Barrow, AK: records

4 October 2026: The hottest day on record in Barrow, AK: 79°F on Tuesday 13 July 1993.

All-time records

New daily records set in Barrow, AK by decade since the 1940s: the most record highs, 92, came in the 1950s; the most record lows, 86, in the 1950s.

Every decade as a table

Decade	Record highs	Record lows	Years in the record
1920s	0	0	10
1930s	0	0	10
1940s	4	0	10
1950s	92	86	10
1960s	70	44	10
1970s	42	40	10
1980s	62	40	10
1990s	70	31	10
2000s	52	8	10
2010s	68	0	10
2020s	40	3	7

Month	Highest	Lowest	Wettest day
January	36°F 1 January 2017, 4 January 1974	-53°F 3 January 1975, 15 January 1951	0.62 in 8 January 2001
February	36°F 4 February 1982	-56°F 3 February 1924	0.57 in 12 February 2016
March	34°F 21 March 1998	-52°F 2 March 1971, 6 March 1923	0.36 in 12 March 2020
April	42°F 24 April 1936	-42°F 4 April 1924	0.42 in 4 April 1963
May	47°F 21 May 2015, 23 May 1996	-19°F 6 May 1984	0.45 in 25 May 2017
June	73°F 20 June 2019	4°F 6 June 1969	0.82 in 26 June 1955
July	79°F 13 July 1993	22°F 5 July 1936	1.42 in 26 July 2022
August	76°F 5 August 2023, 8 August 1968	20°F 16 August 1925, 31 August 1922	0.83 in 10 August 1960
September	62°F 22 September 1995, 19 September 1995, 4 September 1957	1°F 28 September 1975, 28 September 1957	0.68 in 16 September 2021
October	44°F 10 October 2016	-32°F 27 October 1970	0.55 in 25 October 1925
November	39°F 11 November 1937	-40°F 25 November 1948	0.41 in 10 November 1937
December	40°F 5 December 2022	-55°F 10 December 1924	0.40 in 3 December 2020

Every record in words

The coldest night on record in Barrow, AK: a low of -56°F on Sunday 3 February 1924.
The wettest day on record in Barrow, AK: 1.42 in on Tuesday 26 July 2022.
The warmest night on record in Barrow, AK: a low of 56°F on Saturday 5 August 2023.
The coldest day on record in Barrow, AK: a high of -47°F on Friday 3 January 1975.
The longest run of days with a high of 32°F or below in Barrow, AK: 250 days, from Tuesday 23 September 1975 to Saturday 29 May 1976.
The wettest month on record in Barrow, AK: July 1989, with 3.19 in of precipitation.
The driest month on record in Barrow, AK: January 1939, with 0.00 in of precipitation (shared with 9 other months).
The wettest year on record in Barrow, AK: 2019, with 10.11 in of precipitation.
The driest year on record in Barrow, AK: 1935, with 1.61 in of precipitation.

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