Talkeetana
Unalakleet
Valdez
Yakutat
Adak
Anchorage
Annette
Barrow
Barter Island
Bethel
Bettles
Big Delta
Cold Bay
Fairbanks
Gulkana
Homer
Juneau
King Salmon
Kodiak
Kotzebue
McGrath
Nome
St. Paul
Cloud Condition
Mean monthly frequency (%) of clear and overcast sky conditions (midnight to midnight observations).
Adak, AK
51° 53'N / 176° 39' W
17.1 ft. above sea level

Observation Period

midnight - midnight
sunrise - sunset


Analyses are based on hourly observations for the years 1971 - 1994.

Clear skies are defined as 0 to 0.30 coverage, partly cloudy 0.4 to 0.70, and cloudy skies 0.80 to 1.00.
Mean monthly frequency (%) of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy sky conditions and mean cloudiness (fraction of sky coverage).
Sky Condition
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Clear
6
5
3
2
2
2
1
3
5
5
6
8
Partly Cloudy
11
8
8
6
4
3
4
4
7
11
12
10
Cloudy
83
87
89
92
94
95
95
93
88
84
82
82
Mean Cloudiness
86
88
89
91
92
94
94
92
89
86
85
85