This weather has a price Keeping the median Copper River Census Area home comfortable runs roughly $1,323 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Copper River Census Area Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

69.3°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of -11.7°F.

Copper River Census Area gets 11.76" of precipitation a year, and 43% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

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	5.0°	-11.7°	0.73"
February	16.1°	-4.9°	0.65"
March	28.0°	1.4°	0.34"
April	44.4°	20.8°	0.22"
May	58.2°	33.4°	0.76"
June	67.3°	42.5°	1.36"
July	69.3°	46.5°	1.74"
August	64.6°	42.5°	1.91"
September	54.2°	33.1°	1.42"
October	35.9°	18.3°	1.00"
November	15.0°	-1.4°	0.85"
December	7.8°	-8.2°	0.78"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 43% falling in the wettest three months (Jul, Aug, Sep).

January 0.73"

February 0.65"

March 0.34"

April 0.22"

May 0.76"

June 1.36"

July 1.74"

August 1.91"

September 1.42"

October 1.00"

November 0.85"

December 0.78"

Annual total 11.76"

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 8

Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 13,377

Approximate annual cooling cost At 28.21¢/kWh, Alaska average $2

Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $1,321

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 Copper River Census Area, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Copper River Census Area?

Copper River Census Area averages a high of 69.3°F in July and a low of -11.7°F in January. Annual precipitation is 11.76 inches, with essentially no snow.

When is the rainy season in Copper River Census Area?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 43% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Copper River Census Area?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 69.3°F. That drives 8 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Copper River Census Area?

The weather station used for Copper River Census Area, GULKANA 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 11.76 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 GULKANA AP, AK US (USW00026425), 50.4 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.