Kotzebue, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 36.2°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest May since 2020, tied 18th warmest of 96 (with 2014).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 36.2°F; Warmest since 2020; 18th warmest of 96
Precipitation: 0.37 in; Wettest since 2023; 37th wettest of 90

A normal May in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.4°F, between 26.2°F and 39.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.08 in and 0.90 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Kotzebue, AK since 1903: 36.2°F in 2026; the highest is 40.6°F, in 2016.

Normal range, 26.2 to 39.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	36.2	18	42.6	16	29.7	18	0.37	37	0
2025	31	50	37.4	55	24.5	51	0.10	71	0
2024	29.6	64	36	64	23.2	63	0.20	58	0
2023	29.5	66	35.4	70	23.6	60	0.53	25	0
2022	31.1	49	38	46	24.1	57	0.62	18	0
2021	33.7	38	41	24	26.5	43	0.12	68	0
2020	39.8	3	47.9	1	31.7	5	0.32	45	0
2019							0.26	47	31
2018	35.9	20	40.4	33	31.4	6	0.37	37	0
2017	34.8	25	40.5	32	29.1	23	0.41	34	0
2016	40.6	1	46.9	3	34.3	1	0.65	14	0
2015	40.3	2	47.1	2	33.6	3	0.58	21	0
2014	36.2	18	41.4	23	31	8	0.99	3	0
2013	26.4	82	32.4	85	20.4	77	0.86	7	0
2012	26.5	79	32.4	85	20.6	76	0.37	37	0
2011	32.6	45	39.4	41	25.8	48	0.08	74	0
2010	31	50	35.6	69	26.4	46	0.06	76	0
2009	32.6	45	36.9	57	28.4	31	0.42	33	0
2008	34	34	39.7	39	28.4	31	0.02	84	0
2007	27.1	76	32.3	88	22	70	0.06	76	0
2006	31	50	36.2	62	25.8	48	0.50	27	0
2005	35.2	22	40.7	29	29.7	18	0.52	26	0
2004	39.4	4	44.9	9	33.9	2	1.38	1	0
2003	33	42	37.8	50	28.3	33	0.46	31	0
2002	37.5	10	44.1	11	31	8	0.15	62	0
2001	21.5	96	27.7	96	15.4	96	0.09	72	0
2000	25.3	86	31.3	89	19.3	84	0.22	55	0
1999	28	74	34.6	75	21.3	74	0.08	74	0
1998	33.4	40	40.3	35	26.6	42	0.90	6	0
1997	37.4	11	44	12	30.8	11	0.62	18	0
1996	34.7	27	40.6	31	28.8	26	0.58	21	0
1995	36.3	16	42.1	19	30.5	14	0.92	5	0
1994	32.8	44	39.3	42	26.3	47	0.39	36	0
1993	33.4	40	40.4	33	26.5	43	0.18	59	0
1992	23.2	94	29.5	95	16.9	89	0.40	35	0
1991	33	42	37.6	53	28.5	29	0.22	55	0
1990	38.2	7	45.1	7	31.4	6	0.37	37	0
1989	29.6	64	34.7	74	24.5	51	1.05	2	0
1988	34.3	30	38.8	43	29.9	16	0.83	8	0
1987	32.6	45	37.9	47	27.4	39	0.05	78	0
1986	29.7	62	36.1	63	23.2	63	0.01	86	0
1985	26.5	79	33.4	81	19.7	80	0.50	27	0
1984	24.1	91	30.9	92	17.3	87	0.64	17	0
1983	37.6	9	46.1	6	29.1	23	0.13	66	0
1982	28.7	69	33.5	80	24	58	0.22	55	0
1981	34.9	24	41.7	21	28.1	34	0.16	61	0
1980	38.5	6	46.3	5	30.6	13	0.03	82	0
1979	33.5	39	39.8	38	27.2	41	trace	87	0
1978	36.3	16	43.8	14	28.9	25	trace	87	0
1977	30.4	56	36.7	59	24.2	54	0.31	46	0
1976	30	61	35.8	66	24.2	54	0.12	68	0
1975	28.3	71	35.3	71	21.3	74	0.14	64	0
1974	30.1	60	37.5	54	22.7	67	0.04	79	0
1973	30.5	55	37.9	47	23.2	63	0.09	72	0
1972	34	34	41.5	22	26.5	43	0.35	42	0
1971	27.1	76	34.5	77	19.6	81	0.26	47	0
1970	29.7	62	36.5	60	22.9	66	0.04	79	0
1969	38.8	5	46.6	4	31	8	0.14	64	0
1968	29.4	67	36.9	57	21.9	71	0.94	4	0
1967	30.4	56	35.8	66	24.9	50	0.24	53	0
1966	23.8	93	31	91	16.5	92	0.04	79	0
1965	24.5	88	31.3	89	17.6	86	0.49	29	0
1964	24.5	88	32.7	84	16.3	93	0.66	13	0
1963	34.3	30	40.8	26	27.8	35	0.83	8	0
1962	30.2	59	35.9	65	24.5	51	0.75	12	0
1961	35.1	23	42.5	17	27.6	36	0.35	42	0
1960	34.5	28	40.2	36	28.8	26	0.57	23	0
1959	34.2	32	41	24	27.5	38	0.65	14	0
1958	28.3	71	36.5	60	20.1	79	0.24	53	0
1957	34.2	32	40.8	26	27.6	36	0.54	24	0
1956	36.6	15	44	12	29.3	22	0.11	70	0
1955	29.3	68	37.1	56	21.5	73	0.47	30	0
1954	36.8	14	43.7	15	29.9	16	0.03	82	0
1953	35.5	21	42.5	17	28.5	29	0.46	31	0
1952	23.2	94	30.9	92	15.5	95	0.35	42	0
1951	34.8	25	40.8	26	28.7	28	0.15	62	0
1950	28.4	70	34.6	75	22.2	69	0.26	47	0
1949	25.6	84	32.4	85	18.9	85	0.80	10	0
1948	25.1	87	33.6	79	16.6	91	0.17	60	0
1947	37.4	11	45	8	29.7	18	0.25	50	0
1946	30.8	54	37.9	47	23.8	59	0.25	50	2
1945	24.5	88	33.4	81	15.7	94	0.59	20	0
1944	28.2	73	34.8	73	21.7	72	0.36	41	0
1943	34.4	29	39.5	40	29.4	21	0.65	14	0
1942			38.1	45			0.76	11	9
1941	30.3	58	38.4	44	22.3	68			0
1940	37.8	8	44.9	9	30.8	11	0.25	50	0
1939	25.5	85	34.2	78	16.9	89	trace	87	0
1938	34	34	40.7	29	27.3	40	trace	87	0
1937	26.3	83	33.1	83	19.5	83	0.13	66	0
1936	37.2	13	42	20	32.8	4			2
1935	24	92	27.5	97	20.4	77			0
1934	26.6	78	30.3	94	23.4	62	0.02	84	2
1931	33.9	37	37.7	51	30.3	15			1
1930	27.2	75	34.9	72	19.6	81			0
1929	31	50	37.7	51	24.2	54			0
1904	31.7	48	39.9	37	23.6	60			0
1903	26.5	79	35.7	68	17.2	88			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2016	40.6
2015	40.3
2020	39.8
2004	39.4
1969	38.8
1980	38.5
1990	38.2
1940	37.8
1983	37.6
2002	37.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	21.5
1992	23.2
1952	23.2
1966	23.8
1935	24
1984	24.1
1965	24.5
1964	24.5
1945	24.5
1948	25.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	1.38
1989	1.05
2014	0.99
1968	0.94
1995	0.92
1998	0.90
2013	0.86
1988	0.83
1963	0.83
1949	0.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	trace
1978	trace
1939	trace
1938	trace
1986	0.01
2008	0.02
1934	0.02
1980	0.03
1954	0.03
1974	0.04
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 17 May 2026, 16 May 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 8 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.18 in; 1 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.37 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest May since 2023, tied 37th wettest of 90 (with 2018, 2012 and 1990).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 59°F on Sunday 17 May 2026 and Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of 18°F on Friday 8 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.18 in on Friday 1 May 2026.