above, measured as melted water.

Sources

Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station CORDOVA M K SMITH AP, AK US (USW00026410), 25.6 miles from the county centroid.
Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Alaska residential average.
Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.