Barrow, AK: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged -10.6°F in Barrow, AK (8 days missing), the warmest winter since 2025, tied 33rd warmest of 102 (with 1981).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: -10.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 33rd warmest of 102

A normal winter in Barrow, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -9.9°F, between -14.7°F and -4.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.49 in of precipitation, between 0.16 in and 1.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Barrow, AK since 1921: -10.6°F in 2026; the highest is 1.7°F, in 2018.

Normal range, -14.7 to -4.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	-10.6	33	-3.1	25	-17.8	41			8
2025	-4.8	6	1.3	6	-10.9	6	1.16	10	3
2024	-3	3	2.7	4	-8.7	2	1.47	3	2
2023	-4.4	5	1.4	5	-10.1	4	0.76	26	0
2022	-11	36	-4.5	37	-17.6	37			0
2021	-10	29	-4.4	34	-15.6	23	1.28	4	0
2020	-13	54	-6.6	52	-19.4	57	0.39	63	0
2019	-3.7	4	3.7	3	-11	7	0.67	34	0
2018	1.7	1	8.2	1	-4.8	1	0.78	24	0
2017	-2	2	5.4	2	-9.5	3	1.17	8	0
2016	-5	7	0.1	9	-10.1	4	1.19	6	0
2015	-7.9	11	-1.7	18	-14.2	12	0.77	25	0
2014	-5.3	8	1	7	-11.5	8	1.54	2	0
2013	-11.9	44	-7.5	58	-16.4	28	0.20	89	0
2012	-14.2	59	-8.5	64	-19.9	63	1.01	13	0
2011	-8.4	14	-0.7	11	-16	27	0.95	14	0
2010	-9.8	25	-3	24	-16.5	29	0.75	27	0
2009	-9.2	19	-1.9	19	-16.6	31	0.88	18	0
2008	-9.9	27	-3.1	25	-16.8	34	0.38	65	0
2007	-9.6	22	-3.7	28	-15.5	21	0.44	52	0
2006	-8	12	-1.2	15	-14.7	16	0.72	31	0
2005	-9.8	25	-3.7	28	-15.9	26	0.35	69	0
2004	-12.8	52	-7.6	62	-18	42	0.26	80	0
2003	-9.3	20	-3.9	31	-14.6	15	0.23	85	0
2002	-14.3	61	-8.7	66	-20	64	0.12	94	0
2001	-6.3	9	-1	13	-11.6	9	0.74	29	0
2000	-15.5	72	-9.2	73	-21.7	75	0.57	39	0
1999	-11.8	42	-5.2	43	-18.5	50	0.53	41	0
1998	-13.6	57	-8.9	69	-18.3	47	0.08	98	0
1997	-11.9	44	-6.1	50	-17.7	39	0.11	97	0
1996	-11.6	40	-4.9	40	-18.3	47	0.16	92	0
1995	-14.6	64	-7.5	58	-21.7	75	0.24	83	0
1994	-8.6	15	-3.5	27	-13.7	11	0.19	90	0
1993	-10.8	35	-2.8	22	-18.7	52	0.86	20	0
1992	-18.2	87	-13	97	-23.3	85	0.19	90	0
1991	-15.7	75	-8.8	67	-22.5	80	0.27	78	0
1990	-18.4	91	-12.7	94	-24.1	90	0.29	75	0
1989	-8.6	15	-0.4	10	-16.7	33	0.56	40	0
1988	-11.2	38	-4.4	34	-18	42	0.24	83	0
1987	-12.9	53	-7	53	-18.8	54	0.30	74	0
1986	-10.3	31	-5	41	-15.5	21	0.46	51	0
1985	-12.5	50	-7.1	55	-18	42	0.23	85	0
1984	-15.5	72	-10.2	80	-20.9	69	0.40	60	0
1983	-14.6	64	-9.9	79	-19.2	55	0.25	81	0
1982	-8.6	15	-2.2	20	-15	17	0.69	32	0
1981	-10.6	33	-4.5	37	-16.6	31	0.36	67	0
1980	-12.1	48	-6.1	50	-18	42	0.48	49	0
1979	-11.8	42	-5.4	45	-18.3	47	0.27	78	0
1978	-9.1	18	-2.9	23	-15.3	20	0.43	55	0
1977	-13.5	56	-9.3	74	-17.6	37	0.36	67	0
1976	-21.2	99	-15.9	103	-26.4	100	0.12	94	0
1975	-22.4	100	-17.1	104	-27.8	101	0.50	46	0
1974	-14.3	61	-9.1	72	-19.5	59	0.53	41	0
1973	-9.7	23	-3.7	28	-15.8	24	0.40	60	0
1972	-15.5	72	-8.5	64	-22.5	80	0.42	57	0
1971	-18.3	89	-12.4	92	-24.2	91	0.40	60	0
1970	-12.2	49	-7.2	57	-17.3	36	0.28	77	0
1969	-14.8	66	-8.8	67	-20.8	67	0.50	46	0
1968	-14.2	59	-7.5	58	-21	70	1.28	4	0
1967	-13.4	55	-7	53	-19.8	62	0.44	52	0
1966	-16.7	80	-10.5	83	-22.9	83	0.69	32	0
1965	-23.2	101	-17.7	105	-28.6	102	0.21	88	0
1964	-17.3	83	-11.9	88	-22.7	82	0.48	49	0
1963	-11.4	39	-4	32	-18.7	52	0.85	21	0
1962	-8.2	13	-1.1	14	-15.2	18	1.81	1	0
1961	-14.8	66	-9.7	78	-20	64	0.61	38	0
1960	-19	93	-13	97	-25	93	0.42	57	0
1959	-11.6	40	-6	49	-17.2	35	1.13	11	0
1958	-18.2	87	-13.2	100	-23.1	84	0.44	52	0
1957	-12.5	50	-5.5	47	-19.4	57	1.19	6	0
1956	-20.6	98	-12.5	93	-28.7	103	0.73	30	0
1955	-18.3	89	-12.7	94	-24	89	0.25	81	0
1954	-19	93	-12.1	91	-25.8	98	0.75	27	0
1953	-15.8	76	-10.8	84	-20.8	67	0.29	75	0
1952	-14.8	66	-8.2	63	-21.3	72	0.52	43	0
1951	-19.8	97	-13.4	101	-26.1	99	0.32	73	1
1950	-12	47	-4.4	34	-19.5	59	1.08	12	0
1949	-17.7	86	-10.3	81	-25.1	94	0.43	55	0
1948	-11.9	44	-5.2	43	-18.5	50	0.65	37	0
1947	-19.1	95	-13	97	-25.2	96	0.22	87	0
1946	-14.1	58	-9	70	-19.2	55	0.12	94	0
1945	-15.3	71	-9.6	76	-21	70	0.35	69	0
1944	-11.1	37	-5.8	48	-16.5	29	1.17	8	1
1943	-17.3	83	-10.3	81	-23.8	88	0.39	63	2
1942			0.8	8	-12.4	10	0.52	43	10
1941	-10.2	30	-5.1	42	-15.2	18	0.49	48	1
1940	-9.3	20	-4.5	37	-14.2	12	0.34	71	0
1939	-16.4	78	-11.2	85	-21.6	74	0.51	45	0
1938	-14.5	63	-7.1	55	-21.9	77	0.67	34	0
1937	-9.9	27	-4.1	33	-15.8	24	0.88	18	0
1936	-19.3	96	-12.7	94	-25.7	97	0.00	103	1
1935	-7.8	10	-1.4	17	-14.3	14	0.67	34	0
1934	-17.5	85	-11.5	86	-23.5	86	trace	101	0
1933	-14.9	70	-9	70	-20.7	66	0.33	72	2
1932	-18.5	92	-11.9	88	-25.1	94	trace	101	1
1931	-17.1	81	-12	90	-22.2	79	0.42	57	2
1930			-1.2	15			0.06	99	10
1929			-5.4	45	-19.7	61	0.85	21	10
1928	-9.7	23	-0.9	12	-17.7	39	0.16	92	3
1927	-17.1	81	-9.6	76	-24.6	92	0.04	100	9
1926	-16.6	79	-11.7	87	-21.4	73	0.94	15	3
1925	-23.4	102	-15.8	102	-31	105	0.37	66	0
1924					-30.4	104	0.91	16	10
1923	-14.8	66	-7.5	58	-22.1	78			0
1922	-10.3	31	-2.5	21	-18	42	0.81	23	0
1921	-16.3	77	-9.4	75	-23.5	86	0.90	17	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	1.7
2017	-2
2024	-3
2019	-3.7
2023	-4.4
2025	-4.8
2016	-5
2014	-5.3
2001	-6.3
1935	-7.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1925	-23.4
1965	-23.2
1975	-22.4
1976	-21.2
1956	-20.6
1951	-19.8
1936	-19.3
1947	-19.1
1960	-19
1954	-19

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1962	1.81
2014	1.54
2024	1.47
2021	1.28
1968	1.28
2016	1.19
1957	1.19
2017	1.17
1944	1.17
2025	1.16

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1936	0.00
1934	trace
1932	trace
1927	0.04
1930	0.06
1998	0.08
1997	0.11
2002	0.12
1976	0.12
1946	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 31°F; 23 January 2026
Coldest night: -40°F; 27 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 18 January 2026

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The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Barrow, AK: 31°F on Friday 23 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Barrow, AK: a low of -40°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Barrow, AK: 0.46 in on Sunday 18 January 2026.