Barrow, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -12.9°F in Barrow, AK, the warmest January since 2025, tied 48th warmest of 104 (with 2009).

January 2026

Mean temperature: -12.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 48th warmest of 104

A normal January in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -11.8°F, between -17.6°F and -6.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.09 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Barrow, AK since 1921: -12.9°F in 2026; the highest is 5.6°F, in 1930.

Normal range, -17.6 to -6.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	-12.9	48	-6.7	50	-19	45			0
2025	-4.5	12	2.2	12	-11.2	11	0.79	3	1
2024	-3.8	8	2.4	11	-10.2	7	0.56	7	2
2023	-6.2	15	-2.3	24	-10.1	6	0.13	46	0
2022	-10.8	38	-4.7	39	-16.9	36	0.64	5	0
2021	-6.9	18	-1.8	21	-11.9	14	0.12	51	0
2020	-13	50	-6.7	50	-19.2	51	0.13	46	0
2019	-8.8	26	-2.6	25	-15	28	0.03	85	0
2018	-4.3	11	1.9	13	-10.5	8	0.07	66	0
2017	-0.3	2	7.8	2	-8.5	5	0.47	10	0
2016	-0.3	2	5.3	5	-5.8	2	0.30	19	0
2015	-10.3	33	-3.8	30	-16.7	35	0.26	23	0
2014	-6.5	17	-1.5	19	-11.5	12	0.18	32	0
2013	-8.6	25	-4.6	36	-12.6	20	0.06	72	0
2012	-20.6	92	-14	89	-27.2	94	0.20	26	0
2011	-9.7	32	-2.2	23	-17.2	40	0.20	26	0
2010	-16.2	70	-8.8	61	-23.6	77	0.03	85	0
2009	-12.9	48	-5.6	45	-20.1	56	0.30	19	0
2008	-15.7	66	-8.4	60	-23	74	0.10	57	0
2007	-15.7	66	-10.1	71	-21.3	63	0.20	26	0
2006	-11.7	41	-5.8	46	-17.6	41	0.13	46	0
2005	-8	22	-1.4	18	-14.6	26	0.04	81	0
2004	-8.3	24	-3.1	26	-13.6	22	0.09	59	0
2003	-10.5	34	-4.6	36	-16.5	34	0.08	62	0
2002	-16.8	74	-10.4	75	-23.3	75	0.06	72	0
2001	-10.6	36	-5.8	46	-15.4	30	0.63	6	0
2000	-13.8	55	-7.2	53	-20.5	60	0.36	18	0
1999	-18.7	85	-11.1	82	-26.4	89	0.09	59	0
1998	-14.6	60	-10.3	74	-19	45	trace	94	0
1997	-17.5	79	-11	81	-24.1	80	0.08	62	0
1996	-7.1	19	-0.3	16	-13.9	23	trace	94	0
1995	-11.9	43	-5.5	44	-18.4	43	0.06	72	0
1994	-9	27	-4	34	-13.9	23	0.05	76	0
1993	-12.6	46	-3.9	32	-21.3	63	0.45	13	0
1992	-18.6	84	-14.3	91	-22.9	73	0.04	81	0
1991	-13.3	53	-5.3	43	-21.4	65	0.07	66	0
1990	-22.9	95	-17.3	98	-28.6	98	0.03	85	0
1989	-24	98	-16.4	97	-31.5	102	0.01	93	0
1988	-10.5	34	-4.6	36	-16.3	32	0.02	90	0
1987	-13	50	-7	52	-19	45	0.13	46	0
1986	-15	61	-10.9	79	-19.1	50	0.16	41	0
1985	-7.3	20	-3.1	26	-11.5	12	0.05	76	0
1984	-15.3	64	-9.6	68	-21	62	0.19	30	0
1983	-19.2	87	-13.3	87	-25	84	0.03	85	0
1982	-11.1	40	-5.2	42	-17	37	0.17	36	0
1981	-0.9	4	4.4	6	-6.2	3	0.22	25	0
1980	-13.9	56	-7.7	57	-20.1	56	0.15	43	0
1979	-2.5	6	2.6	9	-7.6	4	0.05	76	0
1978	-6	14	0	15	-12	15	0.08	62	0
1977	-8	22	-3.6	29	-12.4	18	0.17	36	0
1976	-18.9	86	-13.3	87	-24.5	81	0.04	81	0
1975	-26.4	101	-21.1	103	-31.7	103	0.17	36	0
1974	-10.7	37	-5	41	-16.4	33	0.38	16	0
1973	-13.5	54	-7.4	55	-19.6	55	0.07	66	0
1972	-16.2	70	-9.9	70	-22.5	71	0.05	76	0
1971	-19.5	88	-12.7	85	-26.2	88	0.18	32	0
1970	-12.5	45	-7.3	54	-17.6	41	0.07	66	0
1969	-12.7	47	-5.9	48	-19.4	53	0.12	51	0
1968	-9.5	31	-2	22	-17.1	39	0.41	14	0
1967	-12	44	-3.9	32	-20.1	56	0.19	30	0
1966	-15.7	66	-9.4	66	-22	68	0.12	51	0
1965	-21	93	-15.5	94	-26.5	90	0.04	81	0
1964	-20.1	90	-15.5	94	-24.8	83	0.07	66	0
1963	-9	27	-1	17	-17	37	0.52	9	0
1962	-2.3	5	6.1	3	-10.8	10	1.04	1	0
1961	-11	39	-6.5	49	-15.5	31	0.27	22	0
1960	-24.8	100	-18.7	101	-30.9	100	0.14	45	0
1959	-17.3	77	-10.9	79	-23.6	77	0.05	76	0
1958	-16.8	74	-12.1	84	-21.5	66	0.12	51	0
1957	-4.2	10	3.9	7	-12.4	18	0.73	4	0
1956	-17.4	78	-7.8	58	-27	93	0.29	21	0
1955	-14	57	-8.9	64	-19	45	0.06	72	0
1954	-16.9	76	-8	59	-25.8	87	0.47	10	0
1953	-16.7	73	-10.7	78	-22.7	72	0.02	90	0
1952	-15.5	65	-8.8	61	-22.1	69	0.16	41	0
1951	-27.7	103	-20.3	102	-35.2	105	trace	94	0
1950	-3.3	7	5.6	4	-12.2	16	0.55	8	0
1949	-13.1	52	-4.5	35	-21.7	67	0.17	36	0
1948	-17.8	80	-10.1	71	-25.5	85	0.38	16	0
1947	-20.3	91	-13	86	-27.6	95	0.07	66	0
1946	-16.2	70	-11.5	83	-20.9	61	0.02	90	0
1945	-15	61	-9.8	69	-20.3	59	0.08	62	0
1944	-15	61	-10.6	77	-19.3	52	0.18	32	0
1943	-23.3	97	-15.7	96	-30.9	100	0.09	59	0
1942	-3.9	9	2.6	9	-10.5	8	0.15	43	0
1941	-14.2	59	-8.8	61	-19.5	54	0.18	32	0
1940	-9.3	29	-3.8	30	-14.7	27	0.10	57	0
1939	-19.5	88	-15	92	-23.9	79	0.00	100	0
1938	-18.4	82	-10.4	75	-26.5	90	0.17	36	0
1937	-4.5	12	3.3	8	-12.3	17	0.88	2	0
1936	-16.1	69	-9.5	67	-22.4	70	0.00	100	1
1935	-9.4	30	-3.5	28	-15.2	29	0.23	24	0
1934	-26.8	102	-21.4	104	-32.3	104	trace	94	0
1933	-23.2	96	-17.9	100	-28.5	97	trace	94	0
1932	-21.7	94	-15.1	93	-28.4	96	0.00	100	0
1931	-18.5	83	-14.1	90	-23.3	75	0.00	100	1
1930	5.6	1	13.4	1	-2.2	1	0.03	85	0
1929	-11.8	42	-4.9	40	-18.6	44	0.41	14	0
1928	-6.4	16	1.5	14	-14.2	25	trace	94	0
1927			-7.4	55	-24.5	81	0.00	100	5
1926	-14.1	58	-9.2	65	-19	45	0.11	56	1
1925	-29.2	104	-21.6	105	-36.9	106	0.12	51	0
1924					-26.9	92	0.47	10	4
1923	-24.1	99	-17.4	99	-30.8	99			0
1922	-7.5	21	-1.5	19	-13.5	21	0.13	46	0
1921	-17.8	80	-10.1	71	-25.6	86	0.20	26	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	5.6
2017	-0.3
2016	-0.3
1981	-0.9
1962	-2.3
1979	-2.5
1950	-3.3
2024	-3.8
1942	-3.9
1957	-4.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1925	-29.2
1951	-27.7
1934	-26.8
1975	-26.4
1960	-24.8
1923	-24.1
1989	-24
1943	-23.3
1933	-23.2
1990	-22.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	1.04
1937	0.88
2025	0.79
1957	0.73
2022	0.64
2001	0.63
2024	0.56
1950	0.55
1963	0.52
2017	0.47
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.00
1936	0.00
1932	0.00
1931	0.00
1927	0.00
1998	trace
1996	trace
1951	trace
1934	trace
1933	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 31°F; 23 January 2026
Coldest night: -36°F; 11 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 18 January 2026

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The hottest day of January 2026 in Barrow, AK: 31°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Barrow, AK: a low of -36°F on Sunday 11 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Barrow, AK: 0.46 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.