Subarctic (dry summer)
Farm Loop, Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska · Population 2.9k · 495 ft elevation
Living in Farm Loop
Farm Loop has a subarctic (dry summer) climate: cool summers (July highs around 67°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it is a snowy place (82″ 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.
Farm Loop is an outdoor hub: about 20% 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.
Farm Loop at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 495 ft
- Average daily high
- 44°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 82″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,108 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 90th percentile
- Median home value
- $393k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,670/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $110k80th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.01%52th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.259th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%22th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 41%
- Violent crime rate
- 206 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,351 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9493th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 5,512 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22°F | 7°F | 0.7″ | 14.7″ | 77 hrs |
| Feb | 27°F | 12°F | 0.7″ | 13.6″ | 100 hrs |
| Mar | 33°F | 16°F | 0.5″ | 11.3″ | 198 hrs |
| Apr | 47°F | 29°F | 0.3″ | 4.8″ | 251 hrs |
| May | 58°F | 38°F | 0.6″ | 0.9″ | 283 hrs |
| Jun | 65°F | 46°F | 1.0″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 67°F | 50°F | 1.6″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Aug | 64°F | 47°F | 2.3″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Sep | 55°F | 40°F | 2.1″ | 0.5″ | 168 hrs |
| Oct | 41°F | 28°F | 1.3″ | 6.0″ | 107 hrs |
| Nov | 28°F | 15°F | 0.7″ | 11.9″ | 74 hrs |
| Dec | 24°F | 11°F | 1.0″ | 18.8″ | 62 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