Bettles, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -12.1°F in Bettles, AK, the coldest January since 2024, 39th coldest of 80.

January 2026

Mean temperature: -12.1°F; Coldest since 2024; 39th coldest of 80
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 1961; 2nd driest of 81

A normal January in Bettles, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -10.9°F, between -20.1°F and 1°F in eight years of ten and 0.56 in of precipitation, between 0.21 in and 1.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Bettles, AK since 1946: -12.1°F in 2026; the lowest is -35.6°F, in 2012.

Normal range, -20.1 to 1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	-12.1	42	-4	44	-20.2	41	0.01	80	0
2025	4.5	6	12.2	5	-3.3	6			1
2024	-16.5	54	-6.6	51	-26.4	61	0.57	36	0
2023	-2.5	14	6.1	12	-11.2	17	0.52	42	0
2022	-11.8	41	-2.9	41	-20.6	44	0.93	26	0
2021	-1.9	12	5.9	13	-9.6	13	0.31	60	0
2020	-21.1	68	-13	67	-29.3	69	0.28	62	0
2019	-9.1	32	-0.3	33	-18	36	0.55	40	0
2018	-9.5	34	-0.4	34	-18.6	37	1.03	21	0
2017	-11.4	39	-2.4	38	-20.4	42	0.98	24	0
2016	4.9	5	15	3	-5.1	9	0.34	55	0
2015	-12.6	43	-3	42	-22.2	47	0.32	57	0
2014	3.5	7	11.4	8	-4.3	7	1.54	10	0
2013	-3.9	18	4.4	17	-12.2	20	1.86	7	0
2012	-35.6	80	-26.2	81	-45.1	81	0.56	38	0
2011	-9.4	33	0	31	-18.8	38	0.32	57	0
2010	-18.7	62	-10.5	64	-26.8	63	0.36	52	0
2009	-14.6	49	-6.1	48	-24.5	52	1.29	14	2
2008	-10.4	37	-3.1	43	-17.7	34	0.90	28	0
2007	-3.6	16	2.5	25	-9.7	14	0.99	23	0
2006	-23.4	71	-17.1	75	-29.7	70	0.04	79	0
2005	-13.6	45	-4.5	46	-22.7	49	1.46	12	0
2004	-14.3	48	-4	44	-24.5	52	0.15	70	0
2003	-6.2	28	3.2	22	-15.5	30	0.18	69	0
2002	-2.4	13	5.8	14	-10.6	15	1.25	17	0
2001	5.1	4	11.6	7	-1.4	4	0.51	43	0
2000	-13.8	46	-6.2	50	-21.5	46	2.55	4	0
1999	-19.9	65	-10	63	-29.8	71	1.49	11	0
1998	-13.4	44	-5.8	47	-20.6	44	0.23	66	2
1997	-14.9	50	-7.7	54	-22.2	47	0.30	61	0
1996	-20	66	-13.1	68	-27	64	0.21	67	0
1995	-8	29	-0.6	35	-15.4	29	0.24	64	0
1994	0.7	9	6.8	11	-5.5	10	0.75	31	0
1993	-11.4	39	-2.3	37	-20.5	43	3.20	2	0
1992	-4.7	21	2.8	23	-12.2	20	0.50	44	0
1991	-8	29	-0.2	32	-15.8	31	1.61	9	0
1990	-16.6	55	-9	60	-24.2	51	0.39	50	0
1989	-31.5	78	-25.5	80	-37.5	78	0.66	34	0
1988	-5	23	2.7	24	-12.8	24	1.28	15	0
1987	-4.6	20	4.6	16	-13.9	27	0.65	35	0
1986	-5.5	26	1.5	28	-12.5	22	0.34	55	0
1985	10.3	2	17.1	2	3.5	2	0.87	29	0
1984	-16.2	52	-7.9	55	-24.5	52	0.55	40	0
1983	-17.1	56	-8.5	58	-25.8	58	0.05	76	0
1982	-14.9	50	-6.1	48	-23.7	50	0.35	53	0
1981	16	1	23.5	1	8.6	1	0.94	25	0
1980	-16.2	52	-7.2	52	-25.1	55	0.56	38	0
1979	-5.1	24	2.4	26	-12.5	22	0.09	74	0
1978	2.1	8	8.8	9	-4.5	8	0.40	48	0
1977	5.2	3	12.6	4	-2.1	5	0.40	48	0
1976	-13.8	46	-7.6	53	-19.9	40	0.49	45	0
1975	-21.6	69	-14.7	71	-28.6	67	0.68	32	0
1974							0.35	53	8
1973	-24.7	75	-15.7	73	-33.7	77	3.42	1	0
1972	-24.7	75	-17.7	77	-31.8	75	1.25	17	0
1971	-34	79	-25.4	79	-42.7	80	0.37	51	0
1970	-17.7	59	-8.2	56	-27.2	65	0.07	75	0
1969	-23.6	72	-16.7	74	-30.5	73	0.13	71	0
1968	-18	60	-9.7	62	-26.4	61	1.13	20	0
1967	-17.2	57	-8.9	59	-25.5	56	0.28	62	0
1966	-23.6	72	-17.4	76	-29.9	72	0.05	76	0
1965	-11	38	-2.4	38	-19.5	39	1.44	13	0
1964	-19.7	64	-13.3	69	-26.1	59	0.57	36	0
1963	-5.1	24	0.9	29	-11.1	16	1.01	22	0
1962	-8.5	31	0.9	29	-17.8	35	1.95	6	0
1961	-0.3	10	7.2	10	-7.7	11	trace	81	0
1960	-9.8	36	-2.6	40	-17	32	2.15	5	0
1959	-17.4	58	-9.3	61	-25.5	56	0.10	73	0
1958	-3.8	17	3.7	21	-11.4	18	0.91	27	0
1957	-4.8	22	4.4	17	-14	28	2.60	3	0
1956	-22	70	-13.3	69	-30.6	74	0.24	64	0
1955	-4.5	19	4.1	20	-13.1	26	0.81	30	0
1954	-20.4	67	-12.5	65	-28.4	66	0.44	46	0
1953	-23.6	72	-14.8	72	-32.5	76	0.05	76	0
1952	-18.5	61	-8.4	57	-28.6	67	0.21	67	0
1951	-19.5	63	-12.8	66	-26.3	60	0.32	57	0
1950	-9.6	35	-2	36	-17.3	33	0.41	47	0
1949	-5.5	26	1.9	27	-12.8	24	1.17	19	0
1948	-1.7	11	4.4	17	-7.7	11	1.27	16	0
1947	-28.9	77	-20	78	-37.7	79	1.70	8	0
1946	-3.2	15	5.5	15	-11.9	19	0.11	72	0
1945			11.7	6	0.7	3	0.67	33	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1981	16
1985	10.3
1977	5.2
2001	5.1
2016	4.9
2025	4.5
2014	3.5
1978	2.1
1994	0.7
1961	-0.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	-35.6
1971	-34
1989	-31.5
1947	-28.9
1973	-24.7
1972	-24.7
1969	-23.6
1966	-23.6
1953	-23.6
2006	-23.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	3.42
1993	3.20
1957	2.60
2000	2.55
1960	2.15
1962	1.95
2013	1.86
1947	1.70
1991	1.61
2014	1.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	trace
2026	0.01
2006	0.04
1983	0.05
1966	0.05
1953	0.05
1970	0.07
1979	0.09
1959	0.10
1946	0.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 17°F; 29 January 2026, 20 January 2026, 19 January 2026
Coldest night: -52°F; 14 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 27 January 2026

Every month, season and year

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Bettles, AK the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Bettles, AK, the driest January since 1961 (2025 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing), 2nd driest of 81.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Bettles, AK: 17°F on Thursday 29 January 2026, Tuesday 20 January 2026 and Monday 19 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Bettles, AK: a low of -52°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Bettles, AK: 0.01 in on Tuesday 27 January 2026.