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Bettles, AK

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
8.52in
year to date · normal 8.51"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 82 yrs
0% of normal
MONTH TO DATE
1.99in
38th wettest of 83 yrs
106% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
6.9in
22nd wettest of 83 yrs
128% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
8.52in
41st wettest of 82 yrs
100% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

2.96in
on Aug 17, 1994 · in 83 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 85 days (to Apr 19, 1950)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 18 days

Year to Date vs Normal

100%
8.52" of a normal 8.51" · wettest 18.35" (1963) · driest 3.55" (1959)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 81-year record (1945–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 14.64" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1196524.46in
2196324.42in
3202121.14in
4201920.83in
5194520.7in

Driest Years on Record

119696.88in
219508.74in
319588.93in
419688.99in
519599.04in

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 (~2.4") and driest in Apr (~0.35"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1994, 9.16".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.93in
set in 1994

Rain on Aug 24

52%
of 82 years had measurable rain
1944: 0.29″1945: 0.02″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.14″1950: 0.00″1951: 0.04″1952: 0.11″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.44″1955: 0.63″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.01″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.00″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.09″1963: 0.82″1964: 0.28″1965: 0.02″1966: 0.03″1967: 0.08″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.30″1970: 0.15″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.78″1973: 0.04″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.58″1984: 0.09″1985: 0.03″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.04″1989: 0.10″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.07″1993: 0.01″1994: 0.93″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.02″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.03″1999: 0.02″2000: 0.17″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.26″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.21″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.12″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.15″2012: 0.16″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.01″2016: 0.06″2017: 0.05″2018: 0.15″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.00″2021: 0.30″2022: 0.24″2023: 0.54″2024: 0.30″2025: 0.00″0″1″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Bettles'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.
Bettles, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Bettles'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.
Bettles, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Snow Season

Season to Date (since Jul 1)

0.0in
2nd snowiest of 81 seasons · snowiest since 2025 · normal 0.0"

Snowiest Season on Record

2.6in
winter of 1969–1970

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:13 AM
Sunset8:01 PM
Solar noon12:07 PM
Daylight15h 48m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

66.92°N, 151.52°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Fairbanks, AK178 mi SEDelta Junction, AK261 mi SEMcgrath, AK298 mi SWKotzebue, AK300 mi WTalkeetna, AK320 mi SBarrow, AK327 mi NW

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