Climate
On 16 January 1981, Petersburg registered a daily maximum temperature of 62 °F (17 °C), the highest ever recorded in the month of January in Alaska. Eleven years later, on February 27, 1992, a high of 66 °F (19 °C) was observed, also setting a monthly state record high.
| Climate data for Petersburg, Alaska | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 34.9 (1.6) |
38.8 (3.8) |
43.4 (6.3) |
50.3 (10.2) |
56.8 (13.8) |
61.8 (16.6) |
63.9 (17.7) |
62.3 (16.8) |
55.9 (13.3) |
47.7 (8.7) |
39.6 (4.2) |
35.9 (2.2) |
49.3 (9.6) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 23.4 (−4.8) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
33.8 (1.0) |
39.0 (3.9) |
44.8 (7.1) |
48.0 (8.9) |
47.2 (8.4) |
43.0 (6.1) |
37.5 (3.1) |
30.7 (−0.7) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
35.8 (2.1) |
| Rainfall inches (mm) | 10.64 (270.3) |
8.23 (209) |
8.26 (209.8) |
6.90 (175.3) |
6.30 (160) |
4.86 (123.4) |
5.22 (132.6) |
6.61 (167.9) |
11.34 (288) |
17.56 (446) |
12.83 (325.9) |
11.20 (284.5) |
109.95 (2,792.7) |
| Source: NOAA | |||||||||||||
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