Average temperatures for October at cities, towns and parks throughout Alaska are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southeast, South - Central, Southwest, Interior and Far North Alaska.
The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 by the US National Climatic Data Center.
Southeast Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
52 |
42 |
Annette Island |
11 |
6 |
47 |
36 |
Glacier Bay |
8 |
2 |
44 |
32 |
Haines |
7 |
0 |
48 |
39 |
Juneau |
9 |
4 |
51 |
40 |
Ketchikan |
10 |
4 |
51 |
42 |
Sitka |
10 |
5 |
49 |
41 |
Wrangell |
10 |
5 |
47 |
35 |
Yakutat |
9 |
2 |
South - Central Alaska
Average daily temperatures in October
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
41 |
29 |
Anchorage |
5 |
-2 |
35 |
18 |
Gulkana |
2 |
-8 |
45 |
32 |
Homer |
7 |
0 |
45 |
35 |
Seward |
7 |
2 |
41 |
26 |
Talkeetna |
5 |
-3 |
44 |
33 |
Valdez |
6 |
1 |
Southwest Alaska
October temperatures: daily averages
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
36 |
25 |
Bethel |
2 |
-4 |
46 |
35 |
Cold Bay |
8 |
2 |
41 |
26 |
King Salmon |
5 |
-4 |
46 |
35 |
Kodiak |
8 |
1 |
32 |
18 |
McGrath |
0 |
-8 |
41 |
28 |
Port Alsworth |
5 |
-2 |
43 |
34 |
St Paul Island |
6 |
1 |
47 |
41 |
Shemya Island |
8 |
5 |
Interior Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
32 |
17 |
Fairbanks |
0 |
-9 |
32 |
14 |
McKinley Park |
0 |
-10 |
30 |
15 |
Tanana |
-1 |
-9 |
31 |
13 |
Tok |
0 |
-11 |
Far North Alaska
Average October temperatures
High °F |
Low °F |
Place |
High °C |
Low °C |
22 |
13 |
Barrow |
-6 |
-11 |
26 |
12 |
Bettles |
-4 |
-11 |
29 |
20 |
Kotzebue |
-2 |
-7 |
35 |
23 |
Nome |
1 |
-5 |
22 |
11 |
Prudhoe Bay |
-6 |
-12 |