Kotzebue, AK: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 15.8°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest spring since 2024, 40th warmest of 91.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 15.8°F; Warmest since 2024; 40th warmest of 91
Precipitation: 1.10 in; Wettest since 2025; 42nd wettest of 85

A normal spring in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 16.9°F, between 11.8°F and 22.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.49 in of precipitation, between 0.80 in and 2.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Kotzebue, AK since 1904: 15.8°F in 2026; the highest is 23.7°F, in 1998.

Normal range, 11.8 to 22.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	15.8	40	23	44	8.6	41	1.10	42	0
2025	14.4	52	21.9	57	7.1	49	1.71	15	2
2024	17.1	31	24.3	35	9.9	29	2.39	6	0
2023	12.2	68	20.1	69	4.3	69	2.96	2	0
2022	18.4	20	25.8	23	11	17	1.10	42	0
2021	15.7	41	23.8	41	7.7	47			0
2020	21.7	8	28.8	7	14.6	6	2.80	3	0
2019							1.46	29	31
2018	23.3	2	29.4	5	17.2	2	2.68	4	0
2017	17	32	24.8	30	9.2	35	0.49	74	0
2016	23.1	3	30.6	2	15.6	4	1.39	33	0
2015	18.2	23	26	21	10.3	26	1.66	17	0
2014	22	6	28.9	6	15.1	5	1.54	25	0
2013	12.5	65	19.7	70	5.3	63	1.54	25	0
2012	10.6	77	17.6	84	3.6	72	0.83	61	0
2011	17.3	28	24.2	36	10.4	22	0.83	61	0
2010	14.1	56	20.3	67	8	44	1.13	40	0
2009	15.1	46	21.6	60	8.7	40	3.47	1	0
2008	15.6	44	22.8	47	8.4	43	1.05	46	0
2007	12	70	18.3	78	5.7	62	0.57	70	0
2006	12.7	64	19.1	75	6.3	58	0.83	61	0
2005	17.2	30	24.5	32	9.8	30	1.32	36	0
2004	22.4	4	28.5	8	16.3	3	1.61	19	0
2003	17.4	27	24.1	38	10.8	20	1.52	28	0
2002	21	9	27.7	11	14.2	7	2.33	7	0
2001	12.8	62	19.4	73	6.2	59	1.58	21	0
2000	14.4	52	21.4	63	7.5	48	0.36	78	0
1999	11.1	73	18.6	77	3.5	74	1.81	12	0
1998	23.7	1	29.7	4	17.7	1	2.12	10	0
1997	16.9	33	24.9	28	8.9	39	1.46	29	0
1996	18	24	25.6	25	10.4	22	0.84	60	0
1995	14.7	50	22.2	50	7.1	49	2.27	9	0
1994	12.3	66	19.3	74	5.3	63	1.59	20	0
1993	17.8	25	25.5	26	10.2	27	0.90	56	0
1992	9.2	84	17.1	85	1.2	84	1.38	34	0
1991	14.9	48	22	53	7.8	46	1.73	13	0
1990	18.7	16	27	17	10.4	22	1.57	22	0
1989	18.6	18	25.1	27	12.1	14	2.60	5	0
1988	16.6	36	23.7	42	9.4	33	1.65	18	0
1987	14.9	48	22	53	7.9	45	0.35	79	0
1986	9.7	81	16.8	87	2.5	75	0.23	82	0
1985	5.7	91	13.9	94	-2.4	92	1.73	13	0
1984	10.2	79	18.2	80	2.1	78	0.99	52	0
1983	22.4	4	30.7	1	14.2	7	1.12	41	0
1982	12.8	62	19.5	71	6.2	59	1.07	45	0
1981	20.2	11	28.5	8	11.9	15	1.20	38	0
1980	21.8	7	30.6	2	13	11	1.00	51	0
1979	20	13	27.8	10	12.3	13	0.48	75	0
1978	18.4	20	26.1	20	10.6	21	0.47	76	0
1977	6.9	87	15.8	90	-1.9	89	1.04	47	0
1976	12.3	66	20.7	66	3.9	70	0.99	52	0
1975	14.2	54	22	53	6.4	56	0.73	66	0
1974	14.2	54	22	53	6.4	56	0.17	83	0
1973	11.6	72	20.8	64	2.5	75	0.95	55	0
1972	9.4	83	17.9	83	0.8	85	1.14	39	0
1971	9.8	80	18.3	78	1.4	82	0.52	72	0
1970	15.7	41	22.9	46	8.6	41	0.34	80	0
1969	18.9	15	26.8	18	11	17	0.58	69	0
1968	13.2	60	21.7	59	4.7	68	1.57	22	0
1967	20.1	12	27.7	11	12.5	12	1.44	31	0
1966	6.9	87	14.9	93	-1.1	88	0.28	81	0
1965	16.8	34	24.7	31	9	37	1.69	16	0
1964	6.7	89	15.8	90	-2.3	90	0.78	64	0
1963	13.9	57	22.1	51	5.8	61	2.00	11	0
1962	15.1	46	23.4	43	6.9	53	1.55	24	0
1961	13.5	58	22.1	51	4.9	66	1.33	35	0
1960	15.5	45	24	40	7	52	0.88	59	0
1959	9.2	84	18	82	0.5	86	1.21	37	0
1958	19.3	14	27.1	16	11.6	16	1.02	48	0
1957	18.7	16	27.3	15	10.2	27	0.76	65	0
1956	16.5	37	25.8	23	7.1	49	0.41	77	0
1955	11.7	71	21.6	60	1.8	80	0.99	52	0
1954	18.5	19	27.7	11	9.3	34	1.40	32	0
1953	16.5	37	24.1	38	9	37	0.52	72	0
1952	10.8	75	19.1	75	2.5	75	1.01	50	0
1951	16.3	39	23	44	9.7	32	0.72	67	0
1950	16.8	34	24.5	32	9.1	36	1.02	48	0
1949	13.5	58	21.8	58	5.2	65	1.54	25	0
1948	12.2	68	20.8	64	3.6	72	2.28	8	0
1947	14.6	51	22.6	49	6.6	55	0.53	71	0
1946	9.5	82	18.2	80	1.3	83	0.67	68	2
1945	11	74	20.3	67	1.8	80	0.90	56	0
1944	10.8	75	19.5	71	2	79	1.09	44	0
1943	15.7	41	24.5	32	6.8	54			0
1942			25.9	22			0.90	56	13
1941	17.3	28	24.9	28	9.8	30			0
1940									61
1939	13.2	60	22.7	48	3.7	71	0.03	85	0
1938	20.4	10	27.4	14	13.4	10			4
1937	6.7	89	15.8	90	-2.3	90			0
1936					13.6	9			20
1935									40
1934	10.3	78	16.3	88	4.8	67	0.13	84	3
1932									61
1931	18.3	22	26.6	19	10.4	22			8
1930			15.9	89	-3	93			11
1929	8.6	86	17	86	0.3	87			4
1904	17.7	26	24.2	36	10.9	19			4
1903			21.6	60					37

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1998	23.7
2018	23.3
2016	23.1
2004	22.4
1983	22.4
2014	22
1980	21.8
2020	21.7
2002	21
1938	20.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	5.7
1964	6.7
1937	6.7
1977	6.9
1966	6.9
1929	8.6
1992	9.2
1959	9.2
1972	9.4
1946	9.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	3.47
2023	2.96
2020	2.80
2018	2.68
1989	2.60
2024	2.39
2002	2.33
1948	2.28
1995	2.27
1998	2.12

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.03
1934	0.13
1974	0.17
1986	0.23
1966	0.28
1970	0.34
1987	0.35
2000	0.36
1956	0.41
1978	0.47

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 59°F; 17 May 2026, 16 May 2026
Coldest night: -32°F; 9 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.18 in; 1 May 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 1.10 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest spring since 2025, tied 42nd wettest of 85 (with 2022).
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 59°F on Sunday 17 May 2026 and Saturday 16 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -32°F on Thursday 9 April 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.18 in on Friday 1 May 2026.