Barrow, AK: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 17.1°F in Barrow, AK (14 days missing), the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2025, 13th warmest of 103.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 17.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 13th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 5.67 in; Wettest since 2024; 15th wettest of 103

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 16°F, between 14.1°F and 19.9°F in eight years of ten and 4.48 in of precipitation, between 2.35 in and 6.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Barrow, AK since 1921: 17.1°F in 2026; the highest is 23.3°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 14.1 to 19.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Barrow, AK from 1920 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	17.1	13	22.3	15	11.7	13	5.67	15	14
2025	19.4	6	24.6	8	14	6	5.13	23	12
2024	19.7	5	24.8	6	14.3	4	6.05	11	2
2023	19.3	7	24.7	7	14	6	6.23	8	0
2022	16.9	14	22.3	15	11.6	14	4.53	35	0
2021	16.5	19	21.7	21	11.3	19	5.71	14	0
2020	16.1	22	21.6	22	10.5	24	4.07	48	0
2019	23.3	1	28.6	1	18	1	8.19	2	0
2018	20	3	25.4	3	14.5	3	4.98	29	0
2017	19.9	4	25.4	3	14.3	4	6.56	5	0
2016	20.9	2	25.6	2	16.1	2	4.43	38	0
2015	17.8	10	22.9	12	12.7	9	5.20	22	0
2014	17.7	11	22.7	13	12.7	9	6.16	9	0
2013	16.5	19	21.4	29	11.5	18	6.36	6	0
2012	15.4	32	20.7	34	10.1	29	5.04	26	0
2011	17.6	12	23.6	10	11.6	14	5.07	24	0
2010	16.9	14	22.2	17	11.6	14	4.29	42	0
2009	16.1	22	21.6	22	10.5	24	5.22	21	0
2008	15.2	34	20.4	42	10	30	3.82	55	0
2007	16.7	16	22.1	20	11.3	19	1.54	97	0
2006	15.2	34	20.7	34	9.7	34	3.39	66	0
2005	16.6	17	21.5	25	11.8	12	4.16	45	0
2004	15.7	29	21	32	10.5	24	5.36	20	0
2003	15.8	27	20.6	37	11	21	4.52	36	0
2002	15.7	29	21.5	25	9.9	32	4.35	39	0
2001	14	55	19.3	57	8.7	50	4.62	33	0
2000	13.3	65	18.9	65	7.7	64	5.54	16	0
1999	14.5	45	19.7	53	9.3	42	3.10	73	0
1998	18.9	8	24.2	9	13.7	8	3.67	59	0
1997	15.1	36	20.5	40	9.8	33	4.71	32	0
1996	15.8	27	22.2	17	9.4	41	3.22	72	0
1995	15.9	26	21.6	22	10.3	27	2.38	86	0
1994	14.2	51	19.9	45	8.6	52	3.99	52	0
1993	16.6	17	22.4	14	10.8	22	4.57	34	0
1992	12.9	69	18.6	67	7.2	75	2.09	89	0
1991	14.1	53	19.9	45	8.2	56	1.30	101	0
1990	14.5	45	20.3	43	8.6	52	4.03	50	0
1989	18.7	9	25.4	3	12	11	6.92	3	0
1988	13.4	63	19.3	57	7.6	65	3.29	68	0
1987	12.9	69	18.3	73	7.6	65	4.78	31	0
1986	14.2	51	19.8	50	8.5	55	3.68	58	0
1985	14	55	19.1	63	8.9	47	3.06	74	0
1984	10.8	98	16.1	96	5.6	96	3.49	64	0
1983	12.1	76	16.8	86	7.3	71	2.69	80	0
1982	13.9	58	19.2	60	8.7	50	4.16	45	0
1981	14.8	40	19.8	50	9.7	34	3.97	53	0
1980	12.1	76	16.8	86	7.5	69	4.06	49	0
1979	16.1	22	21.5	25	10.6	23	2.38	86	0
1978	14.8	40	19.9	45	9.6	36	3.23	71	0
1977	14	55	18.6	67	9.5	37	2.66	81	0
1976	11.6	86	16.6	90	6.5	80	1.98	90	0
1975	11.2	94	16.1	96	6.3	84	4.47	37	0
1974	11	97	16.3	93	5.8	93	2.78	78	0
1973	13.4	63	18.9	65	7.9	59	6.35	7	0
1972	12	82	18	78	6	89	3.05	75	0
1971	10.5	101	15.4	101	5.6	96	2.55	84	0
1970	11.2	94	15.9	98	6.5	80	1.16	102	0
1969	12.5	74	17.3	83	7.6	65	2.78	78	0
1968	13.6	61	19.2	60	8.1	58	2.22	88	0
1967	14.4	48	19.6	54	9.1	44	3.27	69	0
1966	10.6	100	15.8	99	5.4	98	4.29	42	0
1965	11.5	89	16.7	89	6.2	87	3.71	57	0
1964	8.1	103	13.3	103	3	104	1.96	92	0
1963	14.1	53	19.6	54	8.6	52	8.47	1	0
1962	16.1	22	22.2	17	10	30	6.58	4	0
1961	11.5	89	16.3	93	6.7	78	4.34	40	0
1960	11.6	86	17	85	6.3	84	4.09	47	0
1959	12.1	76	17.7	80	6.5	80	5.77	12	0
1958	14.3	50	19.1	63	9.5	37	5.43	19	0
1957	14.6	42	20.3	43	9	45	6.09	10	0
1956	10.8	98	16.3	93	5.2	100	4.01	51	0
1955	10	102	14.9	102	5.1	101	3.65	60	0
1954	14.5	45	21.1	31	7.8	60	5.05	25	0
1953	12.4	75	17.6	81	7	76	1.95	93	2
1952	11.3	92	16.5	91	6	89	3.60	62	0
1951	13.1	68	18.3	73	7.8	60	4.19	44	1
1950	15	38	20.6	37	9.5	37	5.45	17	0
1949	13.3	65	19.3	57	7.3	71	3.49	64	1
1948	11.9	84	18.5	69	5.3	99	3.87	54	5
1947	12.1	76	17.6	81	6.6	79	1.41	100	0
1946	12.1	76	17.3	83	6.8	77	3.59	63	0
1945	11.3	92	16.5	91	6	89	2.63	83	0
1944	14.4	48	19.9	45	8.8	49	5.44	18	0
1943	13.8	59	19.9	45	7.6	65	3.62	61	2
1942	15.4	32	20.6	37	10.2	28	5.74	13	1
1941	13.2	67	18.3	73	8.2	56	3.24	70	0
1940	16.2	21	20.7	34	11.6	14			2
1939	13.8	59	18.4	71	9	45	2.52	85	4
1938	12.9	69	18.3	73	7.5	69	4.87	30	1
1937	15.1	36	20.8	33	9.5	37	1.77	95	1
1936	12.1	76	19.6	54	4.6	102	1.80	94	2
1935	14.6	42	19.8	50	9.3	42	1.53	98	0
1934	11.6	86	15.8	99	7.3	71	0.62	103	0
1933	11.5	89	16.8	86	6.2	87	2.89	77	2
1932	12.8	73	18.4	71	7.3	71	2.66	81	0
1931	12	82	18.2	77	5.8	93	2.95	76	8
1930	15	38	21.4	29	8.9	47	3.81	56	10
1929									45
1928	15.6	31	23.3	11	7.8	60	1.55	96	3
1927	13.5	62	20.5	40	5.9	92	1.98	90	11
1926	14.6	42	21.5	25	7.8	60	1.43	99	3
1925	11.2	94	18.5	69	3.9	103	4.99	28	3
1924					1.9	105	4.31	41	84
1923					6.3	84			56
1922	11.9	84	18	78	5.8	93	5.03	27	0
1921	12.9	69	19.2	60	6.5	80	3.35	67	1
1920									274

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	23.3
2016	20.9
2018	20
2017	19.9
2024	19.7
2025	19.4
2023	19.3
1998	18.9
1989	18.7
2015	17.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	8.1
1955	10
1971	10.5
1966	10.6
1984	10.8
1956	10.8
1974	11
1975	11.2
1970	11.2
1925	11.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	8.47
2019	8.19
1989	6.92
1962	6.58
2017	6.56
2013	6.36
1973	6.35
2023	6.23
2014	6.16
1957	6.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.62
1970	1.16
1991	1.30
1947	1.41
1926	1.43
1935	1.53
2007	1.54
1928	1.55
1937	1.77
1936	1.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 13 August 2026
Coldest night: -36°F; 11 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.59 in; 10 September 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	-12.9°F 48th warmest of 104
February
March
April	2.3°F 38th warmest of 104	a trace 2nd driest of 106
May	19.5°F 46th coldest of 104	0.19 in 38th wettest of 106
June	33.9°F 39th coldest of 105	0.23 in 43rd driest of 105
July	39.7°F 51st warmest of 105	0.95 in 45th wettest of 106
August	44.6°F 6th warmest of 103	1.30 in 27th wettest of 104
September	33.1°F 40th warmest of 104	1.42 in 7th wettest of 105
October so far	20.6°F 30th coldest of 104	0.12 in 43rd driest of 102

Hot days and freezes

Barrow, AK has had 208 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October (13 days missing), the most by that date since 2021, 88th most of 105.
The first freeze of fall 2026 in Barrow, AK came on Wednesday 26 August 2026, the earliest since 2025, 96th earliest of 106.
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Barrow, AK came on Thursday 30 July 2026, the latest since 2022, tied 38th latest of 105 (with 2015, 2014, 2005 and 7 other years).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
13 August	Warmest day	70°F	66°F 1991	Provisional
30 July	Coldest night	27°F	28°F 1959	Provisional
28 June	Coldest night	24°F	26°F 1979, 1976, 1921	Provisional
10 April	Warmest day	31°F	27°F 1989	Provisional
22 February	Warmest day	28°F	27°F 2022	Provisional
21 February	Warmest day	23°F	22°F 2022, 2018	Provisional
23 January	Warmest day	31°F	25°F 1930	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 5.67 in of precipitation in Barrow, AK (21 days missing), the wettest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 15th wettest of 103.
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Barrow, AK: 70°F on Thursday 13 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Barrow, AK: a low of -36°F on Sunday 11 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Barrow, AK: 0.59 in on Thursday 10 September 2026.