Kotzebue, AK: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged -5.7°F in Kotzebue, AK, the coldest March since 2017, 21st coldest of 94.

March 2026

Mean temperature: -5.7°F; Coldest since 2017; 21st coldest of 94
Precipitation: 0.14 in; Driest since 2017; 25th driest of 91

A normal March in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 0.3°F, between -7.4°F and 12.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.34 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 1.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Kotzebue, AK since 1904: -5.7°F in 2026; the lowest is -18.2°F, in 1929.

Normal range, -7.4 to 12.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	-5.7	74	1.5	79	-12.8	68	0.14	62	0
2025	-0.5	55	7.1	58	-8.2	48	1.25	4	0
2024	4	30	12.3	28	-4.2	31	0.87	11	0
2023	3.9	31	12	32	-4.3	32	2.02	3	0
2022	6	20	13.3	23	-1.4	19	0.29	40	0
2021	-0.7	56	8.5	50	-9.8	53			0
2020	5.2	24	12.2	29	-1.8	22	1.14	7	0
2019	23	1	28.8	1	17.2	1	1.18	6	0
2018	12.8	3	19.2	3	6.4	3	2.12	2	0
2017	-7.9	81	0.9	81	-16.6	84	0.03	83	0
2016	3.3	32	12	32	-5.4	37	0.14	62	0
2015	-2.3	61	6.7	59	-11.4	63	0.53	26	0
2014	7.8	14	16.3	13	-0.8	17	0.34	35	0
2013	1.6	40	8.8	49	-5.6	39	0.37	33	0
2012	-8.9	85	-0.9	88	-16.9	85	0.26	44	0
2011	5.2	24	11.3	36	-0.9	18	0.08	76	0
2010	-4	65	3.1	74	-11.2	62	0.38	32	0
2009	-0.1	50	8.1	54	-8.4	50	2.18	1	0
2008	-0.9	57	8.3	51	-10.1	54	0.46	30	0
2007	-9.4	87	-2.4	90	-16.4	83	0.02	86	0
2006	-0.4	53	5.8	64	-6.6	42	0.20	53	0
2005	7.9	13	16	14	-0.1	13	0.63	22	0
2004	3	34	9.6	43	-3.5	28	0.12	69	0
2003	-1.9	59	6.6	60	-10.3	55	0.47	29	0
2002	12.4	4	18.7	7	6	4	0.34	35	0
2001	1.5	41	8.1	54	-5.1	35	0.07	77	0
2000	6.4	17	13.3	23	-0.4	15	0.10	72	0
1999	-5.3	71	2.1	75	-12.7	67	0.24	48	0
1998	13.5	2	19.2	3	7.8	2	0.20	53	0
1997	-4.5	67	4.5	65	-13.5	71	0.03	83	0
1996	8.3	12	15.3	16	1.2	12	0.18	58	0
1995	-7.3	79	1.7	77	-16.2	80	0.13	68	0
1994	-7.3	79	-0.4	84	-14.1	72	0.91	9	0
1993	0.7	47	9.5	44	-8.1	47	0.64	21	0
1992	-4.9	68	3.4	73	-13.2	70	0.88	10	0
1991	-2.9	63	5.9	63	-11.6	64	1.00	8	0
1990	1.7	39	10.5	39	-7	43	0.75	19	0
1989	5.3	22	12.8	25	-2.2	24	0.14	62	0
1988	-2.2	60	6.5	61	-11	58	0.77	16	0
1987	4.2	29	12.1	30	-3.7	29	0.21	52	0
1986	-4.9	68	1.9	76	-11.7	65	trace	88	0
1985	-4.3	66	4.3	66	-12.9	69	0.77	16	0
1984	5.8	21	14.5	18	-2.9	26	0.11	71	0
1983	7.5	16	15.2	17	-0.3	14	0.27	42	0
1982	3.1	33	9.9	41	-3.8	30	0.52	27	0
1981	10.9	7	19.4	2	2.4	9	0.60	24	0
1980	10.8	8	18.6	9	3	7	0.62	23	0
1979	7.7	15	17.1	11	-1.6	21	0.10	72	0
1978	0.9	45	9.4	47	-7.5	44	0.10	72	0
1977	-13.3	92	-3.2	91	-23.4	93	0.31	38	0
1976	0.8	46	9.8	42	-8.2	48	0.82	13	0
1975	5.1	26	12.5	27	-2.3	25	0.16	59	0
1974	-0.3	51	7.3	57	-7.9	45	0.04	82	0
1973	-5.1	70	3.8	69	-14.1	72	0.74	20	0
1972	-13.3	92	-4.1	94	-22.5	92	0.12	69	0
1971	-7.2	78	0.9	81	-15.3	78	0.10	72	0
1970	6.4	17	13.4	22	-0.5	16	0.22	51	0
1969	1	44	8.3	51	-6.4	41	0.26	44	0
1968	-0.3	51	8.2	53	-8.8	52	0.14	62	0
1967	10.5	9	19.2	3	1.7	11	0.34	35	0
1966	-12	90	-4	93	-20	88	0.07	77	0
1965	11.3	5	19.1	6	3.6	6	0.86	12	0
1964	-10.1	88	-0.8	86	-19.5	87	0.02	86	0
1963	-6.3	76	3.6	72	-16.2	80	0.80	14	0
1962	2.9	35	11.7	34	-5.8	40	0.51	28	0
1961	-6.2	75	1.7	77	-14.1	72	0.15	61	0
1960	5.3	22	13.6	21	-2.9	26	trace	88	0
1959	-12.3	91	-3.6	92	-21.1	90	0.28	41	0
1958	10.1	10	18.3	10	1.9	10	0.26	44	0
1957	0.3	49	11.3	36	-10.6	56	0.16	59	0
1956	-0.4	53	10.2	40	-11	58	0.20	53	0
1955	-1.5	58	9.1	48	-12.1	66	0.36	34	0
1954	4.7	28	14.5	18	-5.1	35	1.23	5	0
1953	-3.6	64	3.7	70	-11	58	trace	88	0
1952	2.1	38	9.5	44	-5.4	37	0.24	48	0
1951	-6.5	77	1.5	79	-14.4	75	0.14	62	0
1950	6.2	19	14.4	20	-2.1	23	0.30	39	0
1949	11.3	5	18.7	7	3.8	5	0.56	25	0
1948	-5.3	71	4.3	66	-14.9	77	0.77	16	0
1947	-8.2	83	-0.4	84	-16.1	79	0.24	48	0
1946	-9.2	86	-0.8	86	-17.6	86	0.26	44	0
1945	-5.5	73	3.7	70	-14.7	76	0.14	62	0
1944	-2.5	62	6	62	-11	58	0.43	31	0
1943	1.5	41	11.6	35	-8.5	51			0
1942	0.7	47	9.5	44	-8	46	0.05	81	2
1941	1.5	41	8	56	-4.9	33	trace	88	0
1939	-8.4	84	4	68	-20.8	89	0.03	83	0
1938	2.4	37	10.8	38	-4.9	33	0.78	15	2
1937	-11.5	89	-1.9	89	-21.1	90			0
1936							0.20	53	17
1935							0.20	53	31
1934	-8.1	82	-0.1	83	-16.2	80	0.07	77	0
1932	9.9	11	17.1	11	2.6	8	0.27	42	0
1931	2.8	36	16	14	-10.8	57	0.06	80	1
1930									9
1929	-18.2	94	-8.3	95	-26.1	94			2
1904	5.1	26	12.1	30	-1.4	19			3
1903			12.8	25					31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	23
1998	13.5
2018	12.8
2002	12.4
1965	11.3
1949	11.3
1981	10.9
1980	10.8
1967	10.5
1958	10.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1929	-18.2
1977	-13.3
1972	-13.3
1959	-12.3
1966	-12
1937	-11.5
1964	-10.1
2007	-9.4
1946	-9.2
2012	-8.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	2.18
2018	2.12
2023	2.02
2025	1.25
1954	1.23
2019	1.18
2020	1.14
1991	1.00
1994	0.91
1992	0.88

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	trace
1960	trace
1953	trace
1941	trace
2007	0.02
1964	0.02
2017	0.03
1997	0.03
1939	0.03
1974	0.04

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 27°F; 30 March 2026
Coldest night: -30°F; 5 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 27 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.14 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the driest March since 2017 (2021 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing), tied 25th driest of 91 (with 2016, 1989, 1968 and 2 other years).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 27°F on Monday 30 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -30°F on Thursday 5 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.06 in on Friday 27 March 2026.