Average Precipitation for Alaska in December

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during December at communities and other locations around Alaska.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest, Interior and Far North Alaska.

Southeast Alaska

Average monthly precipitation in December
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
23	Annette Island	11.0	279
20	Haines	9.8	249
21	Juneau	6.5	166
22	Ketchikan	16.3	413
22	Sitka	8.4	214
14	Skagway	2.8	71
23	Yakutat	13.9	354

South - Central Alaska

December averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Anchorage	1.2	29
8	Gulkana	0.8	20
17	Homer	3.3	83
16	Seward	8.2	209
11	Talkeetna	1.7	42
17	Valdez	7.7	197

Southwest Alaska

Average amount of rain and snow in December
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Bethel	1.1	27
23	Cold Bay	4.4	112
13	King Salmon	1.4	35
20	Kodiak	8.8	224
12	McGrath	1.2	31
10	Port Alsworth	1.0	25
22	St Paul Island	2.3	58

Interior Alaska

Precipitation totals for December
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
9	Fairbanks	0.6	14
10	McKinley Park	0.8	21
7	Tanana	0.4	10
5	Tok	0.6	15

Far North Alaska

Total precipitation during December
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
7	Barrow	0.2	6
11	Bettles	1.1	29
10	Kotzebue	0.7	19
11	Nome	1.1	27