Kotzebue, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -1.1°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest January since 2025, 38th warmest of 90.

January 2026

Mean temperature: -1.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 38th warmest of 90
Precipitation: 0.28 in; Driest since 2018; 32nd driest of 93

A normal January in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -1°F, between -9.7°F and 8.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.51 in of precipitation, between 0.14 in and 1.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Kotzebue, AK since 1932: -1.1°F in 2026; the highest is 16.1°F, in 1985.

Normal range, -9.7 to 8.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	-1.1	38	4.1	45	-6.4	35	0.28	59	0
2025	6.8	15	13.4	16	0.1	15	1.69	3	0
2024	-0.6	37	4.6	42	-5.8	30	0.55	26	0
2023	3.7	20	9.6	24	-2.2	20	0.62	21	0
2022	-12.7	76	-4	80	-21.4	82	0.42	42	0
2021	1.4	27	8.2	28	-5.4	29	0.58	23	0
2020	-6.5	58	-2	72	-11	52	0.33	52	0
2019	2.9	22	9.7	23	-3.8	23	0.38	46	0
2018	1.2	29	6.3	35	-3.8	23	0.26	65	0
2017	1.7	24	7.7	29	-4.3	26	0.55	26	0
2016	13.6	4	19.6	3	7.7	3	0.38	46	0
2015	3.9	19	9.8	22	-2	19	0.36	49	0
2014	14.3	3	19.1	5	9.5	2	0.55	26	0
2013	8.7	9	13.8	13	3.5	9	1.12	10	0
2012	-22.6	89	-16	94	-29.1	92	0.05	83	0
2011	4.1	18	10.4	21	-2.2	20	1.18	8	0
2010	-7.9	65	-2	72	-13.8	59	0.05	83	0
2009	-9.3	71	-1.4	71	-17.3	75	1.38	5	0
2008	-7	62	0.1	65	-14	60	1.09	11	0
2007	0.5	32	7	32	-6.1	33	1.40	4	0
2006	-17.5	85	-9.3	88	-25.6	89	0.06	82	0
2005	-0.4	35	6.4	34	-7.1	38	0.49	35	0
2004	-1.4	39	4.6	42	-7.5	40	0.15	75	0
2003	5.7	17	11.9	18	-0.5	17	0.21	71	0
2002	-6.9	59	0.8	61	-14.6	62	0.96	14	0
2001	8.7	9	14.9	9	2.5	10	0.70	19	0
2000	-8.9	69	0.5	64	-18.3	76	1.38	5	0
1999	-13.7	80	-6.5	85	-20.9	81	0.96	14	0
1998	-5.2	55	0.7	62	-11.1	53	0.30	56	0
1997	-3.8	49	3.8	46	-11.3	54	0.84	17	0
1996	-3.6	46	1.4	58	-8.5	41	0.43	40	0
1995	-0.5	36	6.3	35	-7.2	39	0.52	32	0
1994	0.8	31	7.6	31	-6	32	0.47	37	0
1993	-9	70	-3.2	78	-14.8	65	0.59	22	0
1992	1.2	29	6.8	33	-4.4	27	0.26	65	0
1991	-2.9	43	5	41	-10.9	50	1.01	12	0
1990	-8.6	67	-1.1	69	-16.1	69	0.36	49	0
1989	-19.9	88	-14.3	93	-25.4	88	0.27	63	0
1988	7.4	12	13.7	15	1.2	12	0.19	72	0
1987	-2	42	4.5	44	-8.5	41	0.47	37	0
1986	-3	44	3.7	47	-9.7	47	0.43	40	0
1985	16.1	1	22.2	2	10.1	1	0.39	45	0
1984	-3.3	45	2.8	48	-9.4	46	0.54	30	0
1983	-5.1	53	0.6	63	-10.9	50	0.29	57	0
1982	0	34	5.9	37	-5.9	31	1.29	7	0
1981	15.2	2	22.6	1	7.7	3	0.89	16	0
1980	-6.3	56	2.3	53	-14.8	65	0.71	18	0
1979	11.9	7	17.2	7	6.6	6	0.01	88	0
1978	12.9	5	18.5	6	7.2	5	0.07	80	0
1977	12.9	5	19.5	4	6.3	7	0.45	39	0
1976	-5.1	53	1.2	59	-11.4	55	0.31	54	0
1975	-9.8	73	-2.6	74	-17	74	0.34	51	0
1974	-3.6	46	2	55	-9.3	45	0.18	73	0
1973	-9.8	73	-3.2	78	-16.4	71	1.77	2	0
1972	-4.4	51	2.7	50	-11.5	56	0.51	33	0
1971	-13.7	80	-6.9	86	-20.5	79	0.16	74	0
1970	-13.2	79	-5.8	83	-20.6	80	0.25	68	0
1969	1.5	25	5.8	38	-2.7	22	0.22	70	0
1968	1.4	27	8.9	27	-6.2	34	0.31	54	0
1967	1.5	25	9.4	25	-6.4	35	0.28	59	0
1966	-3.6	46	2.8	48	-10	49	trace	91	0
1965	-7	62	0.9	60	-14.9	67	0.37	48	0
1964	-6.9	59	-0.2	67	-13.5	58	0.14	76	0
1963	10.3	8	15.3	8	5.3	8	1.01	12	0
1962	-1.8	41	5.6	40	-9.1	44	0.40	43	0
1961	6.6	16	12.7	17	0.5	14	0.26	65	0
1960	-5	52	2.4	51	-12.3	57	0.58	23	0
1959	-3.8	49	2.4	51	-9.9	48	0.07	80	0
1958	-7.9	65	-1.3	70	-14.6	62	0.12	78	0
1957	7.2	14	14.6	12	-0.2	16	0.57	25	0
1956	-12.8	77	-5.2	82	-20.4	78	0.28	59	0
1955	2.3	23	9.2	26	-4.6	28	0.32	53	0
1954	-7.3	64	0.1	65	-14.7	64	0.27	63	0
1953	-10.7	75	-4.8	81	-16.6	72	0.01	88	0
1952	-9.7	72	-2.6	74	-16.8	73	0.29	57	0
1951	-16.4	83	-10.8	91	-22	84	0.25	68	0
1950	8	11	14.7	11	1.3	11	0.40	43	0
1949	-1.4	39	5.7	39	-8.5	41	0.48	36	0
1948	-6.4	57	1.5	56	-14.3	61	0.53	31	0
1947	-19	87	-12.1	92	-26	90	0.51	33	0
1946	0.4	33	7.7	29	-7	37	0.10	79	0
1945	3.5	21	11.1	20	-4.1	25	0.28	59	0
1944	-8.6	67	-0.8	68	-16.3	70	0.14	76	0
1943	-12.8	77	-5.9	84	-20	77	0.05	83	1
1942	7.3	13	13.8	13	0.8	13	0.68	20	0
1941	-6.9	59	1.5	56	-15.4	68	0.02	87	3
1939	-18.6	86	-10.5	90	-26.7	91	trace	91	0
1938	-17.3	84	-9.6	89	-24.3	87	trace	91	1
1937			14.9	9			2.93	1	6
1936			2.2	54			0.55	26	5
1934	-27.3	90	-21.1	95	-33.5	93	0.01	88	0
1932	-15.1	82	-7.4	87	-21.9	83	1.17	9	3
1931			-2.6	74	-22.2	86	0.05	83	5
1930									7
1929			11.6	19	-1.9	18			5
1904			-3.1	77	-22.1	85			5
1903									8

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	16.1
1981	15.2
2014	14.3
2016	13.6
1978	12.9
1977	12.9
1979	11.9
1963	10.3
2013	8.7
2001	8.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	-27.3
2012	-22.6
1989	-19.9
1947	-19
1939	-18.6
2006	-17.5
1938	-17.3
1951	-16.4
1932	-15.1
1999	-13.7
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	2.93
1973	1.77
2025	1.69
2007	1.40
2009	1.38
2000	1.38
1982	1.29
2011	1.18
1932	1.17
2013	1.12

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	trace
1939	trace
1938	trace
1979	0.01
1953	0.01
1934	0.01
1941	0.02
2012	0.05
2010	0.05
1943	0.05
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 30°F; 18 January 2026
Coldest night: -28°F; 15 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 16 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.28 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the driest January since 2018, tied 32nd driest of 93 (with 1967, 1956 and 1945).
The hottest day of January 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 30°F on Sunday 18 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -28°F on Thursday 15 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.15 in on Friday 16 January 2026.