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King Salmon, AK

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
12.0in
year to date · normal 11.89"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.04in
43rd wettest of 96 yrs
133% of normal
MONTH TO DATE
3.08in
26th wettest of 97 yrs
124% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
7.16in
38th wettest of 99 yrs
105% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
12.0in
46th wettest of 96 yrs
101% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

1.83in
on Jul 29, 1928 · in 110 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 50 days (to May 25, 1932)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 22 days

Year to Date vs Normal

101%
12.0" of a normal 11.89" · wettest 22.4" (1935) · driest 5.8" (1959)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 89-year record (1918–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 21.06" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1193531.55in
2202230.83in
3201830.64in
4196126.87in
5199426.35in

Driest Years on Record

119599.77in
2198413.23in
3199713.94in
4199614.75in
5196815.2in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Aug (~3.17") and driest in Feb (~0.75"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1932, 7.31".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at King Salmon — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.94in
set in 1930

Rain on Aug 24

58%
of 96 years had measurable rain
1917: 0.00″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.15″1928: 0.71″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.94″1931: 0.16″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.05″1936: 0.00″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.04″1941: 0.00″1944: 0.06″1945: 0.18″1947: 0.03″1948: 0.02″1949: 0.13″1950: 0.05″1951: 0.34″1952: 0.21″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.26″1956: 0.49″1957: 0.01″1958: 0.15″1959: 0.25″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.19″1964: 0.01″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.04″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.02″1973: 0.12″1974: 0.01″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.10″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.10″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.13″1982: 0.05″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.85″1985: 0.46″1986: 0.08″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.44″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.31″1992: 0.02″1993: 0.14″1994: 0.00″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.04″1999: 0.15″2000: 0.05″2001: 0.47″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.10″2004: 0.03″2005: 0.10″2006: 0.14″2007: 0.06″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.08″2012: 0.03″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.69″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.13″2017: 0.39″2018: 0.08″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.22″2021: 0.03″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.45″2024: 0.09″2025: 0.04″0″1″1930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

King Salmon's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
King Salmon, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

King Salmon's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
King Salmon, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:09 AM
Sunset7:47 PM
Solar noon12:28 PM
Daylight14h 37m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

58.68°N, 156.66°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

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