Kotzebue, AK: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged -4.4°F in Kotzebue, AK, the coldest February since 2023, tied 35th coldest of 89 (with 2005 and 1952).

February 2026

Mean temperature: -4.4°F; Coldest since 2023; 35th coldest of 89
Precipitation: 1.53 in; Wettest since 2019; 4th wettest of 93

A normal February in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 1.8°F, between -8.6°F and 10.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.67 in of precipitation, between 0.24 in and 1.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Kotzebue, AK since 1930: -4.4°F in 2026; the lowest is -24.1°F, in 1990.

Normal range, -8.6 to 10.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February 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	-4.4	53	2.6	59	-11.4	55	1.53	4	0
2025	3.7	23	10.5	26	-3.1	23	0.40	43	0
2024	5.6	15	11.7	17	-0.6	11	1.00	11	0
2023	-4.7	56	1.7	62	-11	54	0.89	16	0
2022	-6.8	64	0.1	67	-13.8	65	0.68	20	0
2021	-13.3	77	-5.1	80	-21.4	82	0.19	68	0
2020	-13.6	78	-7.1	83	-20	80	0.66	22	0
2019	17.7	1	24	2	11.4	1	2.64	2	0
2018	12.9	4	18.5	4	7.4	3	1.12	8	0
2017	1.1	36	10.1	28	-7.9	44	1.04	10	0
2016	10.7	5	17	6	4.4	5	0.34	52	0
2015	10.2	6	17.1	5	3.3	6	0.49	35	0
2014	5.3	16	11.6	18	-1	12	0.17	74	0
2013	-8.3	66	0.4	66	-16.9	74	0.94	12	0
2012	2	31	9	34	-5	28	0.90	15	0
2011	2.7	26	10.9	24	-5.6	33	2.30	3	0
2010	1.1	36	7.8	38	-5.7	34	0.25	64	0
2009	-6.4	62	4.5	50	-17.2	75	4.04	1	0
2008	-10.7	72	-2.1	73	-19.3	78	0.78	18	0
2007	1.5	34	7.8	38	-4.8	26	0.03	86	0
2006	5.3	16	13.4	12	-2.9	22	0.92	13	0
2005	-4.4	53	2.9	57	-11.8	56	1.06	9	0
2004	-1.7	46	3.8	54	-7.3	41	0.51	34	0
2003	5.8	13	13.4	12	-1.7	16	0.78	18	0
2002	1.6	33	8	37	-4.8	26	0.55	31	0
2001	13.3	3	19.4	3	7.3	4	0.91	14	0
2000	10	7	16.8	7	3.2	7	0.56	29	0
1999	-8.9	70	-2.7	75	-15.1	69	0.27	61	0
1998	-2.8	49	4.4	51	-9.9	49	0.44	39	0
1997	3.7	23	11.5	19	-4.1	25	0.67	21	0
1996	-3.6	50	4.7	49	-11.8	56	1.24	5	0
1995	2.3	28	9.6	31	-5	28	0.39	44	0
1994	2.8	25	7.8	38	-2.2	19	0.18	69	0
1993	4.4	19	10.8	25	-1.9	17	0.25	64	0
1992	-8.6	69	-1.9	72	-15.4	70	0.80	17	0
1991	-4.7	56	4.4	51	-13.8	65	0.56	29	0
1990	-24.1	89	-17.2	93	-31	94	0.55	31	0
1989	17.7	1	24.7	1	10.6	2	1.23	6	0
1988	1.4	35	8.3	36	-5.5	32	0.31	54	0
1987	-0.4	43	6.9	45	-7.6	42	0.57	28	0
1986	7.1	10	12.7	16	1.4	9	0.44	39	0
1985	-7	65	-0.4	70	-13.6	63	0.11	81	0
1984	-21	86	-15.8	92	-26.1	87	0.01	90	0
1983	-2	47	5	48	-9	46	0.15	79	0
1982	4.5	18	10.1	28	-1	12	0.60	25	0
1981	1	38	9.8	30	-7.8	43	0.48	36	0
1980	7.3	9	16.2	8	-1.6	15	0.60	25	0
1979	-9.6	71	-2.7	75	-16.5	72	0.00	93	0
1978	0.4	40	6.9	45	-6	36	0.10	83	0
1977	4.3	20	11	23	-2.5	20	0.26	62	0
1976	-17.6	82	-10.4	86	-24.8	86	0.21	67	0
1975	-3.8	51	3.1	56	-10.7	53	0.65	23	0
1974	-19.2	84	-11.7	87	-26.8	89	0.39	44	0
1973	4.3	20	11.2	20	-2.7	21	0.41	42	0
1972	-8.5	68	-1.7	71	-15.4	70	0.02	88	0
1971	-18.9	83	-11.7	87	-26.1	87	0.17	74	0
1970	3.9	22	11.1	21	-3.4	24	0.18	69	0
1969	0.6	39	7.6	41	-6.3	38	0.18	69	0
1968	-17.5	81	-8.2	85	-26.8	89	0.37	48	0
1967	-2.6	48	4.4	51	-9.6	47	0.11	81	0
1966	-4.3	52	3.3	55	-11.8	56	0.18	69	0
1965	-14.1	79	-4.8	79	-23.4	85	0.26	62	0
1964	-21.2	87	-13	90	-29.4	92	0.48	36	0
1963	0.2	41	7.4	42	-7	40	0.25	64	0
1962	7	11	13.8	10	0.2	10	0.38	47	0
1961	-12.9	76	-5.8	82	-20	80	0.08	84	0
1960	1.9	32	9.1	33	-5.4	30	0.46	38	0
1959	5.9	12	13.4	12	-1.5	14	0.44	39	0
1958	2.1	30	9.6	31	-5.4	30	0.03	86	0
1957	-5.7	59	2	60	-13.4	61	0.36	51	0
1956	-11.4	74	-3.2	77	-19.7	79	0.39	44	0
1955	-19.8	85	-12.5	89	-27.2	91	0.18	69	0
1954	-14.8	80	-7.1	83	-22.5	83	0.13	80	0
1953	-6.1	60	1.1	65	-13.4	61	0.17	74	0
1952	-4.4	53	1.2	64	-10	51	0.28	56	0
1951	-8.4	67	0	69	-16.7	73	1.13	7	0
1950	-11	73	-4.4	78	-17.7	76	0.28	56	0
1949	-5.6	58	1.8	61	-13	60	0.33	53	0
1948	-6.4	62	1.3	63	-14.2	67	0.17	74	0
1947	5.7	14	13.3	15	-1.9	17	0.37	48	0
1946	-6.3	61	0.1	67	-12.6	59	0.01	90	0
1945	-0.4	43	7.2	44	-8	45	0.28	56	0
1944	2.5	27	11.1	21	-6.2	37	0.28	56	0
1943	-0.5	45	9	34	-9.9	49	0.52	33	0
1942			13.5	11			0.64	24	3
1941	8.5	8	15.1	9	1.8	8	0.07	85	0
1939	2.2	29	10.4	27	-5.9	35	0.16	78	0
1938					-13.7	64	0.37	48	5
1937	-12.4	75	-5.3	81	-18.9	77	0.60	25	2
1936			-2.3	74	-14.9	68	0.02	88	4
1934	0.1	42	7.3	43	-6.7	39	0.01	90	2
1932					-23.1	84	0.30	55	5
1931			6.2	47			0.28	56	5
1930	-22.3	88	-15.3	91	-30	93			2
1929									7
1904					-10.4	52			3
1903			2.9	57	-9.6	47			3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	17.7
1989	17.7
2001	13.3
2018	12.9
2016	10.7
2015	10.2
2000	10
1941	8.5
1980	7.3
1986	7.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1990	-24.1
1930	-22.3
1964	-21.2
1984	-21
1955	-19.8
1974	-19.2
1971	-18.9
1976	-17.6
1968	-17.5
1954	-14.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	4.04
2019	2.64
2011	2.30
2026	1.53
1996	1.24
1989	1.23
1951	1.13
2018	1.12
2005	1.06
2017	1.04

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	0.00
1984	0.01
1946	0.01
1934	0.01
1972	0.02
1936	0.02
2007	0.03
1958	0.03
1941	0.07
1961	0.08

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 21°F; 18 February 2026, 6 February 2026
Coldest night: -38°F; 27 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.31 in; 22 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 1.53 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest February since 2019, 4th wettest of 93.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 21°F on Wednesday 18 February 2026 and Friday 6 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -38°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.31 in on Sunday 22 February 2026.