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Ranked from NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals

Coldest Winters in Alaska

Average daily low in the coldest month, coldest counties first, with the heating degree days beside it. Figures are NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals from the weather station nearest each county seat, so they describe a thirty-year average rather than any single year.

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Alaska ranked

#County Winter lowHeating degree daysMonthly to own
1 North Slope Borough -23.0°F18,759$1,822
2 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area -22.1°F14,679$2,083
3 Fairbanks North Star Borough -17.6°F13,878$2,351
4 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area -17.4°F14,408$863
5 Copper River Census Area -11.7°F13,377$1,840
6 Northwest Arctic Borough -8.4°F14,907$1,298
7 Nome Census Area -2.0°F13,485$1,788
8 Kusilvak Census Area 1.2°F12,228$719
9 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 5.4°F10,592$2,583
10 Anchorage Municipality 6.4°F10,764$3,061
11 Kenai Peninsula Borough 7.4°F10,693$2,315
12 Bristol Bay Borough 9.8°F10,385$2,133
13 Dillingham Census Area 9.8°F10,385$1,529
14 Kodiak Island Borough 9.8°F10,385$2,991
15 Haines Borough 18.6°F8,406$2,501
16 Chugach Census Area 19.0°F9,136$2,618
17 Yakutat City and Borough 20.4°F9,095$1,543
18 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 20.6°F9,072$2,123
19 Juneau City and Borough 22.2°F8,113$3,356
20 Skagway Municipality 22.2°F8,113$3,126
21 Petersburg Borough 27.2°F8,018$2,347
22 Wrangell City and Borough 27.2°F8,018$2,250
23 Sitka City and Borough 29.2°F7,888$3,255
24 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 30.4°F7,216$1,750
25 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 31.5°F6,917$2,891

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Coldest Winters across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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