Kotzebue, AK: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 43°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest September since 2022, tied 33rd warmest of 95 (with 1950).

September 2026

Mean temperature: 43°F; Warmest since 2022; 33rd warmest of 95
Precipitation: 2.30 in; Wettest since 2023; 15th wettest of 92

A normal September in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 43.7°F, between 38.8°F and 47.2°F in eight years of ten and 1.42 in of precipitation, between 0.58 in and 2.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Kotzebue, AK since 1902: 43°F in 2026; the highest is 49.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 38.8 to 47.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	43	33	46.3	51	39.6	22	2.30	15	0
2025	41	59	45.6	60	36.4	55	0.37	83	0
2024	41.3	49	45.2	63	37.3	41	0.66	70	0
2023	41.3	49	44.8	68	37.8	37	3.30	2	0
2022	44.9	16	48.8	25	41	13	1.46	45	0
2021	40.4	69	44.8	68	36	62	2.28	16	0
2020	42.9	35	46.7	47	39.2	24	1.22	52	0
2019	46.1	10	50.2	15	42	9	2.16	20	3
2018	49.1	1	53.3	1	44.9	1	0.38	82	0
2017	43.2	31	48	33	38.4	31	1.62	41	0
2016	44.1	23	49.3	22	38.9	28	2.02	24	0
2015	40.8	63	45.8	55	35.8	66	0.60	72	0
2014	45.7	12	50.5	13	40.9	14	1.81	30	0
2013	39.4	79	43.7	82	35	73	2.02	24	0
2012	40.8	63	44.5	73	37.1	46	2.04	23	0
2011	44.7	18	49.5	20	39.9	20	0.49	78	0
2010	47.2	4	52	5	42.5	5	0.90	60	0
2009	41.5	45	45.8	55	37.2	44	0.59	74	0
2008	43.5	27	48.9	23	38.1	34	0.32	86	0
2007	47.1	6	50.7	11	43.5	3	1.18	53	0
2006	47	7	50.3	14	43.7	2	2.33	14	0
2005	44.9	16	48.4	29	41.5	10	1.97	27	0
2004	38.8	83	43.8	81	33.9	83	0.82	65	0
2003	40.6	67	45.4	61	35.7	67	1.12	54	0
2002	43.8	25	47.3	42	40.3	17	2.16	20	0
2001	44.6	19	48.6	28	40.6	16	0.70	69	0
2000	38.8	83	42.6	91	34.9	75	1.82	29	0
1999	44.6	19	48.1	30	41.1	12	2.18	17	0
1998	43.4	29	47.5	37	39.2	24	1.66	39	0
1997	47.2	4	51.2	9	43.1	4	2.83	6	0
1996	38.2	90	43.7	82	32.7	91	1.69	36	0
1995	47.6	3	52.9	3	42.3	6	1.11	55	0
1994	39.9	74	44.6	72	35.2	72	0.86	64	0
1993	38.4	88	42	93	34.8	77	2.45	12	0
1992	32.1	95	37.1	96	27.2	96	0.59	74	0
1991	45.8	11	51.4	8	40.2	19	1.07	56	0
1990	40.1	72	44.3	77	35.9	64	3.01	4	0
1989	45.6	13	49.6	18	41.5	10	1.80	31	0
1988	42.9	35	46.7	47	39.1	26	0.99	59	0
1987	37.7	91	42.1	92	33.3	88	1.99	26	0
1986	41.2	53	45.1	65	37.2	44	3.29	3	0
1985	40.2	70	44.1	78	36.4	55	2.18	17	0
1984	45	15	49.6	18	40.3	17	1.70	35	0
1983	38.7	85	43.1	88	34.2	80	1.68	37	0
1982	42.7	39	47.5	37	38	35	1.76	33	0
1981	40.7	66	46.7	47	34.7	78	0.39	80	0
1980	38.9	81	44.4	76	33.4	87	0.54	76	0
1979	41.9	43	47.2	44	36.7	53	1.61	42	0
1978	46.4	9	50.6	12	42.2	7	2.49	11	0
1977	43.9	24	48.1	30	39.7	21	4.31	1	0
1976	44.5	22	49.8	17	39.3	23	1.34	48	0
1975	36.9	93	42	93	31.8	93	0.88	63	0
1974	47.7	2	53.3	1	42.1	8	1.28	50	0
1973	42.6	41	47.9	34	37.3	41	1.51	43	0
1972	41.1	55	45.9	54	36.3	58	1.34	48	0
1971	41.4	48	46.4	50	36.4	55	0.74	68	0
1970	36	94	41.4	95	30.6	95	0.60	72	0
1969	45.5	14	51.8	6	39.1	26	0.05	90	0
1968	39.6	78	45.2	63	34	82	0.44	79	0
1967	42.7	39	49.4	21	36	62	0.03	91	0
1966	43.4	29	48.8	25	37.9	36	1.40	46	0
1965	43.5	27	48.1	30	38.8	29	2.65	10	0
1964	41.6	44	46.2	53	37.1	46	1.76	33	0
1963	43.2	31	50.1	16	36.3	58	0.89	62	0
1962	39.2	80	43.2	87	35.3	71	1.96	28	0
1961	42.9	35	47.5	37	38.3	32	2.69	8	0
1960	37.6	92	43.4	85	31.8	93	2.85	5	0
1959	39.8	76	47.2	44	32.3	92	0.65	71	0
1958	40.9	61	44.7	70	37	48	2.14	22	0
1957	41.1	55	46.3	51	35.9	64	1.67	38	0
1956	40.6	67	45.8	55	35.4	69	0.90	60	0
1955	41	59	45.1	65	36.9	49	2.76	7	0
1954	40	73	44.7	70	35.4	69	2.66	9	0
1953	42.4	42	47.9	34	36.9	49	1.66	39	0
1952	40.2	70	45.7	59	34.6	79	0.35	85	0
1951	41.5	45	47.5	37	35.6	68	0.79	66	0
1950	43	33	47.7	36	38.3	32	2.17	19	0
1949	46.5	8	52.2	4	40.9	14	1.07	56	0
1948									10
1947	38.3	89	43.7	82	32.9	89	1.27	51	0
1946	38.5	86	44.1	78	32.9	89	1.78	32	0
1945	41.5	45	46.9	46	36.2	61	0.75	67	0
1944	38.9	81	42.7	90	35	73	2.34	13	0
1943	39.7	77	44.5	73	34.9	75	1.00	58	0
1942							1.48	44	30
1941	43.7	26	51.1	10	36.3	58	0.37	83	0
1939	40.8	63	47.5	37	34.1	81	trace	92	0
1938	41.1	55	45.4	61	36.9	49			0
1937	42.9	35	47.3	42	38.5	30	0.09	89	0
1936	41.2	53	45	67	37.4	40	0.17	88	0
1935	41.3	49	45.8	55	36.9	49			1
1934	40.9	61	44.5	73	37.3	41	0.50	77	0
1933	39.9	74	43.3	86	36.7	53	0.39	80	2
1931			44.1	78	37.5	39	0.28	87	4
1930	38.5	86	43.1	88	33.9	83	1.36	47	0
1929	44.6	19	51.6	7	37.7	38			0
1904	41.1	55	48.9	23	33.8	85			2
1902	41.3	49	48.8	25	33.7	86			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	49.1
1974	47.7
1995	47.6
2010	47.2
1997	47.2
2007	47.1
2006	47
1949	46.5
1978	46.4
2019	46.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1992	32.1
1970	36
1975	36.9
1960	37.6
1987	37.7
1996	38.2
1947	38.3
1993	38.4
1946	38.5
1930	38.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	4.31
2023	3.30
1986	3.29
1990	3.01
1960	2.85
1997	2.83
1955	2.76
1961	2.69
1954	2.66
1965	2.65

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	trace
1967	0.03
1969	0.05
1937	0.09
1936	0.17
1931	0.28
2008	0.32
1952	0.35
2025	0.37
1941	0.37

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 53°F; 11 September 2026, 7 September 2026
Coldest night: 25°F; 30 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.41 in; 15 September 2026, 3 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 2.30 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest September since 2023, 15th wettest of 92.
The hottest day of September 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 53°F on Friday 11 September 2026 and Monday 7 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of 25°F on Wednesday 30 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.41 in on Tuesday 15 September 2026 and Thursday 3 September 2026.