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Anchorage vs Crested Butte

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Bottom line

Anchorage is the warmer of the two — about 3°F on the annual average; Crested Butte is the wetter, with 7 in more rain a year, and Crested Butte the sunnier.

Warmer Anchorage 3°F on the year

Wetter Crested Butte 7 in more a year

Sunnier Crested Butte 12 pp less cloud

Colder winters Crested Butte 17°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Anchorage and Crested Butte, in everyday terms.

Summers

Crested Butte has much hotter summers

Anchorage: Mild
Crested Butte: Mild

Winters

Anchorage has much milder winters

Anchorage: Very cold
Crested Butte: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Crested Butte is wetter

Anchorage: Fairly dry
Crested Butte: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Crested Butte is sunnier

Anchorage: Often cloudy
Crested Butte: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Anchorage is the warmer of the two — about 3°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Crested Butte is the wetter — about 7 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Crested Butte has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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Avg high (°F) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	23	27	33	45	56	63	66	64	56	42	29	25
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	+3	+3	+5	+1	+2	+7	+10	+10	+11	+13	+11	+2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	23	27	33	45	56	63
Crested Butte	26	30	38	47	58	71
Difference	+3	+3	+5	+1	+2	+7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	66	64	56	42	29	25
Crested Butte	76	74	66	55	40	27
Difference	+10	+10	+11	+13	+11	+2

Avg low (°F) Anchorage runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	11	15	19	30	40	48	53	51	43	31	18	14
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-17	-17	-11	-11	-12	-15	-13	-12	-12	-9	-9	-18

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	11	15	19	30	40	48
Crested Butte	-6	-2	7	19	28	34
Difference	-17	-17	-11	-11	-12	-15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	53	51	43	31	18	14
Crested Butte	39	39	31	22	9	-4
Difference	-13	-12	-12	-9	-9	-18

Precipitation (in) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.7	1	1.8	2.9	3.1	1.8	1.2	1.2
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+2	+1.7	+1.4	+1.6	+0.9	-0.1	+0.2	-1	-1.2	-0.1	+0.8	+1.1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	0.8	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.7	1
Crested Butte	2.7	2.5	2.1	2	1.5	0.9
Difference	+2	+1.7	+1.4	+1.6	+0.9	-0.1

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	1.8	2.9	3.1	1.8	1.2	1.2
Crested Butte	2	2	1.9	1.7	2	2.3
Difference	+0.2	-1	-1.2	-0.1	+0.8	+1.1

Snowfall (in) Crested Butte runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	12.4	13.4	11	4	0.3	0	0	0	0.4	5.6	12.6	18.2
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	+29.3	+21.9	+16.3	+14	+6.6	+0.3	—	—	+0.6	+2.5	+13.5	+16.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	12.4	13.4	11	4	0.3	0
Crested Butte	41.7	35.3	27.3	18	6.9	0.3
Difference	+29.3	+21.9	+16.3	+14	+6.6	+0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	0	0	0.4	5.6	12.6	18.2
Crested Butte	0	0	1	8.1	26.1	34.6
Difference	—	—	+0.6	+2.5	+13.5	+16.4

Cloud cover (%) Anchorage runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	62	64	55	62	69	70	74	71	70	67	64	69
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-8	-3	+4	+1	-8	-24	-17	-13	-25	-23	-15	-15

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	62	64	55	62	69	70
Crested Butte	54	60	60	63	61	46
Difference	-8	-3	+4	+1	-8	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	74	71	70	67	64	69
Crested Butte	57	58	46	44	49	54
Difference	-17	-13	-25	-23	-15	-15

Relative humidity (%) Anchorage runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	92	91	89	83	78	78	81	82	84	88	92	93
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-1	+3	+1	-7	-14	-27	-25	-23	-27	-25	-15	-5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Anchorage	92	91	89	83	78	78
Crested Butte	91	94	89	76	64	52
Difference	-1	+3	+1	-7	-14	-27

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Anchorage	81	82	84	88	92	93
Crested Butte	56	59	57	63	77	89
Difference	-25	-23	-27	-25	-15	-5

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Anchorage trends → · Crested Butte trends →

Methodology & sources

Anchorage

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Anchorage Ted Stevens Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00026451), about 9 km from the city centre.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Crested Butte

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Crested Butte, a weather station, about 1 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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