Bettles, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 44.7°F in Bettles, AK, the warmest May since 2023, 41st warmest of 83.

May 2026

Mean temperature: 44.7°F; Warmest since 2023; 41st warmest of 83
Precipitation: 1.47 in; Wettest since 2018; 8th wettest of 83

A normal May in Bettles, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46°F, between 37.4°F and 49.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.74 in of precipitation, between 0.22 in and 2.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Bettles, AK since 1944: 44.7°F in 2026; the highest is 51.6°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 37.4 to 49.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Bettles, AK from 1944 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	44.7	41	53.6	47	35.8	22	1.47	8	0
2025	42.6	56	52.1	52	33.1	54	0.33	61	1
2024	43.7	43	55.3	36	32	63	0.76	31	0
2023	46.6	19	56.8	24	36.4	15	1.38	12	0
2022	44.9	39	55.9	32	33.9	45	0.67	40	1
2021	45	37	56.2	30	33.8	48	0.99	20	0
2020	48.8	6	60	6	37.6	9	0.26	66	0
2019	46.7	18	57.9	19	35.4	25	0.77	29	0
2018	45.3	31	54.6	41	36.1	19	2.44	3	0
2017	47.2	17	58.7	11	35.8	22	0.79	28	0
2016	48.6	7	60	6	37.2	12	0.54	47	0
2015	51.6	1	64.5	1	38.7	3	0.35	60	0
2014	43.5	46	54.8	40	32.2	62	0.85	26	0
2013	36.3	77	48.3	71	24.3	80	0.06	80	0
2012	43.1	52	53.2	49	33.1	54	0.72	36	0
2011	46.5	21	57.6	20	35.4	25	0.74	33	0
2010	50	4	61.5	2	38.5	5	0.77	29	0
2009	45	37	55.4	34	34.6	37	0.21	74	0
2008	43.5	46	53.8	46	33.1	54	0.59	45	0
2007	47.3	15	59.9	8	34.6	37	0.25	67	0
2006	46	26	56.7	26	35.2	28	0.21	74	0
2005	49.7	5	61.4	3	38	7	1.44	10	0
2004	46.5	21	56.6	27	36.4	15	1.65	7	0
2003	39.4	71	48	72	30.7	69	0.94	23	0
2002	43.7	43	54.4	43	33.1	54	0.73	34	0
2001	35.7	78	45	80	26.3	77	1.30	13	0
2000	37.5	75	47.7	73	27.3	76	0.40	57	0
1999	46.3	25	58.1	17	34.5	40	0.63	43	0
1998	45.8	28	55.3	36	36.3	17	3.01	1	0
1997	45.2	33	56.4	29	34	44	0.22	71	0
1996	43.3	49	53.9	45	32.6	59	0.33	61	0
1995	50.3	3	60.5	5	40.1	2	2.20	6	0
1994	47.8	12	58.5	13	37.1	13	0.89	25	0
1993	46	26	56	31	36	20	0.83	27	0
1992	34	81	44.3	81	23.7	83	0.22	71	0
1991	48.6	7	58.5	13	38.6	4	2.23	5	0
1990	51	2	61.2	4	40.8	1	0.68	39	0
1989	41.8	61	49.9	66	33.6	49	1.44	10	0
1988	47.6	13	56.9	23	38.3	6	0.91	24	0
1987	45.2	33	55.3	36	35.1	30	1.02	18	0
1986	41.5	62	51.5	56	31.4	66	0.73	34	0
1985	41.2	64	49	68	33.4	52	1.01	19	0
1984	40.5	67	50.2	64	30.7	69	0.42	54	0
1983	43.2	51	54	44	32.5	60	0.22	71	0
1982	39.5	70	47.7	73	31.4	66	0.36	59	0
1981	48.5	9	59.5	9	37.5	11	0.52	49	0
1980	47.9	11	58	18	37.9	8	1.13	16	0
1979	48	10	59.3	10	36.6	14	0.65	42	0
1978	45.1	36	55.4	34	34.9	32	0.11	78	0
1977	43.3	49	51.3	59	35.3	27	1.45	9	0
1976	43.7	43	52.5	50	35	31	1.20	14	0
1975	45.2	33	55.2	39	35.2	28	0.30	63	0
1974	47.3	15	58.7	11	35.8	22	0.44	53	0
1973	45.3	31	54.5	42	36.2	18	0.51	51	0
1972	42.6	56	51.7	54	33.5	51	0.25	67	0
1971	41.2	64	50.7	61	31.7	65	1.18	15	0
1970	44.9	39	55.5	33	34.3	43	0.53	48	0
1969	46.5	21	58.4	15	34.5	40	0.13	77	0
1968	38.2	73	46	76	30.4	72	0.30	63	0
1967	38.9	72	48.6	69	29.3	73	0.11	78	0
1966	40.3	68	50	65	30.5	71	0.55	46	0
1965	35.2	80	45.1	79	25.4	78	0.66	41	0
1964	33	82	41.8	82	24.2	81	0.69	37	0
1963	44	42	53.3	48	34.8	33	0.18	76	0
1962	37.8	74	46.3	75	29.3	73	0.23	69	0
1961	46.5	21	58.2	16	34.8	33	0.41	55	0
1960	47.5	14	57.4	21	37.6	9	0.23	69	0
1959	41.4	63	50.4	62	32.5	60	0.04	82	0
1958	42.2	58	51.8	53	32.7	58	0.39	58	0
1957	42	59	50.8	60	33.3	53	0.69	37	0
1956	43	54	51.5	56	34.5	40	0.52	49	0
1955	40.8	66	49.9	66	31.8	64	0.49	52	0
1954	45.6	29	56.6	27	34.6	37	0.41	55	0
1953	46.6	19	57.2	22	36	20	0.29	65	0
1952	32.9	83	41.6	83	24.1	82	0.76	31	0
1951	45.4	30	56.8	24	33.9	45	0.05	81	0
1950	42.8	55	51.7	54	33.9	45	1.10	17	0
1949	37	76	45.4	78	28.6	75	0.61	44	0
1948	39.8	69	48.4	70	31.2	68	0.99	20	0
1947	43.1	52	51.5	56	34.7	35	0.02	83	0
1946	42	59	50.3	63	33.6	49	2.24	4	0
1945	35.5	79	45.7	77	25.3	79	0.98	22	0
1944	43.5	46	52.2	51	34.7	35	2.72	2	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	51.6
1990	51
1995	50.3
2010	50
2005	49.7
2020	48.8
2016	48.6
1991	48.6
1981	48.5
1979	48

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1952	32.9
1964	33
1992	34
1965	35.2
1945	35.5
2001	35.7
2013	36.3
1949	37
2000	37.5
1962	37.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	3.01
1944	2.72
2018	2.44
1946	2.24
1991	2.23
1995	2.20
2004	1.65
2026	1.47
1977	1.45
2005	1.44
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1947	0.02
1959	0.04
1951	0.05
2013	0.06
1978	0.11
1967	0.11
1969	0.13
1963	0.18
2009	0.21
2006	0.21

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 64°F; 30 May 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 7 May 2026, 6 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 22 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.47 in of precipitation in Bettles, AK, the wettest May since 2018, 8th wettest of 83.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Bettles, AK: 64°F on Saturday 30 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Bettles, AK: a low of 27°F on Thursday 7 May 2026 and Wednesday 6 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Bettles, AK: 0.49 in on Friday 22 May 2026.