Barrow, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 19.5°F in Barrow, AK, the coldest May since 2010, tied 46th coldest of 104 (with 2010).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 19.5°F; Coldest since 2010; 46th coldest of 104
Precipitation: 0.19 in; Wettest since 2024; 38th wettest of 106

A normal May in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 22.8°F, between 18.4°F and 27.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.23 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 0.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Barrow, AK since 1921: 19.5°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.1°F, in 2001.

Normal range, 18.4 to 27.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	19.5	58	23.3	71	15.6	47	0.19	38	0
2025	20.3	45	24.3	63	16.3	41	0.17	41	0
2024	23.7	19	28.1	17	19.4	20	0.23	32	0
2023	26.1	9	30	10	22.2	7	0.44	10	0
2022	24	16	28.1	17	19.8	18	0.23	32	0
2021	23	23	26	38	20	16	0.07	64	0
2020	22.5	28	27.6	21	17.4	33	0.05	75	0
2019	27.7	4	30.8	6	24.5	2	0.41	12	0
2018	21.3	38	25.8	40	16.9	35	0.12	54	0
2017	24.6	14	27.6	21	21.5	9	0.94	1	0
2016	28.7	1	32.3	1	25.1	1	0.07	64	0
2015	28	2	32.1	2	23.9	4	0.65	4	0
2014	26.3	8	29.8	12	22.8	5	0.90	2	0
2013	22.7	26	27.4	25	18.1	29	0.40	13	0
2012	21.6	35	25.7	41	17.5	32	0.50	8	0
2011	22.5	28	26.7	29	18.3	26	0.09	58	0
2010	19.5	58	23.3	71	15.7	45	0.53	6	0
2009	25.5	11	29.9	11	21.2	12	0.45	9	0
2008	22.2	31	26.2	35	18.2	27	0.25	27	0
2007	16.8	88	21.5	91	12.2	82	0.26	25	0
2006	23.9	17	27.7	20	20.1	15	0.03	81	0
2005	22.4	30	25.7	41	19.2	21	0.33	19	0
2004	23.4	22	27.5	23	19.2	21	0.22	36	0
2003	21.5	36	25.3	49	17.6	31	0.23	32	0
2002	24.8	13	29.6	13	19.9	17	0.12	54	0
2001	11.1	104	16.2	104	5.9	105	0.15	47	0
2000	13.9	101	19.4	101	8.4	102	0.29	23	0
1999	22.8	25	26.9	28	18.7	23	0.03	81	0
1998	23.8	18	27.9	19	19.6	19	0.19	38	0
1997	19.7	56	24.8	54	14.5	61	0.03	81	0
1996	25.9	10	30.8	6	20.9	13	0.39	14	0
1995	26.4	7	30.2	9	22.5	6	trace	96	0
1994	18.6	72	22.7	80	14.5	61	0.34	18	0
1993	23	23	27.5	23	18.5	25	0.11	57	0
1992	20.7	42	26.6	32	14.8	56	0.08	60	0
1991	28	2	31.5	5	24.5	2	0.17	41	0
1990	26.5	5	31.6	3	21.4	10	0.13	51	0
1989	17.4	78	23.8	67	10.9	92	0.02	87	0
1988	19.8	53	24.2	64	15.4	51	0.02	87	0
1987	20.2	48	24.8	54	15.5	49	0.13	51	0
1986	20.1	50	24.6	57	15.6	47	0.07	64	0
1985	22.7	26	28.8	15	16.5	38	0.25	27	0
1984	16.5	92	23.2	74	9.9	97	0.07	64	0
1983	16.9	86	21.7	89	12	84	0.07	64	0
1982	16.6	90	20.9	98	12.2	82	0.39	14	0
1981	23.6	20	28.5	16	18.6	24	0.06	69	0
1980	17	84	21.4	92	12.5	79	0.01	91	0
1979	19.8	53	23.8	67	15.7	45	0.04	78	0
1978	16.4	93	21.2	95	11.5	86	0.03	81	0
1977	19	68	22.6	81	15.4	51	0.13	51	0
1976	17.1	83	21.2	95	13.1	73	0.03	81	0
1975	19.1	64	23.9	66	14.2	64	0.08	60	0
1974	18.1	73	23	76	13.2	71	0.06	69	0
1973	19.1	64	24.5	60	13.7	68	0.19	38	0
1972	18	75	23.1	75	13	74	0.06	69	0
1971	17.3	79	21.7	89	13	74	0.25	27	0
1970	19.1	64	23	76	15.1	55	0.09	58	0
1969	20.5	44	24.6	57	16.4	40	0.51	7	0
1968	21.8	34	27	27	16.6	36	0.16	44	0
1967	22.1	32	25.9	39	18.2	27	0.25	27	0
1966	16.1	96	21.8	88	10.4	95	0.15	47	0
1965	16.9	86	23	76	10.8	93	0.37	17	0
1964	17.7	77	24.5	60	10.8	93	0.38	16	0
1963	25.5	11	29.1	14	21.8	8	0.32	20	0
1962	16.6	90	22.2	85	11	89	0.43	11	0
1961	21.5	36	26.6	32	16.3	41	0.01	91	0
1960	20.7	42	25.5	46	15.9	44	0.24	31	0
1959	19.6	57	24.5	60	14.6	59	0.17	41	0
1958	17.3	79	22.3	83	12.4	81	0.32	20	0
1957	19.4	60	24.1	65	14.6	59	0.04	78	0
1956	20.3	45	24.7	56	16	43	0.01	91	0
1955	15.9	97	20.8	99	11	89	0.01	91	0
1954	16.2	94	22.3	83	10.2	96	0.12	54	0
1953	20.1	50	25.4	47	14.8	56	0.06	69	0
1952	15.3	98	21.3	94	9.3	98	0.15	47	0
1951	18.8	71	23.4	70	14.2	64	0.01	91	0
1950	20	52	24.6	57	15.5	49	0.23	32	0
1949	16.2	94	21.4	92	11	89	0.16	44	1
1948	14.9	99	21.1	97	8.6	101	0.04	78	0
1947	17	84	22.6	81	11.4	88	0.06	69	0
1946	20.2	48	25.6	45	14.7	58	0.02	87	0
1945	16.8	88	22.1	86	11.5	86	0.21	37	0
1944	19.3	61	25	52	13.6	69	0.08	60	0
1943	26.5	5	31.6	3	21.4	10	0.06	69	0
1942	19	68	23.6	69	14.4	63	0.31	22	0
1941	20.8	41	25	52	16.6	36	0.16	44	0
1940	23.5	21	26.5	34	20.5	14	0.15	47	1
1939	17.9	76	23.3	71	12.5	79	trace	96	0
1938	20.3	45	25.2	50	15.4	51	0.05	75	0
1937	21.3	38	26.1	37	16.5	38	0.08	60	0
1936	14.3	100	22.1	86	6.5	104	trace	96	0
1935	13.6	102	18.2	103	9	99	trace	96	0
1934	17.2	81	20.3	100	14	67	trace	96	0
1933	18.1	73	22.9	79	13.4	70	0.81	3	0
1932	22	33	26.7	29	17.3	34	trace	96	0
1931	19.3	61	25.7	41	12.8	77	trace	96	0
1930	21.2	40	27.2	26	15.2	54	0.02	87	1
1929	19.8	53	26.2	35	13.2	71	trace	96	1
1928	19.2	63	26.7	29	11.7	85	trace	96	0
1927	24.1	15	30.3	8	18	30	trace	96	0
1926	17.2	81	25.7	41	8.8	100	trace	96	0
1925	19	68	25.4	47	12.7	78	0.05	75	0
1924					8.4	102	0.26	25	13
1923					14.1	66	0.65	4	15
1922	11.5	103	18.4	102	4.7	106	0.03	81	0
1921	19.1	64	25.2	50	12.9	76	0.29	23	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	28.7
2015	28
1991	28
2019	27.7
1990	26.5
1943	26.5
1995	26.4
2014	26.3
2023	26.1
1996	25.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	11.1
1922	11.5
1935	13.6
2000	13.9
1936	14.3
1948	14.9
1952	15.3
1955	15.9
1966	16.1
1954	16.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2017	0.94
2014	0.90
1933	0.81
2015	0.65
1923	0.65
2010	0.53
1969	0.51
2012	0.50
2009	0.45
2023	0.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	trace
1939	trace
1936	trace
1935	trace
1934	trace
1932	trace
1931	trace
1929	trace
1928	trace
1927	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 29°F; 31 May 2026, 30 May 2026, 23 May 2026
Coldest night: 1°F; 11 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.08 in; 3 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.19 in of precipitation in Barrow, AK, the wettest May since 2024, tied 38th wettest of 106 (with 1998 and 1973).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Barrow, AK: 29°F on Sunday 31 May 2026, Saturday 30 May 2026 and Saturday 23 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Barrow, AK: a low of 1°F on Monday 11 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Barrow, AK: 0.08 in on Sunday 3 May 2026.