Warm-summer continental (dry summer)
Butte, Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska · Population 3.9k · 98 ft elevation
Living in Butte
Butte has a warm-summer continental (dry summer) climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 70°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (49″ a season).
Skies are gray (45% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 9, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Butte is an outdoor hub: about 23% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 5,500 ft around town.
Butte at a glance
- Population
- 3.9k
- Elevation
- 98 ft
- Average daily high
- 48°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 49″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,107 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $320k61th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,412/mo63th percentile
- Median household income
- $106k77th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.38%69th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 3.71th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%22th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9594th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 23%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,545 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°F | 13°F | 0.8″ | 9.2″ | 78 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 18°F | 1.2″ | 9.0″ | 100 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 21°F | 0.9″ | 7.6″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 52°F | 34°F | 0.4″ | 1.4″ | 250 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 43°F | 0.7″ | 0.5″ | 283 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 51°F | 1.2″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 70°F | 54°F | 1.7″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Aug | 68°F | 52°F | 2.2″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Sep | 59°F | 45°F | 2.2″ | — | 168 hrs |
| Oct | 45°F | 33°F | 1.6″ | 3.8″ | 107 hrs |
| Nov | 30°F | 20°F | 1.5″ | 8.1″ | 75 hrs |
| Dec | 27°F | 15°F | 1.4″ | 9.9″ | 63 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology