Kotzebue, AK: 2025

31 December 2025: 2025 averaged 24.2°F in Kotzebue, AK (9 days missing), the warmest year since 2020, tied 20th warmest of 87 (with 2011).

2025

Mean temperature: 24.2°F; Warmest since 2020; 20th warmest of 87
Precipitation: 13.29 in; Wettest since 2024; 15th wettest of 84

A normal year in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 23.9°F, between 20.5°F and 27.2°F in eight years of ten and 10.51 in of precipitation, between 8.88 in and 14.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every year in Kotzebue, AK since 1929: 24.2°F in 2025; the highest is 29.7°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 20.5 to 27.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every year in Kotzebue, AK from 1902 to 2025, 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
2025	24.2	20	30.2	20	18.3	20	13.29	15	9
2024	24	22	29.5	28	18.4	19	13.76	9	1
2023	23.2	31	28.9	39	17.5	28	17.48	1	0
2022	23	33	28.9	39	17.1	33	12.24	20	0
2021	21	60	27.3	61	14.8	61	16.52	3	0
2020	24.4	17	29.9	25	19	12	9.99	41	2
2019							13.72	11	126
2018	29.5	2	34.7	2	24.2	1	10.80	28	0
2017	26.9	4	33	4	20.9	5	14.25	6	0
2016	29.7	1	35.5	1	24	2	8.90	54	0
2015	26.5	6	32.4	5	20.7	6	10.49	33	0
2014	28.6	3	33.9	3	23.2	3	9.61	47	0
2013	24.5	14	30.2	20	18.7	14	12.06	23	0
2012	19.2	76	24.7	84	13.8	69	13.27	16	0
2011	24.2	20	30	24	18.5	17	15.01	4	0
2010	22.9	35	28.2	48	17.5	28	10.13	39	0
2009	22.6	41	28.7	46	16.4	40	16.57	2	0
2008	20.9	61	27.2	63	14.7	64	9.98	42	0
2007	24.6	13	30.1	22	19.1	11	7.57	69	0
2006	22	47	27.6	57	16.4	40	10.73	30	0
2005	23.4	28	29.3	30	17.6	27	10.53	32	0
2004	26.6	5	32	7	21.2	4	10.32	35	0
2003	25.2	10	30.8	11	19.6	10	12.59	19	0
2002	26.1	8	31.6	9	20.6	7	10.36	34	0
2001	22.5	44	28.2	48	16.8	37	10.13	39	0
2000	22.9	35	28.9	39	17	35	11.96	24	0
1999	18.2	83	24.2	87	12.2	82	8.40	59	0
1998	25.3	9	30.5	17	20.1	9	14.19	7	0
1997	23.9	25	29.9	25	17.8	26	13.73	10	0
1996	21.9	49	28	52	15.8	47	10.27	37	0
1995	23.2	31	29.3	30	17.1	33	9.37	50	0
1994	20.8	63	26.7	70	14.9	58	13.59	13	0
1993	24.5	14	30.3	19	18.7	14	13.41	14	0
1992	19	79	25.3	80	12.6	79	9.82	46	0
1991	22.8	38	29.1	34	16.4	40	8.66	56	0
1990	20.8	63	27.1	65	14.6	65	14.76	5	0
1989	23.4	28	28.9	39	18	24	13.68	12	0
1988	22.9	35	28.8	45	17	35	8.84	55	0
1987	22.8	38	28.7	46	16.8	37	8.05	62	0
1986	21.9	49	27.7	55	16	45	9.97	43	0
1985	21.7	51	27.7	55	15.7	49	10.74	29	0
1984	19.5	74	25.2	81	13.9	67	10.25	38	0
1983	24.3	19	30.1	22	18.5	17	11.32	27	0
1982	23.7	27	29.4	29	18	24	10.64	31	0
1981	25.2	10	31.8	8	18.6	16	9.30	52	0
1980	24	22	30.7	12	17.4	30	7.41	70	0
1979	24.9	12	31	10	18.8	13	9.87	45	0
1978	26.4	7	32.2	6	20.5	8	7.67	68	0
1977	22.8	38	29.3	30	16.4	40	8.58	57	0
1976	19.8	73	26.3	75	13.3	75	6.59	81	0
1975	18.2	83	24.5	85	11.9	84	8.02	64	0
1974	18.6	80	25.2	81	12.1	83	6.85	77	0
1973	20.1	69	26.7	70	13.6	70	12.84	18	0
1972	21.3	57	27.4	59	15.1	55	6.80	78	0
1971	18.4	82	25.1	83	11.7	85	6.96	74	0
1970	20.7	65	27.2	63	14.3	66	6.00	82	0
1969	24.5	14	30.7	12	18.3	20	5.07	84	0
1968	20.2	67	26.7	70	13.6	70	6.69	79	0
1967	23.8	26	30.4	18	17.2	32	7.28	72	0
1966	19.1	78	25.6	78	12.6	79	5.47	83	0
1965	20.4	66	26.9	67	13.9	67	12.10	22	0
1964	16.6	87	23.5	89	9.8	88	6.63	80	0
1963	21.6	54	28.1	50	15.1	55	14.08	8	0
1962	22.6	41	28.9	39	16.4	40	9.31	51	0
1961	19.9	71	26.4	74	13.5	74	7.02	73	0
1960	22.4	45	29	36	15.8	47	11.92	25	0
1959	19.2	76	26.1	76	12.3	81	7.93	65	0
1958	23	33	29.2	33	16.8	37	9.17	53	0
1957	24	22	30.6	15	17.4	30	7.85	67	0
1956	17	86	24.1	88	9.8	88	6.91	76	0
1955	18.6	80	25.6	78	11.5	86	9.60	48	0
1954	20.1	69	26.8	68	13.3	75	11.88	26	0
1953	21.1	59	27.3	61	14.9	58	8.03	63	0
1952	21.3	57	27.4	59	15.2	53	8.18	61	0
1951	20.9	61	27	66	14.8	61	13.22	17	0
1950	24.4	17	30.6	15	18.2	22	10.31	36	0
1949	21.7	51	28.1	50	15.5	50	8.42	58	2
1948	17.6	85	24.3	86	10.9	87	9.48	49	11
1947	21.5	55	28	52	15.1	55	8.30	60	2
1946	19.9	71	26.6	73	13.3	75	12.12	21	2
1945	19.4	75	26.1	76	12.7	78	7.86	66	0
1944	20.2	67	26.8	68	13.6	70	9.95	44	1
1943	22.2	46	29	36	15.3	52	6.93	75	1
1942			29.1	34	15.2	53	7.39	71	54
1941	23.3	30	30.7	12	15.5	50			7
1940									154
1939									65
1938	22.6	41	29.6	27	16	45			23
1937	21.4	56	27.6	57	14.9	58			12
1936			29	36	18.1	23			42
1935									119
1934									117
1933									204
1932									283
1931	22	47	27.9	54	14.8	61			36
1930									122
1929	21.7	51	28.9	39	13.6	70			17
1928									298
1904									84
1903									203
1902									232

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	29.7
2018	29.5
2014	28.6
2017	26.9
2004	26.6
2015	26.5
1978	26.4
2002	26.1
1998	25.3
2003	25.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	16.6
1956	17
1948	17.6
1999	18.2
1975	18.2
1971	18.4
1974	18.6
1955	18.6
1992	19
1966	19.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	17.48
2009	16.57
2021	16.52
2011	15.01
1990	14.76
2017	14.25
1998	14.19
1963	14.08
2024	13.76
1997	13.73

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	5.07
1966	5.47
1970	6.00
1976	6.59
1964	6.63
1968	6.69
1972	6.80
1974	6.85
1956	6.91
1943	6.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 3 July 2025
Coldest night: -35°F; 30 January 2025
Wettest day: 1.09 in; 25 August 2025

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	6.8°F 15th warmest of 89	1.69 in 3rd wettest of 92
February	3.7°F 23rd warmest of 88	0.40 in 42nd wettest of 92
March	-0.5°F 39th coldest of 93	1.25 in 4th wettest of 90
April	12.6°F 38th coldest of 93	0.36 in 40th wettest of 88
May	31°F 44th coldest of 95	0.10 in 20th driest of 89
June	48.8°F 15th warmest of 92	0.66 in 34th wettest of 91
July	56.6°F 21st warmest of 94	1.15 in 30th driest of 92
August
September	41°F 36th coldest of 94	0.37 in 9th driest of 91
October	28°F 27th warmest of 98	1.58 in 10th wettest of 93
November	14.6°F 17th warmest of 96	0.44 in 45th driest of 91
December	-1°F 37th coldest of 90	0.49 in 43rd wettest of 91

Hot days and freezes

Kotzebue, AK has had 247 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2025 through 31 December (8 days missing), the most by that date since 2024, tied 33rd most of 89 (with 1994, 1987, 1984 and 4 other years).
The last freeze of spring 2025 in Kotzebue, AK came on Monday 9 June 2025, the latest since 2024, tied 49th latest of 90 (with 2020, 2008, 1989 and 2 other years).

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
8 October	Warmest day	45°F	44°F 2020, 2016, 1969	Provisional
1 August	Warmest day	74°F	71°F 2010, 1962	Provisional
3 July	Warmest day	81°F	80°F 2009	Provisional
12 January	Warmest day	33°F	30°F 1993	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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Every answer in words

2025 brought 13.29 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK (5 days missing), the wettest year since 2024, 15th wettest of 84.
The hottest day of 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: 81°F on Thursday 3 July 2025.
The coldest night of 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -35°F on Thursday 30 January 2025.
The wettest day of 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: 1.09 in on Monday 25 August 2025.