Table 18. -- Monthly and annual normal precipitation 



Area 



Jan . 



Feb. 



Mar . 



Apr. 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Deo . 



Annual 



Interior Basin 































Bettles 



0.73 



0.39 



0.88 



0.37 



1.05 



1.18 



1 



37 



3.09 



2.25 



1.44 



0.69 



0.57 



14.01 



Big Delta 



.38 



.16 



.34 



.28 



.64 



2.31 



2 



99 



1.98 



1.43 



.50 



.29 



.33 



11.63 



Fairbanks 



.99 



.51 



.58 



.29 



.74 



1.37 



1 



92 



2.26 



1.21 



.92 



.63 



.50 



11.92 



Fort Yukon 



.38 



.34 



.28 



.17 



.32 



.71 





96 



1.28 



.81 



.57 



.41 



.29 



6.52 



Galena 1/ 



.77 



.81 



.74 



.18 



.63 



1.69 



2 



69 



2.84 



2.4 



.6 



.6 



.6 



14.55 



Lake Minohumina 2/ 





























McGrath 



1.14 



1.15 



.98 



.49 



.94 



2.06 



2 



32 



3.63 



2.41 



1.67 



1.09 



1.25 



19.13 



Northway 



.61 



.34 



.22 



.35 



.72 



2.00 



2 



89 



1.81 



1.18 



.49 



.36 



.37 



11.34 



Summit 



1.01 



1.33 



1.32 



.54 



.98 



2.13 



3 



38 



3.37 



3.35 



1.89 



1.43 



1.52 



22.25 



Tanana 



.81 



.59 



.58 



.26 



.73 



1.26 



2 



39 



2.89 



1.99 



1.05 



.63 



.57 



13.75 



Arctic Drainage 



Kotzebue .47 .32 .27 .36 .33 .49 1.53 1.95 .94 .58 .43 .35 8.02 

 West Central 



Bethel .90 .82 .92 .55 .89 1.20 2.29 4.02 3.01 1.75 .97 .85 18.17 

 Unalakleet 2/ 



Cook Inlet 



Anchorage .76 .58 .60 .40 .51 .89 1.55 2.56 2.71 1.87 1.00 .84 14.27 



Homer 2.39 1.40 1.64 1.33 1.00 1.07 1.66 2.89 2.79 3.74 2.55 2.76 25.22 



Bristol Bay 



Iliamna 1.20 .95 1.33 1.01 1.35 1.54 2.80 5.03 3.99 3.20 1.50 1.88 25.78 



Naknek .94 1.24 1.19 .83 1.28 1.52 3.10 4.14 3.49 2.73 1.30 1.21 22.97 



Copper River 



Gulkana .79 .42 .37 .21 .41 1.19 2.12 1.87 2.13 .74 .66 .79 11.70 



1/ Data for Sept. -Dec. not given in climatological summary, but obtained through correspondence. 

 2/ Not sufficient records to establish a mean precipitation. 



Source: U. S. Weather Bureau, Climatological Data, Annual Summary, 1958. 



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