Barrow, AK: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged -5.5°F in Barrow, AK, the warmest December since 2024, 26th warmest of 102.

December 2025

Mean temperature: -5.5°F; Warmest since 2024; 26th warmest of 102
Precipitation: 1.41 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 105, provisional

A normal December in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -6.4°F, between -12.2°F and -0.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.14 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.40 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Barrow, AK since 1920: -5.5°F in 2025; the highest is 5.7°F, in 2017.

Normal range, -12.2 to -0.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Barrow, AK from 1920 to 2025, 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
2025	-5.5	26	2.8	18	-13.9	42	1.41	1	0
2024	-4.9	22	0.2	24	-9.8	18	0.16	53	2
2023	1.8	3	7.3	5	-3.7	3			0
2022	4.7	2	11.8	1	-2.4	2	0.60	7	0
2021	-6.5	31	0.2	24	-13.1	36	1.05	3	0
2020	-4.6	21	0.1	27	-9.3	14	0.70	5	0
2019	-0.8	9	4.8	9	-6.4	6	0.13	58	0
2018	-5.9	27	0.2	24	-12.1	30	0.26	27	0
2017	5.7	1	10.9	2	0.5	1	0.38	13	0
2016	0.1	6	7.7	4	-7.6	10	0.30	22	0
2015	-10.6	64	-5.2	68	-16	59	0.04	91	0
2014	-6.8	33	-1.4	37	-12.3	31	0.20	39	0
2013	-2.5	12	4.2	11	-9.3	14	1.17	2	0
2012	-9.5	54	-4.4	62	-14.7	47	0.07	82	0
2011	-9.6	57	-4.3	61	-14.9	48	0.60	7	0
2010	-9.2	51	-2.7	48	-15.7	54	0.13	58	0
2009	-3.4	17	3.8	12	-10.5	25	0.34	17	0
2008	0.5	5	7.9	3	-7	7	0.14	57	0
2007	-0.4	7	6.3	7	-7.1	8	0.06	84	0
2006	-2.9	14	3.2	15	-8.9	12	0.20	39	0
2005	-4.1	19	1.7	21	-9.9	20	0.23	32	0
2004	-8.8	47	-2.5	45	-15.2	50	0.17	49	0
2003	-7.8	38	-2	43	-13.6	40	0.11	66	0
2002	-2.1	11	3.2	15	-7.4	9	0.02	97	0
2001	-8.5	42	-3.2	50	-13.9	42	0.06	84	0
2000	-5.2	24	-1.2	33	-9.1	13	0.02	97	0
1999	-16.8	93	-11.5	95	-22.2	92	0.13	58	0
1998	-1.8	10	5.6	8	-9.3	14	0.36	16	0
1997	-11.6	71	-7.4	83	-15.9	58	0.06	84	0
1996	-4.3	20	1.6	22	-10.2	21	0.03	93	0
1995	-11.8	72	-6.3	76	-17.4	70	0.05	89	0
1994	-16	90	-8.2	86	-23.8	95	0.15	55	0
1993	-8	40	-3.4	52	-12.7	35	0.12	62	0
1992	-8.7	45	-1.2	33	-16.2	61	0.24	31	0
1991	-15.7	88	-10.4	94	-21.1	85	0.03	93	0
1990	-15.7	88	-8.9	90	-22.5	94	0.12	62	0
1989	-9.5	54	-3.5	53	-15.4	52	0.20	39	0
1988	-9.3	53	-1.7	41	-16.9	66	0.26	27	0
1987	-8.9	48	-2.5	45	-15.2	50	0.18	43	0
1986	-6.4	30	-0.2	29	-12.6	32	0.09	71	0
1985	-6.9	34	-1.2	33	-12.6	32	0.16	53	0
1984	-13.6	81	-7.5	84	-19.6	79	0.08	76	0
1983	0.6	4	6.4	6	-5.2	5	0.05	89	0
1982	-9.2	51	-4.7	65	-13.8	41	0.13	58	0
1981	-8	40	-2.7	48	-13.4	39	0.09	71	0
1980	-15.5	86	-8.7	88	-22.4	93	0.08	76	0
1979	-12	73	-6.7	80	-17.2	69	0.18	43	0
1978	-13.8	82	-7.3	81	-20.4	83	0.22	36	0
1977	-7.6	36	-0.2	29	-15	49	0.18	43	0
1976	-16.4	92	-12.6	97	-20.1	82	0.02	97	0
1975	-21.8	99	-16.8	102	-26.8	99	0.01	100	0
1974	-26.6	102	-21.5	104	-31.7	104	0.04	91	0
1973	-5.4	25	-0.4	32	-10.4	23	0.09	71	0
1972	-2.8	13	2.9	17	-8.6	11	0.17	49	0
1971	-11.4	69	-4.6	63	-18.2	74	0.18	43	0
1970	-10.2	61	-4.1	57	-16.3	62	0.09	71	0
1969	-7.7	37	-3.9	55	-11.5	26	0.12	62	0
1968	-12.9	78	-6.2	74	-19.6	79	0.25	29	0
1967	-8.6	43	-1.4	37	-15.7	54	0.76	4	0
1966	-12.2	75	-6.6	78	-17.8	71	0.23	32	0
1965	-12.5	76	-5.8	72	-19.2	76	0.51	9	0
1964	-22.6	100	-16	100	-29.2	103	0.17	49	0
1963	-4	18	2.5	20	-10.4	23	0.03	93	0
1962	-8.9	48	-2.4	44	-15.4	52	0.06	84	0
1961	-16	90	-10.3	93	-21.8	87	0.11	66	0
1960	-7.9	39	-2.5	45	-13.2	38	0.27	23	0
1959	-23.3	101	-17.8	103	-28.7	101	0.15	55	0
1958	-8.7	45	-5.4	70	-12	29	0.27	23	0
1957	-21	98	-16.5	101	-25.4	97	0.27	23	0
1956	-9.5	54	-3.3	51	-15.8	57	0.12	62	0
1955	-17.4	95	-8.7	88	-26.2	98	0.38	13	0
1954	-15.5	86	-9.2	91	-21.9	89	0.07	82	0
1953	-17	94	-11.9	96	-22.1	91	0.08	76	0
1952	-10.4	63	-6.2	74	-14.5	46	0.08	76	0
1951	-7.5	35	0.6	23	-15.7	54	0.31	21	0
1950	-9.6	57	-5.3	69	-14.3	44	0.22	36	1
1949	-10	60	-3.9	55	-16	59	0.11	66	0
1948	-20.6	97	-14	99	-27.2	100	0.18	43	0
1947	-6.6	32	-1.4	37	-11.8	27	0.09	71	0
1946	-18.9	96	-13.1	98	-24.6	96	0.11	66	0
1945	-10.7	66	-4.8	66	-16.7	63	0.08	76	0
1944	-10.8	67	-4.6	63	-17	67	0.18	43	0
1943	-8.6	43	-4.1	57	-13.1	36	0.19	42	1
1942	-12.7	77	-6.6	78	-18.8	75	0.10	70	0
1941							0.22	36	10
1940	-5.9	27	-1.7	41	-9.8	18	0.17	49	1
1939	-0.4	7	3.6	13	-4.5	4	0.23	32	0
1938	-10.6	64	-4.2	59	-17	67	0.23	32	0
1937	-4.9	22	2.8	18	-12.6	32	0.44	11	0
1936	-11.5	70	-6.4	77	-16.7	63	0.00	104	0
1935	-15.1	84	-8.4	87	-21.9	89	0.00	104	0
1934	-2.9	14	4.4	10	-10.3	22	0.33	18	0
1933	-14.5	83	-7.3	81	-21.7	86	trace	101	0
1932	-3	16	3.6	13	-9.5	17	0.06	84	0
1931	-10.9	68	-4.2	59	-18	72	trace	101	1
1930	-10.2	61	-5.9	73	-14.3	44	0.32	19	1
1929			-0.3	31			0.03	93	9
1928			-4.8	66	-19.2	76	0.27	23	4
1927	-13.3	79	-3.6	54	-21.8	87	0.08	76	1
1926	-13.5	80	-7.8	85	-19.8	81	trace	101	3
1925	-15.3	85	-10	92	-20.5	84	0.67	6	2
1924	-9.8	59	-1.5	40	-18.1	73	0.25	29	0
1923					-28.9	102	0.37	15	5
1922	-5.9	27	0	28	-11.8	27	0.46	10	0
1921	-9	50	-1.3	36	-16.7	63	0.32	19	0
1920	-12	73	-5.5	71	-19.5	78	0.40	12	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	5.7
2022	4.7
2023	1.8
1983	0.6
2008	0.5
2016	0.1
2007	-0.4
1939	-0.4
2019	-0.8
1998	-1.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	-26.6
1959	-23.3
1964	-22.6
1975	-21.8
1957	-21
1948	-20.6
1946	-18.9
1955	-17.4
1953	-17
1999	-16.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	1.41
2013	1.17
2021	1.05
1967	0.76
2020	0.70
1925	0.67
2022	0.60
2011	0.60
1965	0.51
1922	0.46

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	0.00
1935	0.00
1933	trace
1931	trace
1926	trace
1975	0.01
2002	0.02
2000	0.02
1976	0.02
1996	0.03
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 26°F; 12 December 2025, 11 December 2025
Coldest night: -40°F; 27 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.37 in; 12 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 1.41 in of precipitation in Barrow, AK (2 days missing), the wettest December on record, in 105 years since 1920 (2023 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Barrow, AK: 26°F on Friday 12 December 2025 and Thursday 11 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Barrow, AK: a low of -40°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Barrow, AK: 0.37 in on Friday 12 December 2025.