Eagle River climate — normals and trends
Eagle River (United States) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 1,324 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (11.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-11.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.
Eagle River averages 218 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Eagle River has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 234 to 202 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.8 °C (on 4 July 2019) and the coldest -41.1 °C (on 4 February 1999).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Eagle RiverAlaska
- coords
- 61.32°, -149.57°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
-0.7°C
Average daily high
2.6°C
Average daily low
-3.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,324mm
Sunshine / day
7.5h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
218 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
533.2 cm
Average feels-like high
-0.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-7.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
9.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
26.8 °C
4 July 2019
Coldest day
-41.1 °C
4 February 1999
Wettest day
90 mm
23 October 1954
Windiest day
29.8 km/h
20 January 1991
Strongest gust
115.2 km/h
25 September 1996
Hottest feels-like
28.1 °C
26 June 1953
Coldest feels-like
-45.7 °C
4 February 1999
Snowiest day
58.2 cm
23 October 1954
Sunniest day
18.0 h
12 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.3 °C | +6.0 °C | 326 mm | +216 mm |
| Feb | -3.9 °C | +2.6 °C | 32 mm | -65 mm |
| Mar | 1.8 °C | +4.8 °C | 68 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 4.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 178 mm | +101 mm |
| May | 8.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 12.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 110 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 16.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 52 mm | -55 mm |
| Aug | 15.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 122 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 10.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 208 mm | +42 mm |
| Oct | 4.9 °C | +3.2 °C | 182 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | -4.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 125 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | -13.7 °C | -5.2 °C | 22 mm | -102 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Eagle River?
Eagle River has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is -0.7 °C and it receives 1,324 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Eagle River?
The hottest day measured in Eagle River between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 2019, reaching 26.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Eagle River?
The coldest day measured in Eagle River between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1999, at -41.1 °C.
Does it snow in Eagle River?
Yes. Eagle River gets on average 533.2 cm of snow per year and has around 218 frost days.
Has the climate of Eagle River warmed?
Yes: Eagle River warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Eagle River?
The wettest day measured in Eagle River between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1954, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Eagle River?
The windiest day measured in Eagle River between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 1991, with winds reaching 29.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Eagle River?
The warmest month in Eagle River is July (11.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-11.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Eagle River?
Eagle River receives on average 1,324 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Eagle River?
Eagle River gets on average 7.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,738 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Eagle River?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Eagle River between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1954, with 58.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Eagle River?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Eagle River.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Eagle River?
In Eagle River, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 28.1 °C on 26 June 1953, and the lowest was -45.7 °C on 4 February 1999.
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