Gulkana, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -4.5°F in Gulkana, AK, the coldest January since 2024, 39th coldest of 87.

January 2026

Mean temperature: -4.5°F; Coldest since 2024; 39th coldest of 87
Precipitation: 1.51 in; Wettest since 2018; 4th wettest of 87

A normal January in Gulkana, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -3.3°F, between -13.8°F and 6.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.61 in of precipitation, between 0.11 in and 1.24 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Gulkana, AK since 1915: -4.5°F in 2026; the lowest is -27°F, in 1982.

Normal range, -13.8 to 6.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Gulkana, AK from 1910 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	-4.5	49	4.1	45	-13	47	1.51	4	0
2025	12.2	6	19.8	6	4.6	6	0.61	34	0
2024	-9.1	59	0.2	58	-18.3	60	1.21	10	0
2023	4.5	16	11.4	17	-2.3	15	0.57	40	0
2022	-2.5	36	6	34	-11	37	1.21	10	0
2021	2.2	20	10.3	23	-5.8	21	0.16	73	0
2020	-16	77	-7	78	-25.1	76	0.15	75	0
2019	-3	38	5	42	-10.9	36	0.59	38	0
2018	-3.4	41	5.9	36	-12.8	46	1.88	2	0
2017	-0.6	28	11	19	-12.3	45	0.83	24	0
2016	6.1	12	13.4	14	-1.1	12	0.24	64	0
2015	-0.5	26	7.1	32	-8	24	1.12	14	0
2014	18.6	2	24.3	2	12.8	1	2.42	1	0
2013	6.9	8	14	12	-0.3	10	1.21	10	0
2012	-13.5	72	-2.8	67	-24.1	73	1.51	4	0
2011	-1.6	33	8.4	25	-11.4	39	0.91	21	1
2010	-7.5	55	-1	59	-13.9	48	0.61	34	0
2009	-3.3	40	4.1	45	-10.6	34	1.12	14	0
2008	-6.8	54	1.2	54	-14.8	51	0.65	33	0
2007	4.4	17	13.5	13	-4.7	19	1.01	17	0
2006	-11.7	64	-5	72	-18.5	62	0.09	81	0
2005	-3.2	39	5.1	39	-11.5	40	trace	84	0
2004	-18.7	81	-9.4	81	-28.1	81	0.13	77	0
2003	-2.5	36	5.1	39	-10	31	0.93	19	0
2002	6.5	10	14.9	10	-2	14	trace	84	0
2001	16.3	3	24.3	2	8.4	4	0.11	79	0
2000	0.5	24	7.9	26	-6.9	23	0.42	51	0
1999	-10.3	61	-1.2	60	-19.1	63	0.89	22	2
1998	-10.3	61	-2.2	64	-18.4	61	0.25	63	0
1997	-12	66	-2.2	64	-20.6	65	0.51	43	1
1996	-23.2	86	-14.9	86	-31.8	87	0.21	68	3
1995	-4.3	45	3.2	50	-11.8	42	0.19	70	1
1994	0.6	23	7.6	28	-6.5	22	0.69	30	0
1993	-3.7	42	4.6	44	-11.9	43	0.61	34	0
1992	6.5	10	13.2	15	-0.1	9	0.74	27	0
1991	-3.9	43	3.3	49	-11.1	38	0.54	42	0
1990	-1.3	31	7.6	28	-10.2	33	0.44	47	0
1989	-12.6	69	-3.5	69	-21.8	67	1.41	7	0
1988	-4.4	47	1.8	53	-10.7	35	0.15	75	0
1987	10.1	7	17.4	7	2.9	7	0.34	59	0
1986	5.7	14	10.6	22	0.8	8	0.66	32	0
1985	14.7	5	21.8	5	7.5	5	0.20	69	0
1984	3.1	18	11.2	18	-4.9	20	0.73	28	0
1983	-7.6	56	0.7	56	-16	53	0.38	57	0
1982	-27	87	-17.5	87	-36.5	88	0.09	81	0
1981	19.7	1	26.6	1	12.8	1	0.43	49	0
1980	-4.6	50	4.9	43	-14.1	50	0.73	28	0
1979	-4	44	4.1	45	-12.2	44	0.10	80	0
1978	-4.4	47	2.6	52	-11.5	40	0.44	47	0
1977	16.3	3	22.8	4	9.7	3	0.42	51	0
1976	-1.9	34	5.7	37	-9.5	28	0.41	53	0
1975	-8.3	58	0.3	57	-16.8	55	0.22	66	0
1974	-16.8	78	-8.7	80	-24.8	75	trace	84	0
1973	-15.3	74	-6.7	77	-23.8	72	0.41	53	0
1972	-18.6	80	-8.5	79	-28.7	83	0.80	26	0
1971	-19.4	82	-9.4	81	-29.5	84	0.06	83	0
1970	-13.2	71	-3.6	71	-22.7	70	0.22	66	0
1969	-20.5	84	-12.5	85	-28.5	82	0.12	78	0
1968	-7.8	57	1.2	54	-16.9	57	0.59	38	0
1967	-11.8	65	-1.5	62	-22.2	69	0.61	34	0
1966	-20	83	-12	84	-27.9	80	0.37	58	0
1965	-11.1	63	-1.8	63	-20.4	64	0.69	30	0
1964	-9.3	60	-1.3	61	-17.2	58	0.31	61	0
1963	6.1	12	12.7	16	-0.5	11	0.56	41	0
1962	-6.3	52	3.2	50	-15.8	52	1.49	6	0
1961	-0.9	29	7.1	32	-8.9	26	0.16	73	0
1960	-0.5	26	7.6	28	-8.6	25	0.41	53	0
1959	-21.4	85	-11.7	83	-31	85	0.30	62	0
1958	-1.2	30	7.5	31	-10	31	1.02	16	0
1957	-4.3	45	5.4	38	-14	49	0.51	43	0
1956	-14.9	73	-5.3	73	-24.5	74	0.24	64	0
1955	5.6	15	15.2	9	-4	18	0.49	45	0
1954	-6.5	53	3.6	48	-16.7	54	0.33	60	0
1953	-15.9	76	-6.5	76	-25.2	77	0.18	71	0
1952	-15.6	75	-5.3	73	-25.9	78	0.82	25	0
1951	-12.3	68	-3.5	69	-21.2	66	0.43	49	1
1950	-13.1	70	-3.2	68	-23.1	71	0.86	23	0
1949	0.1	25	9.9	24	-9.7	30	0.93	19	0
1948	6.9	8	15.5	8	-1.9	13	0.47	46	3
1947	-17.6	79	-6.4	75	-26.3	79	1.29	9	3
1946	-2.2	35	5.1	39	-9.5	28	0.98	18	0
1945	2.8	19	10.8	21	-3.9	17	0.18	71	2
1944	1	22	11	19	-8.9	26	0.40	56	0
1943	-12	66	-2.2	64	-21.8	67	1.56	3	0
1920					-31.3	86			4
1918	-6.1	51	6	34	-18.2	59	1.31	8	0
1917	-1.3	31	14.3	11	-16.8	55			1
1915	2.2	20	7.9	26	-3.2	16	0.00	87	1
1910							1.20	13	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1981	19.7
2014	18.6
2001	16.3
1977	16.3
1985	14.7
2025	12.2
1987	10.1
2013	6.9
1948	6.9
2002	6.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1982	-27
1996	-23.2
1959	-21.4
1969	-20.5
1966	-20
1971	-19.4
2004	-18.7
1972	-18.6
1947	-17.6
1974	-16.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2014	2.42
2018	1.88
1943	1.56
2026	1.51
2012	1.51
1962	1.49
1989	1.41
1918	1.31
1947	1.29
2024	1.21
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	0.00
2005	trace
2002	trace
1974	trace
1971	0.06
2006	0.09
1982	0.09
1979	0.10
2001	0.11
1969	0.12

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 39°F; 16 January 2026
Coldest night: -52°F; 4 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.34 in; 9 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.51 in of precipitation in Gulkana, AK (1 day missing), the wettest January since 2018, tied 4th wettest of 87 (with 2012).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Gulkana, AK: 39°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Gulkana, AK: a low of -52°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Gulkana, AK: 0.34 in on Friday 9 January 2026.