Bethel, AK: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 4.1°F in Bethel, AK, the coldest winter since 2020, 26th coldest of 100.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 4.1°F; Coldest since 2020; 26th coldest of 100
Precipitation: 4.49 in; Wettest since 2024; 12th wettest of 100

A normal winter in Bethel, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 8.8°F, between 2.6°F and 19°F in eight years of ten and 2.65 in of precipitation, between 1.50 in and 3.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Bethel, AK since 1924: 4.1°F in 2026; the lowest is -2.7°F, in 1965.

Normal range, 2.6 to 19°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	4.1	75	11.2	78	-3	78	4.49	12	0
2025	17.6	6	23.6	7	11.6	6	4.13	14	0
2024	10.8	25	17.5	24	4.2	29	4.98	8	0
2023	10.9	23	16.7	33	5	23	3.09	28	0
2022	11.9	20	17.6	23	6.2	19	6.58	4	0
2021	10.9	23	17.3	25	4.5	26			0
2020	2.4	86	8.9	90	-4.1	83	2.93	30	0
2019	17	7	22.5	11	11.5	7	3.62	21	0
2018	19.3	2	24.9	3	13.7	2	2.87	33	0
2017	8.8	39	15.2	45	2.5	40	2.64	44	0
2016	19	3	24.9	3	13	4	1.63	70	0
2015	14.8	13	19.8	19	9.8	12	2.63	47	0
2014	19	3	24.4	5	13.6	3	3.64	19	0
2013	7.5	53	14.5	51	0.6	51	3.39	23	2
2012	2.6	84	8.9	90	-3.7	82	2.77	38	0
2011	8.7	41	16.2	39	1.2	48	3.21	26	0
2010	10.3	32	16.2	39	4.3	28	1.24	84	0
2009	9.8	36	16.8	31	2.7	36	6.27	6	0
2008	5.1	70	11.9	72	-1.7	69	4.35	13	0
2007	10.5	28	17.1	26	3.9	31	1.97	58	0
2006	8.2	48	13.9	57	2.5	40	2.21	54	0
2005	13.1	19	19.2	20	7.1	18	2.39	50	0
2004	7.4	54	13.7	60	1.1	50	1.35	83	0
2003	16.9	10	22.6	10	11.2	9	1.88	60	0
2002	6.5	60	13.4	64	-0.4	57	2.79	36	0
2001	21.8	1	27.8	1	15.8	1	3.28	25	0
2000	5	71	11.3	77	-1.4	67	2.30	51	0
1999	0.7	92	7.6	96	-6.1	90	1.09	89	0
1998	3.2	81	9.9	83	-3.4	80	1.52	76	0
1997	8.6	42	15.2	45	2	44	1.59	72	0
1996	8.6	42	14.5	51	2.7	36	3.70	18	0
1995	10	33	16.7	33	3.2	33	2.67	41	0
1994	11.4	21	16.7	33	6.2	19	1.74	64	0
1993	10.4	30	17	28	3.9	31	6.52	5	0
1992	2.4	86	9.4	88	-4.6	86	1.57	74	0
1991	8.2	48	14.5	51	1.9	45	2.66	42	2
1990	1.2	89	8.6	94	-6.3	91	2.92	31	0
1989	7.9	51	14.5	51	1.3	47	4.58	10	2
1988	8.6	42	15.9	41	1.4	46	2.25	53	0
1987	14	17	20.2	15	7.8	16	1.47	78	0
1986	14.2	16	19.9	17	8.4	15	2.08	56	0
1985	17	7	22.3	12	11.8	5	4.50	11	0
1984	4.8	73	9.5	86	0	54	1.20	86	0
1983	9.9	35	15.3	43	4.6	25	0.68	96	0
1982	10.6	27	16.8	31	4.4	27	2.74	39	0
1981	10.8	25	16.4	37	5.1	22	1.85	61	0
1980	3.3	79	9.9	83	-3.3	79	2.82	35	0
1979	13.2	18	19.1	21	7.3	17	2.84	34	0
1978	14.3	15	19.9	17	8.7	14	1.82	62	0
1977	15.6	12	22	13	9.2	13	0.81	93	0
1976	-1.1	97	6	99	-8.2	98	1.12	88	0
1975	-1.6	98	4.5	102	-7.6	95	0.82	92	0
1974	3	83	8.7	93	-2.8	76	0.45	97	0
1973	4.5	74	11.6	74	-2.6	74	2.06	57	0
1972	5.2	69	11.5	75	-1.2	65	3.39	23	0
1971	-0.7	95	6.2	98	-7.7	96	2.58	48	1
1970	5.3	68	12.4	69	-1.8	71	0.95	91	0
1969	5.8	66	12.3	70	-0.7	58	1.79	63	0
1968	8.5	45	14.9	48	2.1	43	1.55	75	0
1967	6.7	58	14.3	55	-1	64	1.67	67	0
1966	6.5	60	13.9	57	-0.9	62	1.47	78	0
1965	-2.7	100	5.1	101	-10.4	101	2.28	52	0
1964	6.4	62	13.7	60	-0.9	62	1.02	90	0
1963	11.1	22	17	28	5.3	21	3.08	29	0
1962	4	76	10.5	80	-2.6	74	1.90	59	0
1961	8.8	39	15.1	47	2.6	39	1.72	65	0
1960	3.7	77	11	79	-3.5	81	1.64	69	0
1959	10.4	30	16.6	36	4.1	30	2.54	49	0
1958	3.5	78	9.9	83	-2.9	77	0.79	94	0
1957	6.2	63	13.2	66	-0.8	59	2.64	44	0
1956	0.6	93	9.5	86	-8.3	99	3.44	22	0
1955	3.3	79	12	71	-5.4	89	3.64	19	0
1954	-2.1	99	6.4	97	-10.6	102	1.42	80	0
1953	3.1	82	10.5	80	-4.3	85	1.66	68	0
1952	6.2	63	14.1	56	-1.7	69	14.90	1	0
1951	5.7	67	13.5	62	-2.1	73	4.90	9	0
1950	6	65	12.8	67	-1.2	65	3.21	26	2
1949			13.3	65	-5.1	88	3.95	15	10
1948	7	55	12.8	67	1.2	48	1.63	70	0
1947	1.2	89	10.4	82	-8	97	3.71	17	0
1946	7.8	52	15.3	43	0.3	53	1.68	66	2
1945	17	7	22.9	9	11.2	9	2.66	42	0
1944	7	55	14.7	50	-0.8	59	5.40	7	0
1943	-0.7	95	6	99	-7.4	93	2.78	37	0
1942	18.4	5	25.4	2	11.4	8	2.11	55	0
1941	6.7	58	13.5	62	-0.1	56	1.37	81	0
1940	8.1	50	15.8	42	0.5	52	0.39	98	0
1939	6.8	57	13.9	57	-0.8	59	1.49	77	2
1938	0.9	91	9.1	89	-7.4	93	1.58	73	0
1937	14.4	14	24.1	6	4.7	24	8.39	2	0
1936	8.5	45	14.8	49	2.2	42			0
1935	10.5	28	17.8	22	3.1	34	2.72	40	0
1934	1.8	88	8.5	95	-4.9	87	0.75	95	3
1933	5	71	11.8	73	-1.9	72	3.75	16	0
1932	2.6	84	11.4	76	-6.3	91	8.34	3	0
1931	8.5	45	17.1	26	0	54	1.24	84	0
1930	10	33	16.9	30	3	35	1.37	81	0
1929	16.9	10	23.6	7	10.5	11	2.90	32	1
1928			20.9	14			2.64	44	11
1927	9.6	37	16.3	38	2.7	36	1.19	87	1
1926	9.3	38	20.2	15	-1.5	68	0.37	100	0
1925					-4.2	84	0.38	99	50
1924	0.2	94	8.9	90	-8.4	100			5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	21.8
2018	19.3
2016	19
2014	19
1942	18.4
2025	17.6
2019	17
1985	17
1945	17
2003	16.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	-2.7
1954	-2.1
1975	-1.6
1976	-1.1
1971	-0.7
1943	-0.7
1924	0.2
1956	0.6
1999	0.7
1938	0.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	14.90
1937	8.39
1932	8.34
2022	6.58
1993	6.52
2009	6.27
1944	5.40
2024	4.98
1951	4.90
1989	4.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1926	0.37
1925	0.38
1940	0.39
1974	0.45
1983	0.68
1934	0.75
1958	0.79
1977	0.81
1975	0.82
1970	0.95

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 34°F; 14 February 2026, 13 February 2026, 11 February 2026
Coldest night: -33°F; 8 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.51 in; 13 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.49 in of precipitation in Bethel, AK, the wettest winter since 2024, 12th wettest of 100.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bethel, AK: 34°F on Saturday 14 February 2026, Friday 13 February 2026 and Wednesday 11 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bethel, AK: a low of -33°F on Thursday 8 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bethel, AK: 0.51 in on Friday 13 February 2026.