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A remote gold rush town perched on the Bering Sea that famously hosts the dramatic finish of the Iditarod.

Warmest month is June at 14°C on average. Coolest is January at -10°C.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January-10°±11°·
February-9°±9°·
March-7°±7°·
April-1°±9°·
May8°±7°·
June14°±7°·
July14°±5°·
August13°±4°·
September9°±3°·
October3°±5°·
November-4°±6°·
December-8°±9°·

What to do

  • Watch the Iditarod finish line in March
  • Search for muskoxen driving along the Teller Highway
  • Beachcomb for gold flakes on the shore

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.