Best time to visit Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
May and June are the best balance at Wrangell-St. Elias: mild and dry for the park (average highs 58° to 67°F), with crowds from quiet to busy. July is busiest, with about 31,000 visitors. May is the quietest. January, February, March, April, October, November and December see few or no visitors, so parts of the park may be closed: check nps.gov.
- Quiet
- Moderate
- Busy
- Very busy
- Few or no visits (may be closed)
- Best months
Month by month
- Station
- Silver Lake, AK USC00508470
- Lat / lon
- 61.52, -144.19
- Elevation
- 1,200 ft
- From park center
- 23.5 mi
- Normals
- 1991–2020
- Visits
- 2023–2025
| Field | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Maybest | Junbest | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High, °F | 5° | 20° | 31° | 46° | 58° | 67° | 70° | 67° | 55° | 40° | 18° | 10° | 41° |
| Low, °F | -11° | -4° | 1° | 19° | 31° | 41° | 45° | 42° | 33° | 21° | 1° | -7° | 18° |
| Precipitation, in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 14.4 |
| Snow, in | 10.0 | 6.0 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 11.5 | 9.3 | 48.4 |
| Daylight, h:mm | 6:19 | 8:51 | 11:31 | 14:34 | 17:24 | 19:18 | 18:30 | 15:50 | 12:48 | 9:53 | 7:06 | 5:30 | |
| Visitors, thousands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Crowds | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | Quiet | Busy | Very busy | Busy | Quiet | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | Few or no visits | |
| Weather | Cold | Cold | Cold | Cool | Mild | Mild | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Mild, wet | Cold | Cold | Cold |
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip., in | Snow, in | Daylight | Visitors | Crowds | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5° | -11° | 0.8 | 10.0 | 6:19 | 25 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| February | 20° | -4° | 0.8 | 6.0 | 8:51 | 95 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| March | 31° | 1° | 0.4 | 4.1 | 11:31 | 230 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| April | 46° | 19° | 0.1 | 0.8 | 14:34 | 520 | Few or no visits | Cool |
| Maybest | 58° | 31° | 0.8 | 0.2 | 17:24 | 5,300 | Quiet | Mild |
| Junebest | 67° | 41° | 0.8 | 0 | 19:18 | 22,000 | Busy | Mild |
| July | 70° | 45° | 2.0 | 0 | 18:30 | 31,000 | Very busy | Mild, wet |
| August | 67° | 42° | 2.2 | 0 | 15:50 | 24,000 | Busy | Mild, wet |
| September | 55° | 33° | 2.1 | 0.3 | 12:48 | 6,300 | Quiet | Mild, wet |
| October | 40° | 21° | 1.4 | 6.2 | 9:53 | 530 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| November | 18° | 1° | 1.5 | 11.5 | 7:06 | 60 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| December | 10° | -7° | 1.4 | 9.3 | 5:30 | 35 | Few or no visits | Cold |
| Year | 41° | 18° | 14.4 | 48.4 | 90,000 | |||
Year: average high and low, total precipitation and snowfall, total visitors. T = trace (under 0.05 in). – = not measured at this station. Updated .
- Hottest July, average high 70°F
- Coldest nights January, average low -11°F
- Source NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information; National Park Service
- Visitors a year about 90,000 (2023–2025 average)
- State Alaska
Closures, reservations and alerts: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park on nps.gov
Nearby
- Kenai Fjords National ParkBest: Jun, Jul and Aug · Alaska
- Denali National ParkBest: Jun, Jul and Aug · Alaska
- Glacier Bay National ParkBest: Jun and Jul · Alaska
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical ParkBest: May, Jun and Jul · Alaska