Bettles, AK: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged -9.7°F in Bettles, AK, the coldest February since 2021, tied 25th coldest of 80 (with 1996).

February 2026

Mean temperature: -9.7°F; Coldest since 2021; 25th coldest of 80
Precipitation: 0.06 in; Driest since 2007; 4th driest of 82

A normal February in Bettles, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -3.4°F, between -11.6°F and 5.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.64 in of precipitation, between 0.29 in and 2.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Bettles, AK since 1947: -9.7°F in 2026; the lowest is -29.3°F, in 1990.

Normal range, -11.6 to 5.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Bettles, AK from 1945 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	-9.7	55	-0.3	56	-19.1	54	0.06	79	0
2025	-0.1	20	7.6	24	-7.9	15	0.12	73	0
2024	-1.5	23	8.6	20	-11.7	26	0.64	30	0
2023	-9.1	49	1	51	-19.2	56	1.23	12	0
2022	-9.5	52	1.8	46	-20.7	61	0.43	46	0
2021	-18.6	71	-6.8	68	-30.5	74	0.30	56	0
2020	-15.6	66	-4.3	66	-26.8	70	1.15	17	0
2019	4.8	7	14.9	4	-5.2	7	2.56	4	0
2018	-2.3	26	7.1	29	-11.7	26	0.55	34	0
2017	-4.3	34	4.8	36	-13.4	34	1.23	12	0
2016	6.7	1	18.7	1	-5.3	8	0.24	66	0
2015	0	18	10.9	12	-10.8	23	0.45	45	0
2014	-5.8	39	5.5	34	-17.1	45	0.29	60	0
2013	-5.9	40	3.8	39	-15.5	40	0.35	52	0
2012	1.2	13	10.3	14	-7.9	15	0.63	31	0
2011	-11.5	62	0.7	52	-22.3	63	2.19	7	2
2010	-2.6	28	7.6	24	-12.7	31	0.30	56	0
2009	-5.2	37	4.8	36	-15.2	39	2.47	5	0
2008	-9.3	51	1.3	49	-20	59	0.86	22	0
2007	-10	58	2	45	-22.1	62	0.01	80	0
2006	4.5	9	14.7	5	-6.8	12	1.94	9	2
2005	-4	32	5.7	33	-13.7	36	1.22	14	0
2004	-2.9	29	8	21	-13.9	37	0.69	27	0
2003	6.3	2	13.5	8	-1	1	3.21	1	0
2002	-3.6	31	5.1	35	-12.2	29	0.48	41	0
2001	3.2	11	13	9	-6.6	11	0.86	22	0
2000	5.8	4	14.2	6	-2.7	2	0.65	29	0
1999	-18.1	69	-8.7	71	-27.4	72	0.43	46	0
1998	0.6	16	9.1	17	-7.9	15	0.29	60	0
1997	5.2	5	13.9	7	-3.5	5	0.83	24	0
1996	-9.7	55	-0.4	57	-19	53	2.77	3	0
1995	-3.1	30	7.2	28	-13.3	33	0.13	72	0
1994	-8.3	46	1.6	47	-18.2	49	0.33	54	0
1993	-0.6	21	7.9	22	-9.1	22	0.49	39	0
1992	-12.3	63	-2	63	-22.6	64	0.81	25	0
1991	-6.3	42	3.8	39	-16.4	43	0.42	49	0
1990	-29.3	80	-18	81	-40.7	81	0.59	32	0
1989	6.3	2	15.4	2	-2.8	3	2.24	6	0
1988	0	18	9	18	-9	20	0.59	32	0
1987	-5	36	3.5	42	-13.5	35	0.30	56	0
1986	0.3	17	9	18	-8.4	18	0.29	60	0
1985	-14.4	65	-5.6	67	-23.2	65	0.27	65	0
1984	-24.2	77	-15.5	78	-32.9	78	0.35	52	0
1983	-2.3	26	7.6	24	-12.1	28	0.12	73	0
1982	-8.9	48	0.1	54	-17.9	48	0.32	55	0
1981	-1.7	24	7.9	22	-11.3	25	1.21	15	0
1980	4.9	6	15.2	3	-5.4	9	0.67	28	0
1979	-26.7	78	-15.7	79	-37.6	79	trace	81	0
1978	-1.8	25	7.3	27	-10.8	23	0.41	50	0
1977	4.8	7	12.5	10	-2.9	4	0.49	39	0
1976	-20.1	74	-9.7	72	-30.6	75	1.43	10	0
1975	-6.1	41	2.8	43	-15	38	0.54	35	0
1974	-27.6	79	-17.5	80	-37.6	79	0.09	78	0
1973	-7.4	44	3.7	41	-18.5	50	0.20	67	0
1972	-19.8	73	-9.8	73	-29.8	73	0.11	75	0
1971	-16.8	67	-7.4	69	-26.2	67	1.21	15	0
1970	1.1	14	10.7	13	-8.4	18	0.52	38	0
1969	-9.6	54	-0.7	59	-18.6	51	0.37	51	0
1968	-9.5	52	0.1	54	-19.1	54	1.29	11	0
1967	-8.6	47	0.5	53	-17.8	47	0.94	21	0
1966	-10.5	59	-2.1	64	-18.9	52	0.29	60	0
1965	-17.1	68	-7.7	70	-26.5	68	0.20	67	0
1964	-7.1	43	1.4	48	-15.5	40	2.94	2	0
1963	-4	32	4.3	38	-12.4	30	0.11	75	0
1962	1.6	12	9.5	16	-6.4	10	0.74	26	0
1961	-9.9	57	-0.5	58	-19.4	57	0.30	56	0
1960	1.1	14	9.7	15	-7.6	13	1.12	18	0
1959	3.7	10	11	11	-3.6	6	2.11	8	0
1958	-4.9	35	5.8	32	-15.5	40	0.11	75	0
1957	-13.2	64	-3	65	-23.3	66	0.47	43	0
1956	-19	72	-11.1	75	-26.9	71	0.54	35	0
1955	-23.3	76	-14.6	77	-32.5	77	0.43	46	1
1954	-22.7	75	-13.5	76	-31.6	76	0.16	71	1
1953	-5.3	38	2.5	44	-13	32	1.12	18	0
1952	-9.2	50	-0.7	59	-17.7	46	0.46	44	0
1951	-11	61	-1.3	61	-20.2	60	0.97	20	2
1950	-18.4	70	-10.3	74	-26.7	69	trace	81	1
1949	-10.7	60	-1.6	62	-19.8	58	0.29	60	0
1948	-7.5	45	1.3	49	-16.4	43	0.20	67	0
1947	-1	22	7	30	-9	20	0.48	41	0
1946			6.6	31			0.20	67	4
1945					-7.8	14	0.53	37	5

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	6.7
2003	6.3
1989	6.3
2000	5.8
1997	5.2
1980	4.9
2019	4.8
1977	4.8
2006	4.5
1959	3.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	-29.3
1974	-27.6
1979	-26.7
1984	-24.2
1955	-23.3
1954	-22.7
1976	-20.1
1972	-19.8
1956	-19
2021	-18.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2003	3.21
1964	2.94
1996	2.77
2019	2.56
2009	2.47
1989	2.24
2011	2.19
1959	2.11
2006	1.94
1976	1.43

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	trace
1950	trace
2007	0.01
2026	0.06
1974	0.09
1972	0.11
1963	0.11
1958	0.11
2025	0.12
1983	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 17°F; 6 February 2026
Coldest night: -43°F; 27 February 2026, 26 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 11 February 2026

Every month, season and year

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Bettles, AK the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

February 2026 brought 0.06 in of precipitation in Bettles, AK, the driest February since 2007, 4th driest of 82.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Bettles, AK: 17°F on Friday 6 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Bettles, AK: a low of -43°F on Friday 27 February 2026 and Thursday 26 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Bettles, AK: 0.06 in on Wednesday 11 February 2026.