Barrow, AK: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 39.5°F in Barrow, AK, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 27th warmest of 105 (with 2015 and 1993).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 39.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 27th warmest of 105
Precipitation: 2.48 in; Wettest since 2024; 47th wettest of 105

A normal summer in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.1°F, between 36.9°F and 41.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.34 in of precipitation, between 1.22 in and 3.76 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Barrow, AK since 1921: 39.5°F in 2026; the highest is 43.3°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 36.9 to 41.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	39.5	27	45.1	27	33.9	31	2.48	47	0
2025	41.2	8	47.1	9	35.4	11	1.77	66	6
2024	40.9	10	46.1	17	35.8	8	3.15	20	0
2023	43.3	1	49	1	37.6	2	3.57	10	0
2022	39.4	30	44.2	37	34.6	19	3.20	18	0
2021	39.1	31	43.9	42	34.2	24	2.97	25	0
2020	39	37	43.5	45	34.6	19	1.24	88	0
2019	42.7	3	47	10	38.5	1	5.43	1	0
2018	37.9	52	42.3	64	33.5	35	3.39	13	0
2017	40.4	14	45.7	21	35.1	14	3.56	11	0
2016	40.4	14	46.4	13	34.4	21	2.33	51	0
2015	39.5	27	44.7	31	34.3	22	2.75	37	0
2014	36.5	70	40.8	81	32.2	59	2.92	28	0
2013	41	9	46.3	14	35.7	9	3.80	6	0
2012	42.2	4	48.2	4	36.2	5	1.72	71	0
2011	39.8	22	44	40	35.6	10	2.52	45	0
2010	39.7	23	44.2	37	35.2	12	2.15	55	0
2009	40.3	16	45.6	22	34.9	15	3.06	21	0
2008	38.2	48	42.8	54	33.6	34	2.13	57	0
2007	41.7	6	47.3	8	36.1	6	0.42	102	0
2006	37.7	56	43.1	51	32.3	55	2.08	59	0
2005	38.5	44	43.5	45	33.5	35	2.72	40	0
2004	41.9	5	47.7	6	36	7	3.34	15	0
2003	37	64	41.8	68	32.2	59	1.97	61	0
2002	36.5	70	41.8	68	31.2	81	1.72	71	0
2001	36.3	76	41.4	74	31.2	81	3.00	22	0
2000	38	51	43.2	49	32.7	49	3.86	5	0
1999	40.1	18	45.4	23	34.9	15	2.36	50	0
1998	41.6	7	47	10	36.3	4	2.31	53	0
1997	39	37	44	40	34	29	3.75	7	0
1996	38.6	43	44.3	33	33	42	1.68	75	0
1995	37.8	53	43.2	49	32.5	54	1.76	67	0
1994	39.1	31	45.2	25	33	42	2.73	39	0
1993	39.5	27	44.8	29	34.1	26	2.09	58	0
1992	38.2	48	44.1	39	32.3	55	1.08	91	0
1991	36.9	67	43.1	51	30.8	91	0.50	101	0
1990	39.1	31	44.9	28	33.3	39	2.92	28	0
1989	43	2	49	1	37	3	5.24	2	0
1988	36.1	82	41	79	31.1	88	2.46	49	0
1987	37.3	62	41.9	67	32.7	49	3.00	22	0
1986	38.7	41	44.3	33	33.1	41	1.55	80	0
1985	37.8	53	42.6	57	33	42	1.76	67	0
1984	39.1	31	44.3	33	33.8	33	2.50	46	0
1983	35.7	88	40.5	85	30.8	91	1.25	87	0
1982	36.2	79	40.9	80	31.5	72	1.85	63	0
1981	35.9	84	40.8	81	31.1	88	2.84	33	0
1980	35.5	95	39.8	96	31.2	81	2.74	38	0
1979	40.6	11	46.3	14	34.9	15	1.67	76	0
1978	36.5	70	41.4	74	31.5	72	1.60	78	0
1977	39.1	31	43.6	44	34.7	18	1.07	92	0
1976	36.5	70	41.5	73	31.4	76	0.84	95	0
1975	35.2	97	39	101	31.4	76	2.95	26	0
1974	37.2	63	42.4	60	32	64	1.66	77	0
1973	37.6	57	42.4	60	32.8	46	4.04	4	0
1972	38.7	41	44.6	32	32.8	46	1.28	86	0
1971	36.3	76	40.6	83	32	64	1.45	84	0
1970	35.2	97	39.6	98	30.8	91	0.52	100	0
1969	33.3	105	37.5	105	29.1	103	1.51	82	0
1968	39	37	43.8	43	34.2	24	0.73	97	0
1967	35.7	88	39.9	94	31.5	72	2.03	60	0
1966	35.8	86	40.3	89	31.2	81	2.95	26	0
1965	35.8	86	40.4	87	31.2	81	1.73	70	0
1964	35	99	39.3	99	30.7	95	0.80	96	0
1963	35.7	88	39.9	94	31.5	72	4.54	3	0
1962	39.1	31	44.8	29	33.5	35	2.86	32	0
1961	36.1	82	40.3	89	31.8	68	3.19	19	0
1960	35	99	39.7	97	30.3	100	1.95	62	0
1959	35.9	84	40.3	89	31.4	76	2.77	35	0
1958	38.4	45	42.6	57	34.1	26	2.15	55	0
1957	38.4	45	43.3	48	33.4	38	3.24	16	0
1956	33.6	103	38.3	103	28.9	106	2.77	35	0
1955	34.3	102	38.5	102	30	101	2.64	42	0
1954	40	19	45.9	19	34.1	26	3.35	14	0
1953	35.6	93	40.4	87	30.8	91	1.29	85	0
1952	37	64	41.8	68	32.2	59	2.91	30	0
1951	40.6	11	46	18	35.2	12	2.89	31	0
1950	37.5	58	42.1	65	32.9	45	2.62	43	0
1949	36.9	67	41.7	71	32	64	2.30	54	0
1948	35.5	95	40.6	83	30.4	98	1.72	71	0
1947	35.7	88	40.1	93	31.2	81	0.66	98	0
1946	37.4	60	42.9	53	31.8	68	2.81	34	0
1945	33.6	103	38.1	104	29	104	1.51	82	0
1944	37	64	42.5	59	31.6	71	2.62	43	0
1943	37.4	60	42.7	55	32.1	63	1.79	65	0
1942	38.3	47	43.5	45	33.2	40	3.60	9	0
1941	35.6	93	40.3	89	30.9	90	1.75	69	0
1940	37.8	53	42.7	55	32.8	46	1.19	89	0
1939	36.5	70	41.2	76	31.7	70			0
1938	39.7	23	45.3	24	34	29	2.99	24	0
1937	37.5	58	42.4	60	32.6	52	0.41	103	0
1936	40	19	48.6	3	31.4	76	1.52	81	0
1935	36.2	79	41.2	76	31.2	81	0.26	104	0
1934	36.2	79	40.5	85	31.9	67	0.26	104	0
1933	35.7	88	41.1	78	30.4	98	1.15	90	0
1932	36.6	69	41.7	71	31.4	76	1.71	74	0
1931	36.5	70	42.4	60	30.7	95	2.47	48	2
1930	40.2	17	46.2	16	33.9	31	3.52	12	5
1929	36.3	76	42	66	30.7	95	2.32	52	2
1928	39.9	21	47.4	7	32.3	55	1.05	93	0
1927	39.7	23	46.8	12	32.6	52	1.83	64	0
1926	39	37	45.8	20	32.3	55	0.62	99	1
1925	40.5	13	48.2	4	32.7	49	3.21	17	2
1924					29	104	2.70	41	39
1923	39.7	23	45.2	25	34.3	22	1.00	94	0
1922	34.6	101	39.3	99	29.9	102	3.66	8	0
1921	38.2	48	44.3	33	32.2	59	1.58	79	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	43.3
1989	43
2019	42.7
2012	42.2
2004	41.9
2007	41.7
1998	41.6
2025	41.2
2013	41
2024	40.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	33.3
1956	33.6
1945	33.6
1955	34.3
1922	34.6
1964	35
1960	35
1975	35.2
1970	35.2
1980	35.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2019	5.43
1989	5.24
1963	4.54
1973	4.04
2000	3.86
2013	3.80
1997	3.75
1922	3.66
1942	3.60
2023	3.57

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1935	0.26
1934	0.26
1937	0.41
2007	0.42
1991	0.50
1970	0.52
1926	0.62
1947	0.66
1968	0.73
1964	0.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 70°F; 13 August 2026
Coldest night: 17°F; 1 June 2026
Wettest day: 0.32 in; 18 August 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 2.48 in of precipitation in Barrow, AK, the wettest summer since 2024, 47th wettest of 105.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Barrow, AK: 70°F on Thursday 13 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Barrow, AK: a low of 17°F on Monday 1 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Barrow, AK: 0.32 in on Tuesday 18 August 2026.