Bethel, AK: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 33.7°F in Bethel, AK, the coldest 1 to 9 October since 2014, tied 24th coldest of 103 (with 1960).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 33.7°F; Coldest since 2014; 24th coldest of 103
Precipitation: 0.36 in; Driest since 2024; 44th driest of 104

A normal 1 to 9 October in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.5°F, between 32.9°F and 43.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.45 in of precipitation, between 0.06 in and 1.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Bethel, AK since 1923: 33.7°F in 2026; the lowest is 28°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 32.9 to 43.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	33.7	79	41.4	70	25.9	92	0.36	60	0
2025	43.9	5	48.6	12	39.2	5	1.16	20	0
2024	39.7	27	44.9	38	34.6	22	0.32	63	0
2023	36.1	64	41.1	74	31	55	0.34	62	0
2022	40.9	21	47.8	16	34	25	0.20	77	0
2021	37.9	44	42.1	66	33.7	28	1.57	11	0
2020	44.4	4	49.8	8	39.1	6	0.49	47	0
2019	41.6	19	48	14	35.1	18	1.24	17	0
2018	47.5	2	53.7	1	41.3	2	0.73	30	0
2017	40.8	23	46.2	28	35.3	16	1.74	9	0
2016	46.4	3	53.3	2	39.4	3	0.31	64	0
2015	42.7	13	48.6	12	36.8	10	0.37	58	0
2014	32.2	92	40	82	24.4	99	trace	101	0
2013	36	66	42.9	59	29.1	70	1.59	10	0
2012	42.8	12	46.9	25	38.8	7	2.07	5	0
2011	36.6	60	43.1	52	30	63	0.01	100	0
2010	34.4	75	41.1	74	27.7	76	0.12	84	0
2009	41.9	16	48.7	11	35.2	17	2.42	4	0
2008	30.7	98	36.2	98	25.2	96	1.21	18	0
2007	39	35	44	46	34	25	0.42	53	0
2006	41.9	16	48	14	35.9	14	2.74	2	0
2005	35.9	68	43.7	47	28.1	75	0.20	77	0
2004	35.4	72	41.3	71	29.6	67	0.36	60	0
2003	43.1	9	47.8	16	38.4	8	0.71	33	0
2002	37.6	50	44.9	38	30.3	60	0.27	67	0
2001	39.4	30	46.6	26	32.2	41	1.53	12	0
2000	34.4	75	41.3	71	27.4	78	0.08	90	0
1999	36.5	62	43.1	52	29.9	65	0.24	73	0
1998	33.1	83	40	82	26.2	88	0.10	87	0
1997	36.6	60	43	55	30.2	62	0.09	88	0
1996	33	84	40.3	79	25.7	95	trace	101	0
1995	38.4	39	44.7	41	32.1	43	0.07	93	0
1994	37.4	53	43	55	31.9	46	1.10	22	0
1993	37.3	54	42.2	65	32.3	39	0.91	25	0
1992	31.2	96	36.1	99	26.3	86	0.58	39	0
1991	38.1	42	43.4	49	32.7	35	0.70	34	0
1990	38.7	37	43.4	49	33.9	27	1.44	13	0
1989	39	35	45.8	32	32.2	41	0.37	58	0
1988	32.2	92	38.4	90	25.9	92	0.04	96	0
1987	39.5	29	47.6	21	31.4	51	0.11	85	0
1986	35.4	72	40.1	81	30.8	57	0.97	23	0
1985	42.9	11	46.6	26	39.3	4	1.44	13	0
1984	35.1	74	43	55	27.1	79	0.05	95	0
1983	37.9	44	42.3	64	33.4	31	2.04	7	0
1982	32.8	87	36.3	97	29.3	68	0.15	80	0
1981	31.9	95	37.1	92	26.7	84	0.13	81	0
1980	33.4	81	40.8	77	26	91	trace	101	0
1979	41.1	20	47.4	22	34.7	20	0.46	51	0
1978	28	103	32.7	103	23.3	103	0.27	67	0
1977	37.3	54	44.3	43	30.3	60	1.20	19	0
1976	37.7	49	45.4	35	29.9	65	0.13	81	0
1975	32.6	88	39.1	86	26.1	90	0.38	56	0
1974	33	84	39.1	86	26.9	82	1.88	8	0
1973	36.8	57	41.2	73	32.3	39	0.60	37	0
1972	30.7	98	37	95	24.3	101	0.43	52	0
1971	29.9	100	35.6	100	24.3	101	0.02	98	0
1970	36.3	63	43.6	48	29	72	0.85	27	0
1969	37.5	52	45	37	30	63	0.62	36	0
1968	36	66	42.7	60	29.3	68	0.94	24	0
1967	40.7	25	47.8	16	33.7	28	0.18	79	0
1966	38.4	39	43.3	51	33.6	30	1.35	15	0
1965	29.8	101	34.7	102	24.9	97	0.03	97	0
1964	38.5	38	45.4	35	31.6	50	0.02	98	0
1963	36.8	57	41.9	67	31.8	48	0.80	29	0
1962	37.1	56	43.1	52	31.1	54	0.22	74	0
1961	32.1	94	37.1	92	27.1	79	0.51	45	0
1960	33.7	79	38.7	89	28.8	73	0.72	32	0
1959	39.1	33	45.6	33	32.6	38	0.48	48	0
1958	32.4	89	39	88	25.8	94	0.47	50	0
1957	42.2	14	47.8	16	36.6	11	0.38	56	0
1956	32.4	89	37.1	92	27.7	76	0.53	42	0
1955	35.8	69	39.7	84	31.9	46	0.53	42	0
1954	43.1	9	50.6	5	35.6	15	0.27	67	0
1953	34.1	77	41.8	69	26.3	86	0.13	81	0
1952	41.9	16	47.8	16	36.1	13	0.73	30	0
1951	29.6	102	36.8	96	22.4	104	0.60	37	0
1950	43.2	8	50.1	7	36.2	12	0.08	90	0
1949	35.7	70	40.7	78	30.8	57	2.07	5	0
1948	33.2	82	37.7	91	28.8	73	0.08	90	0
1947	38.1	42	44.3	43	31.8	48	0.55	41	0
1946	39.4	30	46.1	30	32.7	35	0.48	48	0
1945	39.1	33	44.7	41	33.4	31	0.41	55	0
1944	37.6	50	42.4	63	32.7	35	0.31	64	0
1943	40.9	21	47.2	24	34.6	22	0.25	71	0
1942	35.5	71	41.9	67	29.1	70	0.22	74	0
1941	43.5	7	49	10	38	9	0.83	28	0
1940	39.7	27	47.3	23	32.1	43	0.65	35	0
1939	32.4	89	40.3	79	24.4	99	0.27	67	0
1938	42	15	49.3	9	34.7	20	0.22	74	0
1937	40.8	23	50.2	6	31.4	51	0.50	46	0
1936	36.1	64	45.6	33	26.7	84	0.30	66	0
1935	43.6	6	52.2	4	34.9	19	0.25	71	0
1934	37.9	44	44.8	40	31	55	0.09	88	0
1933	32.9	86	39.7	84	26.2	88	trace	101	0
1932	39.2	32	46.2	28	32.1	43	0.42	53	0
1931	40.3	26	46.1	30	34.4	24	1.15	21	0
1930	37.9	44	42.6	62	33.2	34	0.89	26	0
1929	33.8	78	40.9	76	26.8	83	0.06	94	0
1928					24.6	98	0.58	39	1
1927	37.8	48	44.3	43	31.3	53	1.32	16	0
1926	36.7	59	42.7	60	30.7	59	0.52	44	0
1925	47.6	1	52.9	3	42.3	1	2.48	3	0
1924	38.2	41	43	55	33.4	31	3.65	1	0
1923	31.2	96	35.3	101	27	81	0.11	85	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1925	47.6
2018	47.5
2016	46.4
2020	44.4
2025	43.9
1935	43.6
1941	43.5
1950	43.2
2003	43.1
1954	43.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	28
1951	29.6
1965	29.8
1971	29.9
2008	30.7
1972	30.7
1992	31.2
1923	31.2
1981	31.9
1961	32.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1924	3.65
2006	2.74
1925	2.48
2009	2.42
2012	2.07
1949	2.07
1983	2.04
1974	1.88
2017	1.74
2013	1.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	trace
1996	trace
1980	trace
1933	trace
2011	0.01
1971	0.02
1964	0.02
1965	0.03
1988	0.04
1984	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 47°F; 9 October 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 3 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 9 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.36 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2024, tied 44th driest of 104 (with 2004).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Bethel, AK: 47°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Bethel, AK: a low of 19°F on Saturday 3 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Bethel, AK: 0.34 in on Friday 9 October 2026.