Skwentna is a census-designated place on Iditarod Trail in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census the population was 37.Skwentna is located at 61°52′46″N 151°15′59″W / 61.87944°N 151.26639°W / 61.87944; -151.26639.According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 449.7 square miles, of which, 442.8 square miles of it is land and 6.9 square miles of it is water.As with much of South Central Alaska, Skwentna has a subarctic climate, with long, cold, snowy winters and short, warm summers, although, as is more typical of the Alaska Interior, August averages cooler than June; the town is also located in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 3, indicating the coldest temperature of the year is typically in the −40 to −30 °F. In summer, temperatures reach 70 °F on 39 days and 80 °F on 4.6, with an average of 18 nights remaining above 50 °F.