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St Paul Island, AK

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
12.31in
year to date · normal 12.31"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.62in
8th wettest of 110 yrs
3100% of normal
MONTH TO DATE
2.27in
49th driest of 111 yrs
95% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
7.14in
29th wettest of 110 yrs
121% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
12.31in
56th driest of 111 yrs
100% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

4.68in
on Sep 5, 2025 · in 135 years

Dry Streak

1days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 109 days (to Jul 14, 2020)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 39 days

Year to Date vs Normal

100%
12.31" of a normal 12.31" · wettest 20.86" (1964) · driest 6.49" (1977)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 107-year record (1916–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 23.85" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1196436.61in
2198735.32in
3202532.64in
4201831.63in
5194930.61in

Driest Years on Record

119779.82in
2197613.67in
3197514.63in
4193915.33in
5200315.5in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Oct (~3.12") and driest in Apr (~1.05"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1953, 9.32".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at St Paul Island — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.17in
set in 1962

Rain on Aug 24

58%
of 110 years had measurable rain
1893: 0.00″1915: 0.01″1916: 0.03″1917: 0.62″1918: 0.00″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.11″1921: 0.01″1922: 0.01″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.20″1926: 0.02″1927: 0.00″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.25″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.00″1933: 0.00″1934: 0.00″1935: 0.34″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.30″1938: 0.00″1939: 0.58″1940: 0.13″1941: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.08″1946: 0.37″1947: 0.01″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.04″1950: 0.02″1951: 0.47″1952: 0.14″1953: 0.08″1954: 0.00″1955: 0.06″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.09″1958: 0.05″1959: 0.90″1960: 0.02″1961: 0.00″1962: 1.17″1963: 0.45″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.49″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.02″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.01″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.10″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.49″1979: 0.02″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.08″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.99″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.23″1987: 0.00″1988: 1.14″1989: 0.04″1990: 0.65″1991: 0.34″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.38″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.65″1998: 0.18″1999: 0.05″2000: 0.26″2001: 0.02″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.17″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.08″2006: 0.13″2007: 0.08″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.03″2010: 0.23″2011: 0.02″2012: 0.00″2013: 0.93″2014: 0.52″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.02″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.07″2019: 0.03″2020: 0.06″2021: 0.12″2022: 0.08″2023: 0.35″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.62″0″1″2″19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

St Paul Island's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
St Paul Island, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

St Paul Island's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
St Paul Island, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for St Paul Island's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
St Paul Island, AK — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:06 AM
Sunset7:39 PM
Solar noon12:23 PM
Daylight14h 33m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

57.16°N, 170.22°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Cold Bay, AK317 mi EBethel, AK389 mi NEKing Salmon, AK507 mi ENome, AK532 mi NEMcgrath, AK641 mi EKodiak, AK658 mi E

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