Barrow, AK: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 2.3°F in Barrow, AK, the warmest April since 2025, tied 38th warmest of 104 (with 2009, 1950, 1948 and 1 other year).

April 2026

Mean temperature: 2.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 38th warmest of 104
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 2017; 2nd driest of 106

A normal April in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 3.8°F, between -0.8°F and 8.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.11 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 0.38 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Barrow, AK since 1921: 2.3°F in 2026; the highest is 12.1°F, in 1939.

Normal range, -0.8 to 8.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Barrow, AK from 1921 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	2.3	38	8	56	-3.4	30	trace	97	0
2025	5.6	20	10.7	31	0.2	13	0.22	24	3
2024	5.4	21	12.4	22	-1.7	21	0.51	6	0
2023	-2.4	76	4.3	80	-9.1	76	0.33	15	0
2022	2	46	9.1	41	-5.1	41	0.03	79	0
2021	5.3	22	12.1	25	-1.6	20	0.01	90	0
2020	8.1	6	15.7	3	0.5	12	0.76	2	0
2019	7.3	11	12.6	20	2	7	0.21	26	0
2018	6.1	17	12.8	19	-0.6	16	0.02	86	0
2017	6.6	14	13.2	16	0	15	trace	97	0
2016	10.3	3	14.1	10	6.4	2	0.07	61	0
2015	6.7	13	12.1	25	1.3	8	0.46	8	0
2014	3.8	28	11.6	29	-4	34	0.30	17	0
2013	0.6	58	7.4	61	-6.1	52	0.19	29	0
2012	4.6	24	10.2	36	-1	18	0.17	35	0
2011	-1	68	7.3	63	-9.3	77	0.02	86	0
2010	7.9	7	14.9	5	0.9	9	0.37	12	0
2009	2.3	38	9.1	41	-4.6	36	0.19	29	0
2008	7.5	9	14.8	6	0.1	14	0.73	3	0
2007	8.3	5	13.3	15	3.2	4	0.11	46	0
2006	-4	84	1.8	89	-9.8	80	0.20	27	0
2005	2.2	43	8.2	52	-3.8	33	0.03	79	0
2004	1	55	7	65	-5	40	0.01	90	0
2003	8.4	4	14.6	7	2.1	6	0.15	38	0
2002	1.6	48	10.4	34	-7.3	59	0.25	22	0
2001	1.4	50	7.5	60	-4.7	38	0.12	45	0
2000	-0.8	66	5.5	73	-7.1	58	0.03	79	0
1999	-2.4	76	4	82	-8.7	71	0.07	61	0
1998	11.2	2	18.4	1	3.9	3	0.14	41	0
1997	3.7	29	10.7	31	-3.3	28	0.11	46	0
1996	0	62	7.3	63	-7.3	59	0.11	46	0
1995	7.6	8	14.5	8	0.7	11	0.13	42	0
1994	0	62	6.9	66	-7	57	0.02	86	0
1993	6.5	15	12	27	0.9	9	0.03	79	0
1992	0.7	57	7.6	58	-6.1	52	0.11	46	0
1991	3.3	31	10.1	37	-3.5	31	0.07	61	0
1990	7.5	9	16.1	2	-1.2	19	0.08	57	0
1989	6	18	14	11	-2	22	0.42	10	0
1988	1.4	50	8.1	53	-5.3	45	0.03	79	0
1987	-4.7	90	2.5	86	-11.9	90	trace	97	0
1986	-7.7	98	0.6	95	-15.9	99	0.03	79	0
1985	-6.6	96	-1.4	101	-11.8	88	0.05	75	0
1984	-10.6	102	-3.7	104	-17.5	102	0.27	19	0
1983	2.7	33	7.7	57	-2.3	25	0.20	27	0
1982	-1	68	6.4	69	-8.4	69	0.34	14	0
1981	1.1	54	7.4	61	-5.2	42	0.19	29	0
1980	-3.8	82	1.2	91	-8.7	71	0.06	70	0
1979	-0.9	67	6.1	70	-7.9	62	0.11	46	0
1978	1.6	48	8.4	47	-5.3	45	0.13	42	0
1977	-6.4	95	0.5	96	-13.2	96	0.05	75	0
1976	-2.1	73	5.5	73	-9.6	79	0.10	53	0
1975	-4.4	85	3.7	83	-12.6	94	0.18	34	0
1974	-7.9	99	-0.8	99	-15	98	trace	97	0
1973	-2.7	79	4.7	76	-10.1	82	0.52	5	0
1972	-4.4	85	3.3	84	-12	91	0.01	90	0
1971	-4.5	87	1.2	91	-10.2	83	0.02	86	0
1970	-2.9	80	2.4	88	-8.3	68	0.15	38	0
1969	2	46	8.5	46	-4.6	36	0.17	35	0
1968	-5.4	93	1	94	-11.8	88	0.05	75	0
1967	6	18	14	11	-2.1	23	0.13	42	0
1966	-5.1	92	1.8	89	-12	91	0.28	18	0
1965	2.2	43	9.7	38	-5.3	45	0.66	4	0
1964	-10.6	102	-3	102	-18.2	103	0.07	61	0
1963	4.8	23	12.3	24	-2.8	27	1.36	1	0
1962	-1.7	71	6.9	66	-10.4	84	0.26	20	0
1961	-7.2	97	0.3	98	-14.7	97	0.15	38	0
1960	-4.6	89	2.5	86	-11.6	87	0.49	7	0
1959	-2.6	78	5.9	71	-11	85	0.31	16	0
1958	-0.1	65	5.7	72	-5.8	51	0.41	11	0
1957	6.8	12	14.3	9	-0.6	16	0.01	90	0
1956	0.8	56	6.9	66	-5.4	49	0.07	61	0
1955	-1.8	72	4.6	77	-8.2	65	0.06	70	0
1954	2.7	33	11.6	29	-6.3	54	0.06	70	0
1953	2.5	36	10.3	35	-5.3	45	0.06	70	0
1952	-5	91	2.6	85	-12.6	94	0.08	57	0
1951	3.4	30	8.9	44	-2.2	24	0.22	24	0
1950	2.3	38	9.3	39	-4.8	39	0.19	29	0
1949	-9.6	100	-1	100	-18.2	103	0.07	61	0
1948	2.3	38	13.7	13	-8.9	73	0.45	9	2
1947	1.3	52	9.3	39	-6.7	56	0.10	53	0
1946	-10	101	-3	102	-16.9	101	0.07	61	0
1945	4	25	12.5	21	-4.4	35	0.09	55	0
1944	0.3	60	8.3	48	-7.6	61	0.17	35	0
1943	0	62	8.3	48	-8.2	65	0.07	61	0
1942	2.3	38	8.3	48	-3.7	32	0.03	79	0
1941	-1.6	70	4.6	77	-7.9	62	0.07	61	0
1940	6.4	16	10.5	33	2.3	5	0.06	70	0
1939	12.1	1	15.6	4	8	1	trace	97	2
1938	-3.9	83	1.2	91	-8.9	73	0.00	106	0
1937	-3.2	81	5.2	75	-11.5	86	0.11	46	0
1936	2.6	35	13.7	13	-8.5	70	0.01	90	0
1935	2.5	36	8.3	48	-3.3	28	trace	97	0
1934	-4.5	87	0.4	97	-9.3	77	trace	97	0
1933	1.3	52	8.1	53	-5.5	50	0.05	75	0
1932	3.1	32	8.9	44	-2.7	26	trace	97	0
1931	2.1	45	12.4	22	-6.5	55	0.01	90	2
1930	-2.2	74	4.5	79	-8.9	73	0.01	90	0
1929			11.8	28			0.26	20	5
1928	3.9	26	12.9	18	-5.2	42	0.08	57	0
1927	-6.1	94	4.3	80	-16.1	100	trace	97	1
1926	3.9	26	13	17	-5.2	42	0.23	23	0
1925	0.2	61	8.1	53	-8.1	64	0.09	55	1
1924	-17.1	104	-8.3	105	-24.8	105	0.11	46	2
1923					-9.8	80	0.36	13	8
1922	0.4	59	9.1	41	-8.2	65	0.19	29	0
1921	-2.3	75	7.6	58	-12.3	93	0.08	57	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1939	12.1
1998	11.2
2016	10.3
2003	8.4
2007	8.3
2020	8.1
2010	7.9
1995	7.6
2008	7.5
1990	7.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1924	-17.1
1984	-10.6
1964	-10.6
1946	-10
1949	-9.6
1974	-7.9
1986	-7.7
1961	-7.2
1985	-6.6
1977	-6.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	1.36
2020	0.76
2008	0.73
1965	0.66
1973	0.52
2024	0.51
1960	0.49
2015	0.46
1948	0.45
1989	0.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	0.00
2026	trace
2017	trace
1987	trace
1974	trace
1939	trace
1935	trace
1934	trace
1932	trace
1927	trace

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 31°F; 10 April 2026
Coldest night: -18°F; 16 April 2026

Every month, season and year

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April 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in Barrow, AK, the driest April since 2017, tied 2nd driest of 106 (with 2017, 1987, 1974 and 5 other years).
The hottest day of April 2026 in Barrow, AK: 31°F on Friday 10 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Barrow, AK: a low of -18°F on Thursday 16 April 2026.