Kotzebue, AK: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged -1°F in Kotzebue, AK, the coldest December since 2012, 37th coldest of 90.

December 2025

Mean temperature: -1°F; Coldest since 2012; 37th coldest of 90
Precipitation: 0.49 in; Wettest since 2023; 43rd wettest of 91

A normal December in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 2°F, between -3.4°F and 10°F in eight years of ten and 0.65 in of precipitation, between 0.34 in and 1.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Kotzebue, AK since 1929: -1°F in 2025; the lowest is -17.2°F, in 1954.

Normal range, -3.4 to 10°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December 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	-1	54	4.8	57	-6.9	48	0.49	43	0
2024	7.6	12	12.9	14	2.4	9	0.40	51	0
2023	-0.9	53	5.5	53	-7.2	52	0.63	30	0
2022	7	15	12.2	16	1.9	11	1.23	8	0
2021	0.5	43	7.1	42	-6.1	45	2.52	1	0
2020	4.1	22	10.4	24	-2.2	24	1.15	9	0
2019	1.5	38	7	43	-4.1	32	0.17	81	0
2018	2.5	27	8.7	30	-3.8	28	0.68	25	0
2017	18	1	23.3	1	12.8	1	1.58	4	0
2016	6.6	16	11.6	17	1.5	15	0.75	19	0
2015	1.9	33	7.7	35	-3.9	29	0.46	46	0
2014	7.8	11	13.3	13	2.4	9	0.35	58	0
2013	5.9	18	10.8	21	0.9	16	0.75	19	0
2012	-3.2	66	2	70	-8.5	58	0.22	74	0
2011	2.8	26	9.5	25	-3.9	29	1.87	3	0
2010	-2.3	60	2.2	68	-6.9	48	1.31	7	0
2009	10	7	16	8	4.1	7	0.85	14	0
2008	4.5	21	11	19	-1.9	23	0.53	39	0
2007	6.6	16	13.7	12	-0.5	18	0.66	27	0
2006	3.5	25	8.7	30	-1.7	22	0.35	58	0
2005	-0.2	49	7.6	36	-8	56	1.07	10	0
2004	2	31	8.8	28	-4.8	36	2.34	2	0
2003	-0.6	52	5.9	50	-7.1	51	0.65	28	0
2002	10.2	6	15.6	10	4.7	6	0.72	22	0
2001	-6.7	75	0.5	76	-14	79	0.35	58	0
2000	12.9	2	19	2	6.7	4	0.82	15	0
1999	-12.5	83	-5	84	-20	86	0.42	49	0
1998	1.1	40	7.2	40	-5	38	0.62	32	0
1997	-2.2	59	4	63	-8.5	58	0.49	43	0
1996	-1.6	56	4.7	59	-7.9	55	0.35	58	0
1995	-0.3	51	6.7	46	-7.2	52	0.64	29	0
1994	-2.8	64	4.1	62	-9.7	63	0.63	30	0
1993	8.9	10	15.9	9	1.9	11	0.62	32	0
1992	-2.4	61	5	55	-9.7	63	0.92	12	0
1991	-4.7	70	1.8	71	-11.2	70	0.29	69	0
1990	-6.9	76	-0.4	77	-13.3	76	1.07	10	0
1989	5.6	19	11.3	18	-0.1	17	0.55	37	0
1988	3.9	24	10.6	23	-2.9	25	1.37	6	0
1987	-2.6	62	4.9	56	-10.1	67	1.40	5	0
1986	9.8	8	16.5	6	3.1	8	0.87	13	0
1985	12.9	2	18.9	3	6.8	3	0.56	36	0
1984	5	20	10.9	20	-0.8	20	0.69	24	0
1983	12.1	4	17	5	7.2	2	0.51	41	0
1982	7.3	13	12.7	15	1.9	11	0.36	57	0
1981	-1.3	55	5.2	54	-7.7	54	0.61	34	0
1980	-10.1	79	-4.1	83	-16.2	81	0.33	65	0
1979	-11.2	81	-5.1	85	-17.4	82	0.51	41	0
1978	2.1	30	8.5	33	-4.4	33	0.71	23	0
1977	1.1	40	7.3	39	-5.1	39	0.53	39	0
1976	-4.3	68	3.1	65	-11.7	72	0.44	48	0
1975	-6.6	74	0.8	72	-13.9	78	0.35	58	0
1974	-17.1	89	-9.9	92	-24.3	92	0.19	79	0
1973	2	31	8.4	34	-4.4	33	0.22	74	0
1972	1.7	36	6.8	44	-3.4	26	0.27	71	0
1971	0	47	6.7	46	-6.6	47	0.77	17	0
1970	-2.1	58	4.4	60	-8.5	58	0.29	69	0
1969	9	9	16.4	7	1.6	14	0.35	58	0
1968	-5	72	0.7	74	-10.7	68	0.15	84	0
1967	2.4	28	8.7	30	-3.9	29	0.37	55	0
1966	-7.8	78	-1.3	80	-14.4	80	0.15	84	0
1965	-5.6	73	0.8	72	-12	75	0.79	16	0
1964	-12.2	82	-6	86	-18.5	84	0.39	54	0
1963	7.1	14	14.6	11	-0.5	18	0.21	76	0
1962	-2.7	63	4.4	60	-9.8	65	0.30	68	0
1961	-14.2	85	-7.5	88	-21	89	0.25	73	0
1960	12	5	18.7	4	5.3	5	0.47	45	0
1959	-14.7	86	-8.5	90	-20.9	88	0.33	65	0
1958	-0.2	49	5.6	52	-5.9	43	0.18	80	0
1957	-12.6	84	-6.4	87	-18.7	85	0.13	86	0
1956	-14.8	88	-8.8	91	-20.7	87	0.02	90	0
1955	-2	57	4.8	57	-8.9	61	0.37	55	0
1954	-17.2	90	-11.5	93	-22.9	91	0.07	87	0
1953	-3.1	65	3.7	64	-9.9	66	0.45	47	0
1952	4	23	9.1	27	-1.1	21	0.20	77	0
1951	-4.5	69	2.2	68	-11.1	69	0.73	21	0
1950	0.2	46	6	49	-5.6	41	0.57	35	0
1949	-3.2	66	2.6	66	-9	62	0.27	71	0
1948	-7.4	77	-1	79	-13.7	77	0.54	38	0
1947	1.9	33	7.5	37	-3.6	27	0.40	51	0
1946	-10.5	80	-2.9	81	-18.2	83	0.42	49	0
1945	-4.7	70	2.4	67	-11.8	73	0.17	81	0
1944	2.2	29	8.8	28	-4.7	35	0.76	18	1
1943	1.3	39	7.4	38	-4.8	36	0.17	81	0
1942	-14.7	86	-8.3	89	-21.1	90	0.04	88	0
1941	1.9	33	10.7	22	-6.9	48	0.31	67	2
1940	1.7	36	9.3	26	-8.2	57	0.04	88	3
1938	0.8	42	7.2	40	-5.6	41	0.20	77	0
1937	0.4	44	6.8	44	-5.9	43			1
1936			0.6	75	-11.9	74	0.40	51	4
1935			-3.9	82					7
1934									21
1933			-0.5	78	-11.4	71	trace	91	4
1931							0.34	64	8
1930	0	47	6.3	48	-6.4	46	0.67	26	0
1929	0.3	45	5.8	51	-5.2	40			0
1928									9
1902									17

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	18
2000	12.9
1985	12.9
1983	12.1
1960	12
2002	10.2
2009	10
1986	9.8
1969	9
1993	8.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	-17.2
1974	-17.1
1956	-14.8
1959	-14.7
1942	-14.7
1961	-14.2
1957	-12.6
1999	-12.5
1964	-12.2
1979	-11.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	2.52
2004	2.34
2011	1.87
2017	1.58
1987	1.40
1988	1.37
2010	1.31
2022	1.23
2020	1.15
2005	1.07
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1933	trace
1956	0.02
1942	0.04
1940	0.04
1954	0.07
1957	0.13
1968	0.15
1966	0.15
2019	0.17
1945	0.17
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 28°F; 11 December 2025
Coldest night: -23°F; 27 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.24 in; 11 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.49 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest December since 2023, tied 43rd wettest of 91 (with 1997).
The hottest day of December 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: 28°F on Thursday 11 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -23°F on Saturday 27 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.24 in on Thursday 11 December 2025.