Average Snowfall for Alaska in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December at communities and other locations around Alaska. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall 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 total snowfall in December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.9	Annette Island	8.1	20.6
13.6	Haines	40.0	101.6
10.1	Juneau	18.1	46.0
6.6	Skagway	10.5	26.7
13.5	Yakutat	29.6	75.2

South - Central Alaska

December snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
10.8	Anchorage	18.2	46.2
16.0	Valdez	70.5	179.1

Southwest Alaska

Average snow for December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
11.7	Bethel	12.2	31.0
14.2	Cold Bay	14.1	35.8
9.9	King Salmon	10.2	25.9
9.1	Kodiak	15.6	39.6
13.9	McGrath	17.9	45.5
8.4	Port Alsworth	18.3	46.5
15.3	St Paul Island	12.3	31.2

Interior Alaska

Average total snowfall in December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
9.9	Fairbanks	10.4	26.4
10.5	McKinley Park	12.4	31.5
4.9	Tok	7.7	19.6

Far North Alaska

Average total snowfall in December

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
10.0	Barrow	5.0	12.7
12.5	Bettles	18.2	46.2
11.4	Kotzebue	11.9	30.2
12.3	Nome	15.8	40.1