Kotzebue, AK: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 17°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest April since 2024, 30th warmest of 94.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 17°F; Warmest since 2024; 30th warmest of 94
Precipitation: 0.59 in; Wettest since 2024; 20th wettest of 89

A normal April in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 15.3°F, between 9.4°F and 24.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.50 in of precipitation, between 0.08 in and 1.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Kotzebue, AK since 1904: 17°F in 2026; the highest is 25.7°F, in 2019.

Normal range, 9.4 to 24.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Kotzebue, AK from 1903 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	17	30	25	33	9	32	0.59	20	0
2025	12.6	57	21.3	56	4.8	53	0.36	41	2
2024	17.8	26	24.7	34	10.8	24	1.32	8	0
2023	3	92	12.7	92	-6.7	92	0.41	36	0
2022	18.1	24	26	26	10.2	26	0.19	56	0
2021	14.1	47	21.9	51	6.2	44			0
2020	20.1	18	26.4	21	13.9	14	1.34	6	0
2019	25.7	1	31.6	3	19.8	1	0.02	87	0
2018	21.3	12	28.7	12	13.8	15	0.19	56	0
2017	24.3	4	33.3	1	15.4	7	0.05	81	0
2016	25.5	2	33.1	2	18	4	0.60	19	0
2015	16.4	33	24.2	38	8.6	34	0.55	23	0
2014	22	10	29	11	15	9	0.21	54	0
2013	9.4	70	18	74	0.8	67	0.31	45	0
2012	14.3	45	21.5	54	7	40	0.20	55	0
2011	13.9	48	21.7	53	6.1	45	0.67	17	0
2010	15.5	37	22.1	49	8.8	33	0.69	16	0
2009	12.9	54	19.7	63	6.1	45	0.87	11	0
2008	13.7	52	20.4	60	7	40	0.57	22	0
2007	18.4	23	25.1	31	11.7	21	0.49	26	0
2006	7.5	77	15.3	88	-0.4	73	0.13	67	0
2005	8.1	75	16.7	81	-0.5	74	0.17	60	0
2004	24.9	3	30.9	4	18.8	2	0.11	69	0
2003	21.2	14	27.9	15	14.4	11	0.59	20	0
2002	12.8	56	20.2	61	5.4	50	1.84	1	0
2001	15.5	37	22.5	46	8.4	35	1.42	4	0
2000	11.5	59	19.5	65	3.5	57	0.04	84	0
1999	10.5	66	19.2	68	1.8	62	1.49	3	0
1998	24.1	5	29.5	10	18.6	3	1.02	10	0
1997	17.9	25	26.1	25	9.6	28	0.81	14	0
1996	10.7	65	20.6	58	0.9	66	0.08	76	0
1995	15	39	22.8	44	7.1	39	1.22	9	0
1994	11.4	62	19	69	3.8	56	0.29	48	0
1993	19.4	21	26.7	18	12.2	19	0.08	76	0
1992	9.2	71	18.5	71	0	69	0.10	70	0
1991	14.5	44	22.6	45	6.4	43	0.51	25	0
1990	15.9	34	25.3	30	6.5	42	0.45	30	0
1989	21	15	27.8	16	14.1	13	1.41	5	0
1988	17.6	29	25.9	28	9.4	30	0.05	81	0
1987	7.8	76	15.8	86	-0.3	71	0.09	73	0
1986	4.1	89	12.3	93	-4.1	83	0.22	53	0
1985	-5.4	94	3.7	95	-14.5	95	0.46	28	0
1984	0.4	93	9	94	-8.3	94	0.24	52	0
1983	22.2	9	30.7	6	13.6	16	0.72	15	0
1982	6.5	81	14.9	89	-1.8	78	0.33	44	0
1981	14.6	41	24.1	39	5.1	51	0.44	31	0
1980	15.9	34	26.8	17	5	52	0.35	42	0
1979	18.8	22	26.4	21	11.2	22	0.38	38	0
1978	17.8	26	25.1	31	10.4	25	0.37	39	0
1977	3.6	90	13.8	91	-6.6	91	0.42	34	0
1976	5.9	84	16.3	84	-4.4	84	0.05	81	0
1975	9	72	18	74	-0.1	70	0.43	32	0
1974	12.9	54	21.4	55	4.4	55	0.09	73	0
1973	9.5	68	20.6	58	-1.7	76	0.12	68	0
1972	7.3	78	16.4	83	-1.8	78	0.67	17	0
1971	9.5	68	19.4	66	-0.3	71	0.16	63	0
1970	10.8	63	18.6	70	3.1	58	0.08	76	0
1969	16.8	32	25.4	29	8.2	36	0.18	58	0
1968	10.5	66	20.1	62	1	64	0.49	26	0
1967	19.5	20	28.1	14	10.9	23	0.86	12	0
1966	9	72	17.9	77	0.2	68	0.17	60	0
1965	14.6	41	23.6	41	5.6	49	0.34	43	0
1964	5.8	85	15.5	87	-3.8	81	0.10	70	0
1963	13.8	49	21.8	52	5.7	48	0.37	39	0
1962	12.2	58	22.5	46	1.8	62	0.29	48	0
1961	11.5	59	22	50	1	64	0.83	13	0
1960	6.3	83	18	74	-5.4	88	0.31	45	0
1959	5.7	86	16.5	82	-5.2	87	0.28	50	0
1958	19.6	19	26.4	21	12.7	18	0.52	24	0
1957	21.7	11	29.8	8	13.6	16	0.06	79	0
1956	13.1	53	23.1	42	3	59	0.10	70	0
1955	7.2	79	18.4	72	-4	82	0.16	63	0
1954	13.8	49	24.6	35	3	59	0.14	66	0
1953	17.8	26	26	26	9.5	29	0.06	79	0
1952	7	80	16.8	80	-2.8	80	0.42	34	0
1951	20.8	16	26.7	18	14.9	10	0.43	32	0
1950	15.9	34	24.6	35	7.3	38	0.46	28	0
1949	3.3	91	14.1	90	-7.6	93	0.18	58	0
1948	16.9	31	24.5	37	9.2	31	1.34	6	0
1947	14.6	41	23.1	42	6	47	0.04	84	0
1946	8.3	74	18.2	73	-1.7	76	0.16	63	0
1945	14.2	46	23.7	40	4.6	54	0.17	60	0
1944	6.5	81	17.7	78	-4.8	85	0.30	47	0
1943	10.8	63	22.4	48	-0.8	75	trace	88	0
1942	22.3	8	29.8	8	14.3	12	0.09	73	2
1941	20.2	17	28.3	13	12.2	19			0
1939	22.7	7	30.1	7	15.3	8	trace	88	0
1938	23.8	6	30.8	5	17	5			2
1937	5.3	87	16.3	84	-5.6	89	0.28	50	0
1936	21.3	12	26.6	20	15.6	6			1
1935							1.75	2	9
1934	13.8	49	19.3	67	7.9	37	0.04	84	1
1931			26.2	24			0.40	37	6
1930	5.2	88	16.9	79	-5.6	89			2
1929	11.5	59	21.1	57	2	61			2
1904	15	39	19.7	63	9.8	27			1
1903					-4.8	85			6

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	25.7
2016	25.5
2004	24.9
2017	24.3
1998	24.1
1938	23.8
1939	22.7
1942	22.3
1983	22.2
2014	22

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	-5.4
1984	0.4
2023	3
1949	3.3
1977	3.6
1986	4.1
1930	5.2
1937	5.3
1959	5.7
1964	5.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2002	1.84
1935	1.75
1999	1.49
2001	1.42
1989	1.41
2020	1.34
1948	1.34
2024	1.32
1995	1.22
1998	1.02

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1943	trace
1939	trace
2019	0.02
2000	0.04
1947	0.04
1934	0.04
2017	0.05
1988	0.05
1976	0.05
1957	0.06
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 42°F; 30 April 2026
Coldest night: -32°F; 9 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 9 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 0.59 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest April since 2024, tied 20th wettest of 89 (with 2003).
The hottest day of April 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 42°F on Thursday 30 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -32°F on Thursday 9 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.15 in on Thursday 9 April 2026.