Bethel, AK: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 54.5°F in Bethel, AK, the warmest summer since 2022, tied 27th warmest of 103 (with 1941 and 1931).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 54.5°F; Warmest since 2022; 27th warmest of 103
Precipitation: 10.75 in; Wettest since 2001; 8th wettest of 102

A normal summer in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.6°F, between 52.4°F and 56.8°F in eight years of ten and 7.16 in of precipitation, between 5.38 in and 10.29 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Bethel, AK since 1924: 54.5°F in 2026; the highest is 58.9°F, in 2004.

Normal range, 52.4 to 56.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	54.5	27	61.5	40	47.5	13	10.75	8	0
2025	53.8	42	60.6	55	47	27	8.37	27	5
2024	52.9	63	59.8	73	46.1	46	9.80	17	0
2023	53.7	43	59.9	70	47.4	16	7.34	46	0
2022	54.9	21	62.7	25	47.2	22	8.38	26	0
2021	53.2	57	59.6	76	46.7	33	8.08	30	0
2020	55.3	18	63.3	19	47.4	16	5.69	78	0
2019	58.3	2	65.7	5	51.1	1	6.81	61	3
2018	54.6	25	61.8	35	47.5	13	9.84	16	0
2017	55.7	11	63.5	16	48	9	10.03	14	2
2016	57.7	3	65.7	5	49.7	3	7.75	37	0
2015	55.6	12	63.5	16	47.6	12	5.40	81	0
2014	54.6	25	62.7	25	46.5	36	6.26	69	0
2013	55.5	16	62.7	25	48.2	7	7.18	49	0
2012	51.9	82	59.2	83	44.5	81	9.48	19	0
2011	51.2	95	57.8	95	44.6	79	7.14	51	0
2010	52.5	73	59	87	45.9	48	9.17	20	0
2009	53.3	54	61.1	46	45.5	56	7.99	35	0
2008	52.7	70	60.2	66	45.1	68	7.57	42	0
2007	55.6	12	62.7	25	48.5	5	8.72	21	0
2006	53.5	48	60.7	52	46.3	40	6.09	72	0
2005	56.7	6	65	7	48.3	6	7.08	54	0
2004	58.9	1	67.7	3	50	2	6.99	55	0
2003	55.6	12	63.9	12	47.2	22	10.27	12	0
2002	55.5	16	64.1	10	47	27	5.29	84	0
2001	52.6	71	59.9	70	45.4	58	12.08	4	0
2000	52.6	71	59.9	70	45.3	62	10.42	11	0
1999	52.2	78	59.2	83	45.2	65	9.61	18	0
1998	52.4	76	60.1	67	44.8	74	6.87	58	0
1997	56.7	6	64.7	8	48.8	4	5.21	88	0
1996	52.9	63	60.4	60	45.5	56	7.72	38	0
1995	54.2	32	60.9	48	47.4	16	6.69	62	0
1994	53.4	51	59.8	73	47	27	10.53	9	0
1993	55.1	19	62.3	31	48	9	5.39	82	0
1992	54.4	30	62.1	33	46.7	33	6.83	60	0
1991	54.8	22	63.2	20	46.5	36	4.65	95	0
1990	55	20	62.8	24	47.3	20	6.39	68	0
1989	53.6	47	60.3	64	47	27	7.89	36	0
1988	54.8	22	63	22	46.7	33	5.90	75	0
1987	54.2	32	62.2	32	46.3	40	5.77	77	0
1986	53	61	60.1	67	45.8	50	7.62	41	0
1985	53.4	51	60.5	58	46.2	44	7.25	48	0
1984	52.9	63	60.4	60	45.4	58	5.44	80	0
1983	51.5	89	58.6	91	44.4	83	4.57	97	0
1982	53.4	51	59.6	76	47.3	20	8.59	23	0
1981	53.5	48	60.7	52	46.4	38	5.14	90	0
1980	50.6	99	56.9	100	44.3	89	10.05	13	0
1979	51.6	86	58.2	93	44.9	71	7.11	53	0
1978	51.5	89	58.2	93	44.9	71	8.06	31	0
1977	55.8	10	63.6	14	47.9	11	5.89	76	0
1976	52.8	67	61.3	42	44.4	83	2.71	100	0
1975	53.5	48	61.3	42	45.6	54	5.26	86	0
1974	54.2	32	62.4	30	46	47	6.90	56	0
1973	51.4	91	59.1	85	43.6	96	4.90	91	0
1972	54	37	61.6	38	46.4	38	4.68	94	0
1971	51.6	86	58.4	92	44.8	74	6.52	64	1
1970	51.4	91	58.8	90	44	90	7.17	50	0
1969	51.7	84	59	87	44.4	83	6.52	64	0
1968	54.7	24	63.5	16	45.9	48	4.61	96	0
1967	54	37	60.9	48	47	27	6.89	57	0
1966	52.2	78	59.8	73	44.5	81	5.94	74	0
1965	50.1	103	56.8	102	43.5	99	5.24	87	0
1964	53.7	43	61.7	36	45.7	53	3.16	99	0
1963	50.3	100	57.4	97	43.2	101	11.18	6	0
1962	54	37	61.7	36	46.3	40	5.39	82	0
1961	50.3	100	57.3	98	43.4	100	7.70	40	0
1960	52.3	77	60.1	67	44.4	83	8.55	24	0
1959	52.1	81	60.4	60	43.7	95	7.14	51	0
1958	53.2	57	60.6	55	45.8	50	8.40	25	0
1957	56.2	9	64.2	9	48.2	7	5.17	89	0
1956	54.3	31	61.1	46	47.4	16	4.83	92	0
1955	50.2	102	56.6	103	43.9	91	9.99	15	0
1954	53.2	57	61.2	44	45.3	62	5.97	73	0
1953	55.6	12	63.6	14	47.5	13	6.64	63	0
1952	52.2	78	59.5	79	45	70	8.02	33	0
1951	53.3	54	59.4	80	47.1	25	17.03	2	0
1950	53.7	43	60.4	60	47.1	25	7.27	47	0
1949	51	96	56.9	100	45.2	65	6.10	71	0
1948	51.4	91	57.3	98	45.4	58	7.71	39	0
1947	52.5	73	59.4	80	45.6	54	7.47	44	0
1946	53	61	60.6	55	45.3	62	6.14	70	0
1945	53.3	54	61.4	41	45.2	65	7.46	45	0
1944	54.1	36	60.9	48	47.2	22	11.76	5	0
1943	54	37	61.2	44	46.8	32	8.03	32	0
1942	52.8	67	60.8	51	44.8	74	8.02	33	0
1941	54.5	27	63.2	20	45.8	50	6.48	67	0
1940	54.2	32	62.9	23	45.4	58	6.85	59	0
1939	51.7	84	60.3	64	43.1	102	8.22	28	0
1938	52.8	67	61.6	38	43.9	91	11.12	7	0
1937	54	37	64.1	10	43.9	91	8.66	22	0
1936	53.7	43	62.7	25	44.7	77			1
1935	56.8	5	67.4	4	46.3	40	1.42	101	0
1934	51	96	59.3	82	42.7	103	1.30	102	0
1933	51.9	82	59.1	85	44.7	77	3.29	98	0
1932	51.6	86	59.6	76	43.6	96	10.44	10	0
1931	54.5	27	63.9	12	45.1	68	5.27	85	0
1930	51.3	94	58.9	89	43.8	94	7.51	43	0
1929	53.1	60	61.9	34	44.4	83	6.50	66	0
1928	50.8	98	57.7	96	43.6	96	12.44	3	3
1927	52.9	63	60.7	52	44.9	71	5.61	79	2
1926	57	4	67.8	2	46.2	44	4.80	93	1
1925	56.3	8	68.2	1	44.4	83	8.21	29	0
1924	52.5	73	60.5	58	44.6	79	17.32	1	1
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Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	58.9
2019	58.3
2016	57.7
1926	57
1935	56.8
2005	56.7
1997	56.7
1925	56.3
1957	56.2
1977	55.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	50.1
1955	50.2
1963	50.3
1961	50.3
1980	50.6
1928	50.8
1949	51
1934	51
2011	51.2
1930	51.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1924	17.32
1951	17.03
1928	12.44
2001	12.08
1944	11.76
1963	11.18
1938	11.12
2026	10.75
1994	10.53
1932	10.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	1.30
1935	1.42
1976	2.71
1964	3.16
1933	3.29
1983	4.57
1968	4.61
1991	4.65
1972	4.68
1926	4.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 78°F; 13 June 2026
Coldest night: 38°F; 29 August 2026, 4 July 2026, 9 June 2026
Wettest day: 1.49 in; 27 August 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 10.75 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest summer since 2001, 8th wettest of 102.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Bethel, AK: 78°F on Saturday 13 June 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Bethel, AK: a low of 38°F on Saturday 29 August 2026, Saturday 4 July 2026 and Tuesday 9 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Bethel, AK: 1.49 in on Thursday 27 August 2026.