Kotzebue, AK: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 50.6°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest summer since 2025, 40th warmest of 92.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 50.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 40th warmest of 92
Precipitation: 4.32 in; Wettest since 2025; 41st wettest of 89

A normal summer in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 51.4°F, between 49.3°F and 54.2°F in eight years of ten and 4.32 in of precipitation, between 2.47 in and 6.14 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Kotzebue, AK since 1929: 50.6°F in 2026; the highest is 57.3°F, in 2004.

Normal range, 49.3 to 54.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	50.6	40	55.7	38	45.6	40	4.32	41	0
2025	52.6	14	58.1	15	47	21	6.61	11	5
2024	47.9	79	53	80	42.8	70	7.72	7	0
2023	51.9	24	56.8	26	47	21	6.75	10	0
2022	48.9	64	53.7	76	44.2	54	4.78	25	0
2021	50.5	41	55	54	45.9	35	9.32	1	0
2020	51.4	29	56	35	46.7	25	2.09	84	0
2019							4.69	29	92
2018	55	2	60.1	4	49.9	2	4.27	43	0
2017	52.8	11	58	17	47.5	12	4.38	40	0
2016	55	2	60.3	2	49.7	3	3.61	57	0
2015	53.7	9	58.4	11	49.1	5	4.57	33	0
2014	52.2	19	56.9	25	47.4	13	4.48	36	0
2013	53.8	7	59.1	7	48.5	7	2.86	69	0
2012	49.5	55	54.2	66	44.8	47	8.04	4	0
2011	51.9	24	56.6	30	47.2	17	5.93	12	0
2010	50.7	38	55.4	45	46	32	4.76	26	0
2009	52.3	18	57.7	24	46.9	24	4.50	35	0
2008	49.3	59	54.2	66	44.4	52	4.40	39	0
2007	54	4	58.8	9	49.2	4	2.47	78	0
2006	48.1	75	53	80	43.2	66	3.57	60	0
2005	53.4	10	58.3	12	48.5	7	3.75	54	0
2004	57.3	1	62.7	1	52	1	3.68	55	0
2003	51.1	32	55.7	38	46.4	28	5.02	21	0
2002	49.5	55	54.3	63	44.7	49	2.47	78	0
2001	49.1	61	54.1	71	44	56	5.00	23	0
2000	47.1	85	52.2	87	41.9	82	5.67	15	0
1999	50.2	46	55.5	44	44.9	45	2.75	75	0
1998	50.5	41	55.1	51	45.9	35	8.17	3	0
1997	51.8	27	56.3	33	47.4	13	4.41	38	0
1996	49.8	50	54.6	57	45.1	42	3.79	53	0
1995	50.5	41	55.3	47	45.7	39	2.76	73	0
1994	50	48	55.1	51	44.9	45	8.01	5	0
1993	52.1	22	56.8	26	47.4	13	3.40	64	0
1992	50.4	44	55.8	37	45	43	3.87	51	0
1991	52.2	19	57.8	23	46.6	26	2.19	83	0
1990	53.8	7	59.1	7	48.5	7	4.07	49	0
1989	50.8	35	55.6	42	46	32	5.83	14	0
1988	49.7	52	54.6	57	44.7	49	3.41	63	0
1987	52.7	13	58.1	15	47.2	17	2.52	77	0
1986	49	62	54.2	66	43.8	59	4.15	47	0
1985	49	62	54.3	63	43.8	59	2.69	76	0
1984	46.9	86	51.6	91	42.2	78	5.47	19	0
1983	48.1	75	52.9	83	43.3	64	5.54	17	0
1982	52.5	16	57.9	19	47.1	19	3.32	66	0
1981	50.4	44	56	35	44.8	47	4.72	27	0
1980	51.1	32	56.1	34	46.2	30	3.56	62	0
1979	52.8	11	58.3	12	47.3	16	5.01	22	0
1978	53.9	5	58.7	10	49.1	5	2.84	70	0
1977	53.9	5	60.1	4	47.8	10	0.74	88	0
1976	48.6	68	54.3	63	42.8	70	2.32	81	0
1975	46.5	90	51.7	90	41.2	89	3.61	57	0
1974	49.5	55	55.1	51	43.9	57	3.81	52	0
1973	46.7	88	52	88	41.3	88	5.52	18	0
1972	52.5	16	57.9	19	47	21	2.22	82	0
1971	50.7	38	56.7	28	44.7	49	3.60	59	0
1970	49.7	52	55.3	47	44.2	54	2.76	73	0
1969	48.9	64	54.4	60	43.5	62	2.80	72	0
1968	51.2	30	56.5	31	45.9	35	3.38	65	0
1967	50	48	55.7	38	44.3	53	4.27	43	0
1966	48.2	73	54.1	71	42.3	75	2.34	80	0
1965	47.5	81	52.7	84	42.3	75	5.67	15	0
1964	47.5	81	53.4	79	41.7	84	1.91	85	0
1963	47.3	84	52.6	85	42.1	79	8.31	2	0
1962	50.8	35	55.6	42	46	32	4.24	46	0
1961	48.9	64	54.4	60	43.4	63	1.80	86	0
1960	48.7	67	54.2	66	43.2	66	4.71	28	0
1959	48.1	75	54.1	71	42.1	79	4.46	37	0
1958	52.6	14	58.2	14	47.1	19	4.58	31	0
1957	52.1	22	57.9	19	46.2	30	2.94	68	0
1956	47.9	79	54.2	66	41.7	84	4.51	34	0
1955	48.2	73	54.4	60	42.1	79	4.32	41	0
1954	48.3	72	53.9	74	42.6	72	6.92	9	0
1953	48	78	53.5	78	42.6	72	4.66	30	0
1952	48.4	70	53.8	75	43	69	5.05	20	0
1951	50.2	46	55.2	50	45.2	41	7.87	6	0
1950	52.2	19	58	17	46.3	29	4.13	48	0
1949	46.7	88	51.9	89	41.7	84	3.64	56	2
1948	47.4	83	53	80	41.8	83	4.92	24	0
1947	51.2	30	56.7	28	45.8	38	4.25	45	0
1946	49.4	58	55.4	45	43.3	64	7.61	8	0
1945	45.2	91	50	93	40.5	90	4.58	31	0
1944	48.4	70	53.6	77	43.2	66	3.99	50	0
1943	49.3	59	54.9	55	43.7	61	3.57	60	0
1942	51.5	28	60.3	2	42.3	75			8
1941	48.5	69	55.7	38	41.4	87	2.83	71	1
1940	50.9	34	57.9	19	43.9	57	5.91	13	0
1939	50.8	35	59.3	6	42.4	74	1.53	87	0
1938			54.9	55			3.02	67	13
1937	49.8	50	54.5	59	45	43	0.13	89	2
1936	51.9	24	56.4	32	47.7	11			7
1935	49.7	52	52.5	86	46.5	27			9
1934									76
1933									41
1931	44.6	92	50.5	92	38.6	91			1
1929	46.9	86	55.3	47	38.6	91			0
1904									34
1903									33
1902									63

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2004	57.3
2018	55
2016	55
2007	54
1978	53.9
1977	53.9
2013	53.8
1990	53.8
2015	53.7
2005	53.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1931	44.6
1945	45.2
1975	46.5
1973	46.7
1949	46.7
1984	46.9
1929	46.9
2000	47.1
1963	47.3
1948	47.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	9.32
1963	8.31
1998	8.17
2012	8.04
1994	8.01
1951	7.87
2024	7.72
1946	7.61
1954	6.92
2023	6.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	0.13
1977	0.74
1939	1.53
1961	1.80
1964	1.91
2020	2.09
1991	2.19
1972	2.22
1976	2.32
1966	2.34

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 75°F; 16 August 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 9 June 2026
Wettest day: 0.53 in; 3 August 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 4.32 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest summer since 2025, tied 41st wettest of 89 (with 1955).
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 75°F on Sunday 16 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: a low of 27°F on Tuesday 9 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Kotzebue, AK: 0.53 in on Monday 3 August 2026.