Warm-summer humid continental
Petersburg, Alaska
Petersburg Borough, Alaska · Population 3.3k · 36 ft elevation
Living in Petersburg
Petersburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate: cool summers (July highs around 62°F) and chilly winters (January lows around 27°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 110″ a year, and it is a snowy place (86″ a season).
Skies are gray (42% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 23, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Petersburg is an outdoor hub: about 88% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 4,400 ft around town.
Petersburg at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 36 ft
- Average daily high
- 48°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 110″100th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 86″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 1,988 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 233th percentile
- Median home value
- $299k58th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,208/mo51th percentile
- Median household income
- $76k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.70%26th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Average commute
- 7 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%58th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%
- Violent crime rate
- 205 per 100k57th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 877 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9998th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 77%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 88%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 4,429 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 27°F | 11.4″ | 20.7″ | 70 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 28°F | 7.6″ | 16.9″ | 113 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 30°F | 7.6″ | 20.0″ | 171 hrs |
| Apr | 48°F | 35°F | 6.7″ | 1.1″ | 235 hrs |
| May | 56°F | 42°F | 5.9″ | 0.2″ | 292 hrs |
| Jun | 60°F | 48°F | 5.0″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jul | 62°F | 51°F | 5.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Aug | 61°F | 51°F | 8.2″ | — | 209 hrs |
| Sep | 56°F | 46°F | 14.3″ | — | 155 hrs |
| Oct | 48°F | 39°F | 13.8″ | 0.4″ | 103 hrs |
| Nov | 40°F | 33°F | 12.3″ | 10.8″ | 68 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 29°F | 11.8″ | 15.5″ | 65 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