Commercial jet service is available from Anchorage. Summer season temperatures are 50-60 degrees. The mean July temperature is 52 degrees. Annual average rainfall is 60 inches with annual snowfall of about 20 inches falling mostly in the higher elevations. Conventional clothing consisting of rain gear is needed during part of the year and somewhat heavier clothing during the winter.
Weather conditions are erratic.
One hour, the wind may be calm and the next, blowing 50 knots. Weather moves in and out rapidly, and, at a tide change, bad weather may improve for a short time. DO NOT let it fool you. One minute the weather may lift, the next be flat on its face.