Kotzebue, AK: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 53.7°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest August since 2020 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), tied 19th warmest of 92 (with 1941).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 53.7°F; Warmest since 2020; 19th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 3.22 in; Wettest since 2024; 16th wettest of 93

A normal August in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.1°F, between 48.7°F and 57.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.94 in of precipitation, between 0.70 in and 4.05 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Kotzebue, AK since 1902: 53.7°F in 2026; the highest is 58.8°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 48.7 to 57.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Kotzebue, AK from 1902 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	53.7	19	57.8	32	49.5	19	3.22	16	0
2025									5
2024	47.4	83	51.5	88	43.2	83	4.29	7	0
2023	53.5	23	57.7	33	49.3	21	2.58	29	0
2022	49.1	73	53.3	80	44.8	68	1.83	49	0
2021	49.5	67	53.5	77	45.6	54	2.81	24	0
2020	53.9	17	58.2	24	49.6	17	0.35	89	0
2019							1.96	45	31
2018	53.5	23	58	27	49	24	1.75	53	0
2017	50	60	54.6	63	45.3	61	1.55	59	0
2016	57	5	62	6	51.9	6	1.92	46	0
2015	51.1	47	54.8	60	47.3	34	4.01	9	0
2014	58.4	3	63.4	3	53.5	4	1.51	60	0
2013	54	16	59	18	49.1	22	0.67	82	0
2012	51.1	47	54.6	63	47.6	31	4.36	6	0
2011	50.7	52	55	58	46.5	45	2.10	41	0
2010	54.9	14	58.6	21	51.2	9	2.38	32	0
2009	49.8	64	54	70	45.5	55	3.18	17	0
2008	50.8	50	55.8	49	45.8	51	0.99	74	0
2007	58	4	62.3	5	53.8	1	1.04	73	0
2006	48	80	52.4	84	43.6	78	0.75	78	0
2005	55.8	9	60.1	14	51.5	7	2.46	30	0
2004	58.6	2	63.5	2	53.6	2	2.05	42	0
2003	51.5	41	55.5	52	47.5	32	2.16	39	0
2002	50.2	58	55.3	54	45.1	64	0.73	79	0
2001	49.8	64	54.4	67	45.2	62	3.09	20	0
2000	47.8	81	51.4	89	44.2	73	3.38	12	0
1999	52.8	34	57.5	37	48.2	29	0.70	81	0
1998	48.5	77	52	86	45	66	5.26	1	0
1997	53.6	21	57.7	33	49.4	20	3.23	15	0
1996	48.7	74	53.7	74	43.8	77	1.73	54	0
1995	50.7	52	54.8	60	46.6	41	0.87	77	0
1994	50.6	55	54.6	63	46.6	41	4.70	5	0
1993	49.4	69	53.7	74	45.1	64	1.78	50	0
1992	49.9	62	54	70	45.7	53	3.00	21	0
1991	51.7	39	57.3	38	46.2	49	0.08	93	0
1990	56.8	6	61.5	7	52.1	5	2.30	35	0
1989	53.9	17	57.7	33	50.1	13	3.17	18	0
1988	52	38	56.5	42	47.5	32	2.35	33	0
1987	53.4	27	58	27	48.7	27	0.66	83	0
1986	50	60	54.8	60	45.2	62	2.39	31	0
1985	53.4	27	57.9	30	48.9	25	2.03	43	0
1984	47	87	51	92	43	85	2.98	22	0
1983	47.8	81	51.6	87	43.9	75	3.36	13	0
1982	53.5	23	58.2	24	48.7	27	1.38	64	0
1981	51.4	44	57	39	45.8	51	1.12	72	0
1980	50.3	57	55.2	56	45.4	57	0.92	75	0
1979	55.6	10	60	15	51.2	9	2.79	25	0
1978	56.2	7	61.1	8	51.4	8	0.59	84	0
1977	58.8	1	64.1	1	53.6	2	0.71	80	0
1976	55.2	11	60.4	11	50	15	0.48	85	0
1975	51.5	41	56.3	44	46.6	41	1.51	60	0
1974	55.2	11	60.2	13	50.2	12	1.78	50	0
1973	48.6	76	53.4	79	43.9	75	3.27	14	0
1972	54.9	14	59.9	16	50	15	1.17	71	0
1971	48.7	74	53.8	73	43.6	78	0.38	87	0
1970	50.5	56	55.5	52	45.4	57	1.44	63	0
1969	45.3	92	50.7	93	40	90	1.32	66	0
1968	56	8	60.9	10	51	11	1.38	64	0
1967	51	49	56.7	40	45.4	57	1.32	66	0
1966	52.3	37	58.2	24	46.4	47	0.91	76	0
1965	47.3	84	51.4	89	43.2	83	3.75	10	0
1964	52.9	31	58.7	20	47.1	37	1.32	66	0
1963	48.2	79	52.9	82	43.5	81	4.95	3	0
1962	53.6	21	58.3	23	48.9	25	1.18	70	0
1961	52.5	35	57.9	30	47.2	35	0.40	86	0
1960	52.5	35	58	27	47.1	37	1.66	56	0
1959	53	30	58.8	19	47.2	35	1.50	62	0
1958	50.8	50	54.9	59	46.7	40	3.11	19	0
1957	52.9	31	57.7	33	48	30	2.21	37	0
1956	49.4	69	55.3	54	43.6	78	3.65	11	0
1955	50.2	58	55.9	47	44.5	71	2.77	26	0
1954	51.5	41	56.4	43	46.6	41	4.95	3	0
1953	49.6	66	54.4	67	44.9	67	1.68	55	0
1952	50.7	52	55.9	47	45.5	55	2.62	28	0
1951	49.5	67	53.6	76	45.4	57	5.18	2	0
1950	55	13	60.3	12	49.6	17	2.14	40	0
1949	51.3	45	56	46	46.8	39	2.21	37	2
1948	47.3	84	52.4	84	42.2	86	2.28	36	0
1947	49.2	72	53.5	77	44.8	68	1.98	44	0
1946	46.3	90	51.2	91	41.5	88	4.05	8	0
1945	45.9	91	50.4	94	41.5	88	2.65	27	0
1944	48.3	78	53.2	81	43.5	81	1.76	52	0
1943	49.4	69	54	70	44.8	68	1.84	47	0
1942	53.5	23	62.6	4	44.5	71	1.59	58	0
1941	53.7	19	61	9	46.5	45	1.29	69	0
1940	52.9	31	59.5	17	46.2	49	2.85	23	0
1939	49.9	62	55.7	51	44.1	74	0.37	88	0
1938			56.7	40			2.33	34	12
1937	51.3	45	56.3	44	46.3	48	0.12	92	0
1936			55.1	57			0.15	90	6
1935	53.1	29	55.8	49	50.1	13			2
1933	51.7	39	54.3	69	49.1	22	0.13	91	0
1931	47.2	86	52.7	83	41.7	87	1.64	57	0
1929	46.9	88	54.6	63	39.1	91	1.84	47	0
1902	46.6	89	58.5	22	34	92			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	58.8
2004	58.6
2014	58.4
2007	58
2016	57
1990	56.8
1978	56.2
1968	56
2005	55.8
1979	55.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	45.3
1945	45.9
1946	46.3
1902	46.6
1929	46.9
1984	47
1931	47.2
1965	47.3
1948	47.3
2024	47.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	5.26
1951	5.18
1963	4.95
1954	4.95
1994	4.70
2012	4.36
2024	4.29
1946	4.05
2015	4.01
1965	3.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	0.08
1937	0.12
1933	0.13
1936	0.15
2020	0.35
1939	0.37
1971	0.38
1961	0.40
1976	0.48
1978	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 31 August 2026, 30 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 3 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 3.22 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest August since 2024 (2025 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing), 16th wettest of 93.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 75°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of 39°F on Monday 31 August 2026 and Sunday 30 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.53 in on Monday 3 August 2026.