Climate & Weather in Sitka
Sitka has a real, genuine temperate rainforest climate: mild, cool summers (average July high around 61°F) and cool, wet winters (average December high around 37.5°F), with approximately 95-100 inches of precipitation and about 64 inches of snowfall annually -- wet essentially year-round.
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Learn moreMild, Cool Summers
Sitka's summers are cited as cool and mostly cloudy, with average high temperatures around 61°F in July, the warmest month -- genuinely mild by any national standard, and notably cooler than most of this project's other Tier A+ markets.
Cool, Wet Winters -- Not the Extreme Cold of Interior Alaska
Winters are cited as long and overcast, with average high temperatures around 37.5°F in December -- genuinely milder than interior or northern Alaska, a real product of Sitka's maritime, Pacific-influenced location, though still meaningfully colder than most Lower-48 Tier A+ markets in this project.
A Genuine Temperate Rainforest -- Wet Essentially Year-Round
Sitka receives approximately 95-100 inches of precipitation annually, consistent with its location in a genuine temperate rainforest. October is cited as the wettest month (approximately 12.0 inches), and June the driest (approximately 4.2 inches) -- but every month sees meaningful rainfall.
Meaningful Annual Snowfall Despite Mild Temperatures
Sitka averages approximately 64 inches of snowfall per year -- a real, meaningful amount despite the area's genuinely mild temperature profile relative to the rest of Alaska.
Key takeaways
- Sitka's average July high runs around 61°F -- genuinely mild, cool summers by any national standard.
- Sitka's average December high runs around 37.5°F -- genuinely milder than interior Alaska, though still cold relative to most Lower-48 Tier A+ markets.
- Sitka receives approximately 95-100 inches of precipitation annually, consistent with its genuine temperate rainforest climate -- wet essentially year-round.
- Sitka averages approximately 64 inches of snowfall per year despite its comparatively mild temperature profile.
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