Bethel, AK: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 53.8°F in Bethel, AK, the warmest August since 2020 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), tied 36th warmest of 103 (with 1968).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 53.8°F; Warmest since 2020; 36th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 5.36 in; Wettest since 2001; 9th wettest of 103

A normal August in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.7°F, between 51.6°F and 56.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.29 in of precipitation, between 2.00 in and 4.97 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Bethel, AK since 1923: 53.8°F in 2026; the highest is 59.4°F, in 2004.

Normal range, 51.6 to 56.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Bethel, AK from 1923 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	53.8	36	59.3	49	48.3	20	5.36	9	0
2025									5
2024	50.3	94	55.3	101	45.3	70	4.92	15	0
2023	53.7	38	59.4	45	48	26	2.38	86	0
2022	52.3	57	58.3	68	46.3	51	4.78	16	0
2021	52.8	51	59.6	41	46.1	54	2.42	84	0
2020	55.5	15	64	11	47	37	2.23	88	0
2019	56.5	9	62.6	18	50.4	4	3.40	51	0
2018	52.9	50	58.6	59	47.1	35	5.06	10	0
2017	53.7	38	60.6	36	47.2	34	4.96	12	1
2016	58.1	3	65.4	6	50.9	2	3.29	53	0
2015	52.7	54	59	53	46.3	51	3.04	65	0
2014	56.9	7	64.5	7	49.3	10	2.02	90	0
2013	54.5	27	60.4	38	48.6	15	3.28	54	0
2012	52.3	57	59.4	45	45.2	72	3.09	62	0
2011	51.1	84	57.5	82	44.7	84	3.90	34	0
2010	53.2	44	58.5	65	47.9	29	3.95	32	0
2009	52.3	57	59.6	41	44.9	77	2.72	73	0
2008	53.9	35	62.4	19	45.4	69	1.33	99	0
2007	57.1	6	64.4	9	49.9	6	3.21	56	0
2006	52.2	63	58.5	65	45.9	59	3.52	43	0
2005	55.9	14	62.7	16	49	13	3.80	36	0
2004	59.4	1	67	2	51.7	1	2.01	91	0
2003	55.5	15	63	13	47.9	29	4.76	17	0
2002	54.9	22	63.2	12	46.7	44	1.16	100	0
2001	53	48	59.5	43	46.5	45	6.81	5	0
2000	51	87	56.4	93	45.5	66	4.60	22	0
1999	51.7	71	58.6	59	44.8	81	2.16	89	0
1998	49.1	102	55.1	103	43.1	100	3.20	57	0
1997	56	13	61.8	26	50.2	5	2.50	82	0
1996	51.6	73	57.7	77	45.5	66	2.80	70	0
1995	53.6	41	58.7	57	48.4	17	3.59	40	0
1994	52.3	57	56.8	87	47.8	31	5.49	8	0
1993	54.2	31	60.4	38	48	26	3.44	47	0
1992	53.2	44	58.4	67	48.1	24	3.52	43	0
1991	53.7	38	61.5	31	45.9	59	1.94	94	0
1990	55.4	17	62.3	22	48.5	16	2.84	69	0
1989	54.1	32	60	40	48.3	20	3.61	39	0
1988	52.3	57	59	53	45.5	66	3.75	37	0
1987	56.3	11	64.2	10	48.4	17	2.43	83	0
1986	51.3	80	56.7	88	46	56	4.40	25	0
1985	53.5	42	59.1	51	48	26	4.17	28	0
1984	49.7	99	55.7	97	43.7	92	2.85	68	0
1983	49.5	100	55.4	99	43.5	95	1.52	98	0
1982	55.1	20	60.7	35	49.4	9	3.53	41	0
1981	54.1	32	61.8	26	46.4	49	1.84	95	0
1980	50.6	90	57.3	85	44	91	2.72	73	0
1979	53.1	46	59.4	45	46.8	41	2.34	87	0
1978	55.3	19	62.2	24	48.4	17	3.63	38	0
1977	58.6	2	66.3	4	50.9	2	2.01	91	0
1976	54.1	32	62.3	22	46	56	0.99	101	0
1975	54.3	29	61.7	29	46.9	39	2.39	85	0
1974	56.4	10	62.8	14	49.9	6	3.10	60	0
1973	51	87	57.4	83	44.6	85	3.42	48	0
1972	55.4	17	62.4	19	48.3	20	2.64	76	0
1971	51.9	68	57.8	76	46	56	3.12	59	0
1970	50.7	89	56.7	88	44.6	85	3.03	66	0
1969	49	103	56.4	93	41.6	103	3.25	55	0
1968	53.8	36	61.8	26	45.7	64	1.83	96	0
1967	54.3	29	61.5	31	47.1	35	2.01	91	0
1966	51.6	73	58.6	59	44.6	85	2.60	77	0
1965	50.2	96	55.4	99	45	75	3.42	48	0
1964	52	64	58.3	68	45.8	62	1.71	97	0
1963	49.5	100	55.3	101	43.7	92	5.81	6	0
1962	52.7	54	58.6	59	46.8	41	3.53	41	0
1961	52	64	58.9	56	45.1	74	2.70	75	0
1960	50	97	56.7	88	43.4	97	3.96	31	0
1959	54.4	28	62.4	19	46.4	49	4.94	13	0
1958	51.8	69	58.7	57	44.9	77	3.38	52	0
1957	54.9	22	60.8	34	49.1	11	3.95	32	0
1956	54.8	25	60.5	37	49.1	11	2.77	72	0
1955	51.2	82	57.6	80	44.8	81	4.36	26	0
1954	51.7	71	57.7	77	45.8	62	3.88	35	0
1953	53.3	43	59.1	51	47.5	32	4.94	13	0
1952	52.3	57	58.6	59	45.9	59	3.08	63	0
1951	52.8	51	57.4	83	48.2	23	12.37	1	0
1950	56.1	12	62.7	16	49.5	8	2.54	80	0
1949	51.2	82	55.8	96	46.5	45	4.42	24	0
1948	50.3	94	55.7	97	45	75	3.14	58	0
1947	51.6	73	58.2	73	44.9	77	2.60	77	0
1946	51.1	84	58	74	44.3	89	3.07	64	0
1945	51.8	69	57.9	75	45.7	64	4.73	18	0
1944	52	64	56.6	91	47.4	33	8.34	3	0
1943	51.5	77	56.5	92	46.5	45	5.00	11	0
1942	53	48	59.2	50	46.8	41	4.72	19	0
1941	54.9	22	62.8	14	47	37	2.80	70	0
1940	53.1	46	61.3	33	44.8	81	3.03	66	0
1939	50.6	90	58.3	68	42.9	101	4.57	23	0
1938	51.5	77	57.7	77	45.3	70	8.15	4	0
1937	51.5	77	59.4	45	43.7	92	4.66	20	0
1936	52	64	61.7	29	42.3	102	4.16	29	0
1935	54.8	25	64.5	7	45.2	72	0.50	102	0
1934	51.1	84	59	53	43.3	98	0.32	103	0
1933	52.4	56	58.6	59	46.2	53	2.59	79	0
1932	50.6	90	56.9	86	44.4	88	5.51	7	0
1931	55	21	61.9	25	48.1	24	3.49	45	0
1930	52.8	51	59.5	43	46.1	54	3.41	50	0
1929	50.5	93	57.6	80	43.5	95	3.45	46	0
1928	49.8	98	56.2	95	43.2	99	4.18	27	1
1927	51.6	73	58.3	68	44.9	77	3.10	60	0
1926	56.6	8	66.7	3	46.5	45	2.53	81	0
1925	57.9	4	68.9	1	46.9	39	4.61	21	0
1924	51.3	80	58.3	68	44.2	90	8.93	2	0
1923	57.5	5	66.2	5	48.7	14	3.99	30	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	59.4
1977	58.6
2016	58.1
1925	57.9
1923	57.5
2007	57.1
2014	56.9
1926	56.6
2019	56.5
1974	56.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	49
1998	49.1
1983	49.5
1963	49.5
1984	49.7
1928	49.8
1960	50
1965	50.2
2024	50.3
1948	50.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	12.37
1924	8.93
1944	8.34
1938	8.15
2001	6.81
1963	5.81
1932	5.51
1994	5.49
2026	5.36
2018	5.06

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.32
1935	0.50
1976	0.99
2002	1.16
2008	1.33
1983	1.52
1964	1.71
1968	1.83
1981	1.84
1991	1.94

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 76°F; 14 August 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 29 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.49 in; 27 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 5.36 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest August since 2001 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 9th wettest of 103.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Bethel, AK: 76°F on Friday 14 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Bethel, AK: a low of 38°F on Saturday 29 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Bethel, AK: 1.49 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.