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Sitka weather by month

Sitka runs from about 1°C in January to 15°C in August, with October the wettest month at 381 mm.

warmest month

August

15°C

coolest month

January

1°C

wettest month

October

381 mm

worst air month

May

4 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Sitka
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January1°C350 mm42 h2
February1°C159 mm130 h3
March3°C213 mm187 h3
April5°C148 mm252 h4
May8°C220 mm211 h4
June12°C94 mm264 h4
July14°C226 mm177 h4
August15°C201 mm278 h4
September11°C310 mm190 h4
October7°C381 mm111 h3
November2°C240 mm99 h2
December4°C377 mm54 h1

About 1,995 hours of sun a year. Roughly 270 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.