Subarctic
Steele Creek, Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 5.9k · 1,260 ft elevation
Living in Steele Creek
Steele Creek has a subarctic climate: cool summers (July highs around 68°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -3°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 15″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (53″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 20 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Steele Creek: about 20% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,800 ft around town.
Steele Creek at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 1,260 ft
- Average daily high
- 38°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 23°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 15″9th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 53″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,695 hrs38th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $331k63th percentile
- Median rent
- $980/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $117k83th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.23%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.11th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,772 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10°F | -3°F | 0.6″ | 7.1″ | 105 hrs |
| Feb | 17°F | 3°F | 0.6″ | 6.1″ | 153 hrs |
| Mar | 23°F | 8°F | 0.5″ | 6.3″ | 289 hrs |
| Apr | 42°F | 25°F | 0.7″ | 2.5″ | 358 hrs |
| May | 57°F | 38°F | 0.9″ | 0.3″ | 355 hrs |
| Jun | 67°F | 48°F | 2.2″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Jul | 68°F | 51°F | 2.9″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 61°F | 46°F | 2.9″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Sep | 51°F | 37°F | 1.7″ | 1.8″ | 199 hrs |
| Oct | 33°F | 22°F | 0.8″ | 7.3″ | 129 hrs |
| Nov | 18°F | 6°F | 0.8″ | 11.8″ | 92 hrs |
| Dec | 14°F | 0°F | 0.6″ | 9.9″ | 89 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