WETTESTSINCE
Alaska · precipitation record 1944–2026

Bettles, AK

IN 90 DAYS · 2026
WETTEST IN 90 DAYS SINCE 2024
6.04in
10th wettest of 83 years · normal 3.76"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.28in
9th wettest of 80 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.72in
39th wettest of 81 yrs
108% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
6.04in
10th wettest of 83 yrs
161% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
6.37in
39th wettest of 82 yrs
102% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

2.96in
on Aug 17, 1994 · in 83 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 85 days (to Apr 19, 1950)

Wet Streak

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consecutive days with rain · longest ever 18 days

Year to Date vs Normal

102%
6.37" of a normal 6.23" · wettest 13.31" (1963) · driest 2.07" (1969)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 81-year record (1945–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 14.64" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1196524.46in
2196324.42in
3202121.14in
4201920.83in
5194520.7in

Driest Years on Record

119696.88in
219508.74in
319588.93in
419688.99in
519599.04in

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 Aug (~2.4") and driest in Apr (~0.35"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1994, 9.16".

This Day in History · Rainfall

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

Wettest Jul 28 ever

0.75in
set in 1974

Rain on Jul 28

49%
of 80 years had measurable rain
1945: 0.39″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.06″1951: 0.05″1952: 0.31″1953: 0.00″1954: 0.11″1955: 0.14″1956: 0.14″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1960: 0.43″1961: 0.23″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.00″1967: 0.05″1968: 0.10″1969: 0.28″1970: 0.00″1971: 0.04″1972: 0.00″1973: 0.06″1974: 0.75″1975: 0.00″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.17″1981: 0.57″1982: 0.05″1983: 0.04″1984: 0.00″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.33″1991: 0.02″1992: 0.02″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.01″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.57″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.01″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.24″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.19″2005: 0.00″2006: 0.02″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.00″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.06″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.01″2015: 0.02″2016: 0.02″2017: 0.01″2018: 0.28″2019: 0.08″2020: 0.12″2021: 0.48″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.24″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.28″0″1″19501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Bettles'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.
Bettles, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Bettles'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.
Bettles, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise2:26 AM
Sunset9:56 PM
Solar noon12:11 PM
Daylight19h 30m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

66.92°N, 151.52°WAlaska

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