# List of alpine climate locations

A number of locations around the Earth have alpine climate. The climate of some of these locations is described, below.
For tropical oceanic locations, such as the summit of Mauna Loa, elev. 13,679 ft (4,169 m), the temperature is roughly constant throughout the year:
Climate data for Mauna Loa slope observatory (1961–1990), extremes 1955–2012 :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 67 (19) | 85 (29) | 65 (18) | 67 (19) | 68 (20) | 71 (22) | 70 (21) | 68 (20) | 67 (19) | 66 (19) | 65 (18) | 67 (19) | 85 (29) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 49.8 (9.9) | 49.6 (9.8) | 50.2 (10.1) | 51.8 (11.0) | 53.9 (12.2) | 57.2 (14.0) | 56.4 (13.6) | 56.3 (13.5) | 55.8 (13.2) | 54.7 (12.6) | 52.6 (11.4) | 50.6 (10.3) | 53.2 (11.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.3 (0.7) | 32.9 (0.5) | 33.2 (0.7) | 34.6 (1.4) | 36.6 (2.6) | 39.4 (4.1) | 38.8 (3.8) | 38.9 (3.8) | 38.5 (3.6) | 37.8 (3.2) | 36.2 (2.3) | 34.3 (1.3) | 36.2 (2.3) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 19 (−7) | 18 (−8) | 20 (−7) | 24 (−4) | 27 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 26 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 29 (−2) | 27 (−3) | 25 (−4) | 22 (−6) | 18 (−8) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.3 (58) | 1.5 (38) | 1.7 (43) | 1.3 (33) | 1.0 (25) | 0.5 (13) | 1.1 (28) | 1.5 (38) | 1.3 (33) | 1.1 (28) | 1.7 (43) | 2.0 (51) | 17 (431) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (2.5) | 0.3 (0.76) | 1.3 (3.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 1.0 (2.5) | 3.6 (9.06) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 55 |
| Source: NOAA, WRCC ||||||||||||||
For mid-latitude locations, such as Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the temperature varies seasonally, but never gets very warm:
Climate data for Mount Washington, elev. 6,267 ft (1,910.2 m) near the summit (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1933–present) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 48 (9) | 48 (9) | 54 (12) | 60 (16) | 66 (19) | 72 (22) | 71 (22) | 72 (22) | 69 (21) | 62 (17) | 52 (11) | 47 (8) | 72 (22) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 38.7 (3.7) | 35.6 (2.0) | 40.8 (4.9) | 49.0 (9.4) | 58.8 (14.9) | 64.5 (18.1) | 65.4 (18.6) | 64.2 (17.9) | 61.4 (16.3) | 53.8 (12.1) | 45.8 (7.7) | 39.8 (4.3) | 67.2 (19.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 14.9 (−9.5) | 14.8 (−9.6) | 20.8 (−6.2) | 30.7 (−0.7) | 42.5 (5.8) | 51.4 (10.8) | 55.3 (12.9) | 54.2 (12.3) | 49.1 (9.5) | 37.7 (3.2) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 20.1 (−6.6) | 35.0 (1.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 5.8 (−14.6) | 5.9 (−14.5) | 12.9 (−10.6) | 23.7 (−4.6) | 36.3 (2.4) | 45.5 (7.5) | 49.9 (9.9) | 48.7 (9.3) | 43.1 (6.2) | 31.3 (−0.4) | 20.8 (−6.2) | 11.8 (−11.2) | 28.0 (−2.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −3.2 (−19.6) | −3.0 (−19.4) | 4.9 (−15.1) | 16.7 (−8.5) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 39.6 (4.2) | 44.5 (6.9) | 43.2 (6.2) | 37.1 (2.8) | 24.9 (−3.9) | 13.1 (−10.5) | 3.5 (−15.8) | 21.0 (−6.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −28.6 (−33.7) | −25.2 (−31.8) | −19.4 (−28.6) | −1.1 (−18.4) | 14.0 (−10.0) | 25.7 (−3.5) | 34.4 (1.3) | 31.4 (−0.3) | 21.3 (−5.9) | 8.3 (−13.2) | −5.8 (−21.0) | −20.8 (−29.3) | −32.3 (−35.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −47 (−44) | −47 (−44) | −38 (−39) | −20 (−29) | −2 (−19) | 8 (−13) | 24 (−4) | 20 (−7) | 9 (−13) | −5 (−21) | −26 (−32) | −46 (−43) | −47 (−44) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.74 (146) | 5.45 (138) | 6.72 (171) | 7.31 (186) | 7.68 (195) | 8.59 (218) | 8.93 (227) | 7.72 (196) | 7.66 (195) | 9.99 (254) | 8.09 (205) | 7.35 (187) | 91.23 (2,317) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 41.4 (105) | 43.3 (110) | 46.2 (117) | 33.1 (84) | 12.9 (33) | 1.3 (3.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.1 (0.25) | 1.2 (3.0) | 19.0 (48) | 35.6 (90) | 47.7 (121) | 281.8 (716) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 14.1 (36) | 16.3 (41) | 17.6 (45) | 14.5 (37) | 6.1 (15) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.3 (0.76) | 5.7 (14) | 8.3 (21) | 12.7 (32) | 21.0 (53) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 20.0 | 18.3 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 13.7 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 21.0 | 216.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 19.6 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 14.1 | 6.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 9.9 | 15.1 | 19.7 | 123.9 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 92.0 | 106.9 | 127.6 | 143.2 | 171.3 | 151.3 | 145.0 | 130.5 | 127.2 | 127.1 | 82.4 | 83.1 | 1,487.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 32 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 34 | 37 | 29 | 30 | 33 |
| Source 1: NOAA (sun 1961–1990) ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: Mount Washington Observatory (extremes 1933–present) ||||||||||||||
Other examples of alpine climate include