Kotzebue, AK: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 28.6°F in Kotzebue, AK, the coldest 1 to 9 October since 2023 (2025 excluded: 1 of 9 days missing), 21st coldest of 97.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 28.6°F; Coldest since 2023; 21st coldest of 97
Precipitation: 0.65 in; Wettest since 2025; 16th wettest of 93

A normal 1 to 9 October in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 34.2°F, between 27.7°F and 40.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.29 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Kotzebue, AK since 1902: 28.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 22°F, in 1956.

Normal range, 27.7 to 40.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Kotzebue, AK from 1902 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	28.6	77	33	75	24.1	74	0.65	16	0
2025							1.37	4	1
2024	33.2	48	37	47	29.3	44	0.01	80	0
2023	27.6	81	31.9	84	23.3	78	0.35	29	0
2022	34.4	35	38.4	37	30.3	33	0.48	24	0
2021	31.7	59	35.1	65	28.2	53	0.18	40	0
2020	40.5	3	43.8	5	37.2	4	0.33	30	0
2019	36.9	17	40.1	26	33.8	13	0.88	12	0
2018	43.3	1	47.6	1	39	1	trace	83	0
2017	39.9	5	42.4	10	37.4	2	0.63	18	0
2016	41.3	2	45.2	2	37.4	2	0.04	71	0
2015	39.1	6	41.7	13	36.6	6	0.46	25	0
2014	32	56	36.3	53	27.7	57	0.02	77	0
2013	33.4	43	36.8	50	30.1	35	0.32	31	0
2012	37.8	11	40.8	19	34.9	8	1.09	7	0
2011	31.4	61	35.4	60	27.3	59	0.04	71	0
2010	33	52	37.6	42	28.4	51	0.16	44	0
2009	34.5	34	37.1	45	31.9	25	0.46	25	0
2008	27.4	82	32.3	81	22.4	83	trace	83	0
2007	29.3	71	32.9	76	25.7	65	0.07	58	0
2006	37.6	13	40.9	16	34.3	11	1.36	5	0
2005	34.6	33	40.1	26	29	48	0.00	88	0
2004	33.1	49	36.7	52	29.6	40	0.08	52	0
2003	40.4	4	43.7	6	37.2	4	0.74	14	0
2002	36.1	25	39.1	32	33.1	19	0.22	37	0
2001	32.1	55	36.3	53	27.9	56	0.77	13	0
2000	25.6	92	30.6	91	20.7	90	0.01	80	0
1999	34.1	39	36.3	53	31.9	25	trace	83	0
1998	32.6	54	35.8	58	29.3	44	0.09	48	0
1997	34.8	32	38.9	33	30.8	30	1.78	3	0
1996	26.8	85	30.9	90	22.8	80	0.04	71	0
1995	36.8	19	40.4	22	33.2	18	0.28	35	0
1994	29.1	74	33.4	73	24.8	72	0.60	20	0
1993	33.6	42	36.8	50	30.3	33	1.98	1	0
1992	27.7	79	31.9	84	23.6	77	0.29	34	0
1991	34.3	37	38.6	35	30.1	35	0.49	23	0
1990	34.3	37	37	47	31.6	28	1.07	8	0
1989	38.4	9	41.8	12	35.1	7	0.32	31	0
1988	25.9	90	30	93	21.8	85	0.58	22	0
1987	36.2	23	40.9	16	31.4	29	0.07	58	0
1986	26.1	89	31.4	87	20.8	89	0.00	88	0
1985	37.7	12	40.8	19	34.7	10	1.85	2	0
1984	36.2	23	39.4	30	32.9	21	0.17	41	0
1983	33.4	43	36.2	56	30.6	31	0.90	11	0
1982	27.1	83	32.2	82	21.9	84	0.00	88	0
1981	23.8	94	30.1	92	17.6	95	0.06	63	0
1980	31.1	63	35.3	61	26.8	62	0.05	65	0
1979	36.6	21	41	15	32.2	23	0.05	65	0
1978	27.7	79	32.7	79	22.7	81	0.07	58	0
1977	36.3	22	38.9	33	33.8	13	1.07	8	0
1976	33.1	49	37.4	44	28.7	50	0.02	77	0
1975	29.8	68	34	71	25.6	67	0.28	35	0
1974	24.5	93	29.6	94	19.4	93	0.04	71	0
1973	28.7	76	32.9	76	24.4	73	0.46	25	0
1972	26.3	87	32.1	83	20.4	91	0.17	41	0
1971	22.8	95	28.2	95	17.4	96	0.05	65	0
1970	27.1	83	32.8	78	21.4	86	0.59	21	0
1969	34.9	31	39.8	29	30	38	0.08	52	0
1968	29.4	70	33.4	73	25.4	69	0.20	39	0
1967	36.9	17	40.2	25	33.7	16	0.09	48	0
1966	38.8	7	42.8	9	34.9	8	0.30	33	0
1965	22.4	96	27.2	96	17.7	94	0.04	71	0
1964	36.7	20	40.4	22	33	20	0.22	37	0
1963	33.7	40	38.4	37	28.9	49	0.94	10	0
1962	33.4	43	38.6	35	28.3	52	0.17	41	0
1961	25.8	91	31.3	88	20.3	92	0.05	65	0
1960	26.4	86	31.8	86	21	88	1.21	6	0
1959	35.5	28	40.4	22	30.6	31	0.37	28	0
1958	28.4	78	32.7	79	24.1	74	0.06	63	0
1957	37.3	15	40.9	16	33.8	13	0.63	18	0
1956	22	97	27.2	96	16.8	97	0.08	52	0
1955	31.5	60	35	66	28	55	0.15	45	0
1954	32.8	53	38.3	39	27.2	60	0.01	80	0
1953	29.2	73	35.2	64	23.2	79	0.08	52	0
1952	33.7	40	37.7	41	29.7	39	0.07	58	0
1951	26.3	87	31.3	88	21.3	87	0.12	46	0
1950	38.4	9	44.2	4	32.7	22	0.02	77	0
1949	31	64	35.3	61	26.7	63	0.11	47	0
1948	30.5	65	34	71	27	61			0
1947	29.3	71	34.6	67	24.1	74	0.08	52	0
1946	30.3	67	35.3	61	25.3	70	0.05	65	0
1945	33.3	46	37.6	42	29.1	47	0.09	48	0
1944	33.3	46	37.1	45	29.6	40	0.72	15	0
1943	35.4	29	41.3	14	29.4	42	0.09	48	0
1942	35	30	44.4	3	25.6	67	0.00	88	0
1941	36	27	41.9	11	30.1	35	0.64	17	0
1940	34.4	35	39.4	30	29.4	42			0
1938	38.8	7	43.3	7	34.2	12	0.00	88	0
1937	36.1	25	40.1	26	32	24	trace	83	0
1936	30.4	66	34.3	69	26.6	64	0.07	58	0
1935	37.1	16	40.6	21	33.7	16	0.05	65	0
1934	31.2	62	34.1	70	28.2	53	0.00	88	0
1933							trace	83	3
1931	31.8	57	36.2	56	27.4	58	0.04	71	0
1930	33.1	49	36.9	49	29.3	44	0.08	52	0
1929	31.8	57	38	40	25.7	65			0
1928	29.1	74	35.7	59	22.6	82			0
1904	37.6	13	43.2	8	31.9	25			0
1902	29.8	68	34.6	67	25.1	71			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	43.3
2016	41.3
2020	40.5
2003	40.4
2017	39.9
2015	39.1
1966	38.8
1938	38.8
1989	38.4
1950	38.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1956	22
1965	22.4
1971	22.8
1981	23.8
1974	24.5
2000	25.6
1961	25.8
1988	25.9
1986	26.1
1972	26.3
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	1.98
1985	1.85
1997	1.78
2025	1.37
2006	1.36
1960	1.21
2012	1.09
1990	1.07
1977	1.07
1963	0.94

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	0.00
1986	0.00
1982	0.00
1942	0.00
1938	0.00
1934	0.00
2018	trace
2008	trace
1999	trace
1937	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 37°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.37 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.65 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2025, 16th wettest of 93.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Kotzebue, AK: 37°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Kotzebue, AK: a low of 20°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Kotzebue, AK: 0.37 in on Friday 2 October 2026.