Barrow, AK: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 44.6°F in Barrow, AK, the warmest August since 2012 (2025 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing), 6th warmest of 103.

August 2026

Mean temperature: 44.6°F; Warmest since 2012; 6th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 1.30 in; Wettest since 2024; 27th wettest of 104

A normal August in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.7°F, between 36.1°F and 43.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.01 in of precipitation, between 0.31 in and 2.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Barrow, AK since 1921: 44.6°F in 2026; the highest is 46.8°F, in 1989.

Normal range, 36.1 to 43.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August 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	44.6	6	51.2	6	38	15	1.30	27	0
2025									6
2024	43.7	11	49.1	13	38.4	12	1.65	11	0
2023	44.5	7	48.5	15	40.5	3	1.60	15	0
2022	39.4	42	43.2	51	35.5	33	1.11	40	0
2021	38.6	48	42.6	58	34.5	38	0.83	59	0
2020	41.9	26	46	30	37.8	17	0.23	99	0
2019	42.7	16	45.2	36	40.1	4	2.28	3	0
2018	36.9	69	40.3	84	33.5	54	1.24	30	0
2017	40.4	32	44.3	41	36.5	26	1.70	8	0
2016	39.7	37	44.2	42	35.3	34	0.84	58	0
2015	38	57	42.3	63	33.8	46	1.69	9	0
2014	37.7	58	42.3	63	33	60	0.44	83	0
2013	39.6	40	43.2	51	36	30	1.35	25	0
2012	45.3	4	51.5	5	39.1	7	1.09	41	0
2011	42.1	23	46.1	29	38.1	13	0.82	60	0
2010	42.9	15	47.8	18	38	15	0.34	92	0
2009	41.7	29	46.6	24	36.8	24	2.13	5	0
2008	37.5	60	41.4	72	33.7	48	0.30	97	0
2007	44.8	5	50.8	8	38.7	10	0.37	87	0
2006	36.4	78	40.7	79	32.1	70	0.64	69	0
2005	42.3	21	47.6	19	37	23	1.64	12	0
2004	44.2	9	49.3	11	39.1	7	0.81	61	0
2003	35.7	85	39.5	87	31.8	75	0.88	54	0
2002	36.7	72	41.5	71	31.9	72	1.04	45	0
2001	35.2	88	39.8	86	30.7	89	1.25	29	0
2000	38.5	50	43.4	49	33.5	54	1.05	43	0
1999	42.1	23	47	23	37.1	22	1.38	24	0
1998	42.4	20	47.3	22	37.4	20	1.55	17	0
1997	41.9	26	46.4	26	37.5	18	2.64	2	0
1996	35.9	83	40	85	31.8	75	0.57	72	0
1995	36.5	75	41.3	74	31.7	78	0.31	95	0
1994	43.1	14	49.5	9	36.6	25	2.02	7	0
1993	36.8	71	40.6	81	33	60	0.98	49	0
1992	39	44	45.5	34	32.5	65	0.66	68	0
1991	36.1	80	42.9	54	29.3	101	0.20	100	0
1990	37.3	64	42.2	66	32.4	68	1.19	33	0
1989	46.8	1	51.7	3	41.9	1	1.69	9	0
1988	35.7	85	40.5	83	30.9	88	1.57	16	0
1987	38.9	45	43.4	49	34.4	40	1.00	48	0
1986	39.5	41	44.5	39	34.5	38	0.69	66	0
1985	38.6	48	43.5	46	33.6	49	0.51	78	0
1984	38.4	53	43.2	51	33.6	49	1.64	12	0
1983	34.3	94	38.8	91	29.8	97	1.04	45	0
1982	36.7	72	42.1	69	31.3	84	0.86	57	0
1981	33.5	97	37.5	98	29.6	99	0.56	74	0
1980	33.8	96	38.2	95	29.5	100	1.41	21	0
1979	46.1	3	50.9	7	41.3	2	0.76	65	0
1978	36.5	75	41.3	74	31.8	75	0.50	79	0
1977	44.4	8	49.4	10	39.4	6	0.79	62	0
1976	37.5	60	42.5	61	32.5	65	0.17	101	0
1975	34.7	92	39.1	89	30.3	92	1.16	36	0
1974	42.3	21	48.2	16	36.3	27	0.59	70	0
1973	39.8	36	43.9	43	35.7	32	2.20	4	0
1972	40.6	31	46	30	35.1	35	1.12	39	0
1971	33.5	97	36.7	100	30.3	92	0.35	90	0
1970	35	89	38.3	94	31.7	78	0.35	90	0
1969	31.8	102	35.3	103	28.3	103	0.88	54	0
1968	41.6	30	46	30	37.2	21	0.09	103	0
1967	36.1	80	40.7	79	31.5	83	0.32	94	0
1966	34.9	90	38.1	96	31.6	80	0.57	72	0
1965	38.1	56	42.8	55	33.4	56	0.89	53	0
1964	34.9	90	39.1	89	30.6	90	0.36	88	0
1963	36.5	75	40.8	78	32.1	70	2.81	1	0
1962	42.5	19	47.4	21	37.5	18	1.46	18	0
1961	35.4	87	38.4	93	32.3	69	1.31	26	0
1960	34.1	95	38	97	30.1	96	1.45	19	0
1959	37.1	67	41.4	72	32.8	63	1.16	36	0
1958	42.6	17	46.5	25	38.7	10	0.77	63	0
1957	42.1	23	47.9	17	36.3	27	1.39	22	0
1956	31.4	103	34.9	104	27.8	105	1.05	43	0
1955	32.1	101	36	102	28.2	104	1.18	35	0
1954	46.5	2	53.1	1	40	5	0.95	50	0
1953	34.4	93	38.5	92	30.3	92	0.90	52	0
1952	38.5	50	43.5	46	33.6	49	1.14	38	0
1951	43.8	10	48.6	14	38.9	9	1.24	30	0
1950	39.4	42	44.6	38	34.2	42	1.24	30	0
1949	41.8	28	47.5	20	36.1	29	1.62	14	0
1948	36	82	40.6	81	31.3	84	0.77	63	0
1947	37.4	63	42.3	63	32.6	64	0.46	81	0
1946	38.7	47	44.4	40	33.1	59	2.13	5	0
1945	33	100	36.8	99	29.2	102	0.56	74	0
1944	35.8	84	41.3	74	30.3	92	1.26	28	0
1943	37.5	60	41.2	77	33.9	44	0.69	66	0
1942	38.5	50	42.2	66	34.7	36	1.19	33	0
1941	38.8	46	43.9	43	33.6	49	1.06	42	0
1940	39.7	37	43.5	46	35.8	31	0.52	77	0
1939	38.4	53	42.8	55	34	43	0.41	84	0
1938	40.4	32	46	30	34.7	36			0
1937	37	68	42.1	69	31.9	72	0.41	84	0
1936	43.2	13	52.5	2	33.9	44	0.55	76	0
1935	37.6	59	42.6	58	32.5	65	0.16	102	0
1934	36.3	79	39.2	88	33.4	56	trace	104	0
1933	37.2	65	42.6	58	31.9	72	0.30	97	0
1932	33.4	99	36.4	101	30.5	91	0.94	51	0
1931	36.6	74	42.2	66	31.1	87	0.33	93	1
1930			43.6	45	33.8	46	0.88	54	5
1929	39.7	37	46.4	26	33	60	1.39	22	2
1928	38.2	55	44.8	37	31.6	80	0.39	86	0
1927	37.2	65	42.8	55	31.6	80	0.46	81	0
1926	40	34	46.3	28	33.6	49	0.47	80	0
1925	42.6	17	51.7	3	33.4	56	1.02	47	2
1924					29.7	98	1.45	19	12
1923	43.7	11	49.2	12	38.1	13	0.31	95	0
1922	36.9	69	42.5	61	31.3	84	0.59	70	0
1921	40	34	45.5	34	34.4	40	0.36	88	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1989	46.8
1954	46.5
1979	46.1
2012	45.3
2007	44.8
2026	44.6
2023	44.5
1977	44.4
2004	44.2
1951	43.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1956	31.4
1969	31.8
1955	32.1
1945	33
1932	33.4
1981	33.5
1971	33.5
1980	33.8
1960	34.1
1983	34.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1963	2.81
1997	2.64
2019	2.28
1973	2.20
2009	2.13
1946	2.13
1994	2.02
2017	1.70
2015	1.69
1989	1.69

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	trace
1968	0.09
1935	0.16
1976	0.17
1991	0.20
2020	0.23
2008	0.30
1933	0.30
1995	0.31
1923	0.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 13 August 2026
Coldest night: 31°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.32 in; 18 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.30 in of precipitation in Barrow, AK, the wettest August since 2024 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 27th wettest of 104.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Barrow, AK: 70°F on Thursday 13 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Barrow, AK: a low of 31°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Barrow, AK: 0.32 in on Tuesday 18 August 2026.