Bethel, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -1.9°F in Bethel, AK, the coldest January since 2020, 19th coldest of 100.

January 2026

Mean temperature: -1.9°F; Coldest since 2020; 19th coldest of 100
Precipitation: 1.05 in; Wettest since 2025; 24th wettest of 101

A normal January in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 7.6°F, between -1.7°F and 15.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.51 in of precipitation, between 0.21 in and 1.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Bethel, AK since 1924: -1.9°F in 2026; the lowest is -17.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, -1.7 to 15.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Bethel, AK from 1924 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	-1.9	82	4.6	84	-8.5	80	1.05	24	0
2025	17	16	23.9	18	10.2	16	3.27	3	0
2024	10.8	34	16.6	33	5.1	31	0.47	57	0
2023	10	36	15.4	42	4.7	33	1.40	15	0
2022	4.6	58	10.9	60	-1.7	58	0.76	40	0
2021	10.2	35	15.7	41	4.6	34	1.37	16	0
2020	-5.5	90	0.4	95	-11.4	87	0.47	57	0
2019	13.8	23	20.1	24	7.5	21	0.85	33	0
2018	11.4	30	16.1	38	6.6	22	0.30	74	0
2017	8.3	43	14.5	46	2.2	44	1.20	20	0
2016	21.5	8	26.7	11	16.4	6	0.23	80	0
2015	8.1	44	12.9	51	3.2	39	0.51	54	0
2014	26	3	31.9	3	20	3	1.17	21	0
2013	14.9	21	21.4	22	8.1	18	1.35	17	2
2012	-17.3	100	-12.1	102	-22.5	101	0.31	73	0
2011	11.6	29	18.4	26	4.8	32	0.86	31	0
2010	2	67	6.7	78	-2.7	62	0.58	50	0
2009	3.5	62	9.1	66	-2.2	60	1.88	11	0
2008	4.5	59	12	52	-3.1	64	2.46	6	0
2007	9.2	38	16.1	38	2.3	43	0.99	27	0
2006	-7.1	94	-3	98	-11.1	86	0.13	93	0
2005	10.9	33	16.2	37	5.5	26	0.43	61	0
2004	1.8	69	7	76	-3.5	66	0.04	100	0
2003	12.1	25	18.2	28	6	25	0.26	78	0
2002	11.7	28	18	30	5.4	28	1.63	13	0
2001	18.7	14	24.4	16	13.1	14	0.76	40	0
2000	0.9	71	6.6	79	-4.8	69	1.24	18	0
1999	-1.3	80	5.5	83	-8.1	78	0.45	60	0
1998	0.9	71	6.5	80	-4.8	69	0.57	51	0
1997	4.1	60	9.7	63	-1.6	56	0.33	68	0
1996	6.9	48	11.6	55	2.2	44	0.21	83	0
1995	9.7	37	16.3	35	3	40	0.42	62	0
1994	7.1	47	13	50	1.3	46	0.50	55	0
1993	3.9	61	8.5	70	-0.7	53	2.53	5	0
1992	5.2	54	11.8	54	-1.4	55	0.16	89	0
1991	9.1	40	14.8	45	3.5	38	0.23	80	0
1990	2.7	64	9.5	65	-4.2	68	0.92	29	0
1989	-13.8	98	-5.8	100	-20.6	100	1.14	22	2
1988	15	20	21	23	9.1	17	0.42	62	0
1987	9.1	40	15.3	43	3	40	0.72	43	0
1986	1.7	70	7.3	74	-3.9	67	0.65	46	0
1985	25.7	4	30.4	5	20.9	1	0.93	28	0
1984	5.7	52	10.9	60	0.4	48	0.17	87	0
1983	4.8	56	10.3	62	-0.6	51	0.11	95	0
1982	12	26	18.4	26	5.5	26	1.71	12	0
1981	20.9	11	26.8	10	14.9	11	0.61	47	0
1980	0.2	75	8.5	70	-8.1	78	0.86	31	0
1979	21.3	10	26.9	9	15.7	9	0.78	36	0
1978	19	13	24.7	14	13.3	13	0.17	87	0
1977	21.7	6	27.6	7	15.8	8	0.20	85	0
1976	0.6	73	7.5	72	-6.3	72	0.32	70	0
1975	-1.4	81	4.2	86	-7.1	75	0.29	76	0
1974	6.1	50	11.2	59	1.1	47	0.24	79	0
1973	-4.3	88	3.7	87	-12.3	90	0.77	38	0
1972	2.3	65	7.4	73	-2.8	63	0.78	36	0
1971	-6.3	92	0.8	94	-13.3	93	0.15	90	0
1970	-11.7	97	-5.5	99	-17.9	97	0.10	96	0
1969	9.1	40	14.3	48	3.9	36	0.41	65	0
1968	11.2	31	17.1	31	5.3	29	0.48	56	0
1967	7.4	46	16.4	34	-1.6	56	0.88	30	0
1966	5.5	53	11.5	56	-0.4	49	0.06	99	0
1965	-0.6	78	7.3	74	-8.5	80	0.59	48	0
1964	4.9	55	12	52	-2.2	60	0.32	70	0
1963	19.6	12	24.7	14	14.5	12	2.35	7	0
1962	-0.7	79	6.4	81	-7.9	77	0.32	70	0
1961	11	32	16.8	32	5.3	29	0.08	97	0
1960	6.9	48	14.5	46	-0.6	51	0.82	34	0
1959	3.2	63	9.7	63	-3.2	65	0.23	80	0
1958	2	67	9.1	66	-5.1	71	0.20	85	0
1957	16.7	17	25.6	12	7.9	19	2.12	8	0
1956	-4.2	86	3.7	87	-12.2	89	1.02	26	0
1955	14.5	22	22.7	19	6.2	23	1.24	18	0
1954	-6.5	93	2.9	89	-15.8	96	0.27	77	0
1953	0.2	75	6.8	77	-6.5	73	0.13	93	0
1952	2.3	65	11.5	56	-6.9	74	6.48	1	0
1951	-3.6	85	4.3	85	-11.4	87	0.77	38	0
1950	13	24	21.5	21	4.6	34	1.03	25	0
1949			15.3	43			1.14	22	7
1948	4.7	57	11.3	58	-2	59	0.59	48	0
1947	-10	96	0.1	96	-20.1	98	2.10	9	0
1946	15.1	19	22.3	20	7.9	19	0.82	34	0
1945	21.5	8	27	8	15.9	7	0.30	74	0
1944	0.6	73	9	68	-7.8	76	0.39	66	0
1943	-4.2	86	1.9	93	-10.4	84	0.42	62	0
1942	21.6	7	27.8	6	15.4	10	0.35	67	0
1941	-3.5	84	2.3	92	-9.3	82	0.03	101	0
1940	12	26	20.1	24	3.8	37	0.21	83	0
1939	-7.2	95	-0.6	97	-13.8	94	0.52	53	0
1938	-5.1	89	2.9	89	-13	91	0.70	45	0
1937	29.3	1	38.6	1	20	3	5.65	2	0
1936	9.2	38	15.8	40	2.6	42			0
1935	6.1	50	13.2	49	-1	54	0.57	51	0
1934	-14.5	99	-7.3	101	-20.2	99	0.33	68	2
1933	-6.1	91	2.5	91	-14.6	95	2.54	4	0
1932	-2.3	83	6.4	81	-10.9	85	2.09	10	0
1931	7.9	45	16.3	35	-0.5	50	0.08	97	0
1930	26.4	2	32.4	2	20.3	2	0.76	40	0
1929	24.3	5	30.6	4	18	5	1.59	14	0
1928			18.1	29					8
1927	17.3	15	24.4	16	10.3	15	0.71	44	0
1926	15.9	18	25.5	13	6.2	23	0.14	91	0
1925					-13	91	0.14	91	18
1924	-0.5	77	8.8	69	-9.8	83	0.47	57	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1937	29.3
1930	26.4
2014	26
1985	25.7
1929	24.3
1977	21.7
1942	21.6
2016	21.5
1945	21.5
1979	21.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	-17.3
1934	-14.5
1989	-13.8
1970	-11.7
1947	-10
1939	-7.2
2006	-7.1
1954	-6.5
1971	-6.3
1933	-6.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	6.48
1937	5.65
2025	3.27
1933	2.54
1993	2.53
2008	2.46
1963	2.35
1957	2.12
1947	2.10
1932	2.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1941	0.03
2004	0.04
1966	0.06
1961	0.08
1931	0.08
1970	0.10
1983	0.11
2006	0.13
1953	0.13
1926	0.14
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 33°F; 17 January 2026
Coldest night: -33°F; 8 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.31 in; 15 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.05 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest January since 2025, 24th wettest of 101.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Bethel, AK: 33°F on Saturday 17 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Bethel, AK: a low of -33°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Bethel, AK: 0.31 in on Thursday 15 January 2026.