Kotzebue, AK: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged -2.1°F in Kotzebue, AK, the warmest winter since 2025, 43rd warmest of 90.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: -2.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 43rd warmest of 90
Precipitation: 2.30 in; Wettest since 2025; 20th wettest of 91

A normal winter in Kotzebue, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -0.8°F, between -4.9°F and 8.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.86 in of precipitation, between 1.20 in and 3.72 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Kotzebue, AK since 1930: -2.1°F in 2026; the highest is 11.6°F, in 2001.

Normal range, -4.9 to 8.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	-2.1	43	3.9	50	-8.1	41	2.30	20	0
2025	6.1	8	12.3	9	-0.1	8	2.49	14	0
2024	1.3	26	7.2	28	-4.6	22	2.18	22	0
2023	2.3	19	8	23	-3.5	16	2.74	10	0
2022	-6.3	73	1.1	71	-13.8	77	3.62	6	0
2021	-2.2	44	4.8	39	-9.3	47	1.92	25	0
2020	-6	69	-0.6	79	-11.5	62	1.16	57	0
2019	7.4	5	13.8	5	0.9	6	3.70	5	0
2018	10.7	2	16	2	5.4	1	2.96	7	0
2017	3.2	15	9.8	15	-3.4	15	2.34	18	0
2016	8.7	3	14.7	3	2.7	4	1.18	55	0
2015	7.2	7	13.3	7	1.2	5	1.20	53	0
2014	8.6	4	13.9	4	3.2	3	1.47	40	0
2013	-0.7	35	5.6	38	-7	33	2.28	21	0
2012	-6.1	70	0.6	74	-12.8	71	2.82	9	0
2011	1.4	25	7.7	26	-4.9	24	4.79	2	0
2010	1.1	27	7.3	27	-5.1	26	1.15	58	0
2009	-3.6	52	4.7	41	-12	65	5.95	1	0
2008	-3.5	50	4	48	-11.1	57	2.53	12	0
2007	1.8	22	7.8	25	-4.2	18	1.78	33	0
2006	-4.4	63	3.6	52	-12.5	68	2.05	23	0
2005	-0.8	37	6.1	36	-7.8	39	3.89	4	0
2004	-1.2	39	4.8	39	-7.3	34	1.31	47	0
2003	7.3	6	13.6	6	0.9	6	1.71	35	0
2002	-4.2	59	3	59	-11.3	59	1.86	28	0
2001	11.6	1	17.7	1	5.4	1	2.43	16	0
2000	-4.1	58	3.8	51	-12	65	2.36	17	0
1999	-7.1	77	-0.6	79	-13.6	76	1.85	30	0
1998	-3.4	49	3	59	-9.8	49	1.23	52	0
1997	-0.7	35	6.5	32	-7.9	40	1.86	28	0
1996	-2.4	45	4.2	45	-9.1	44	2.31	19	0
1995	-0.4	34	6.5	32	-7.4	35	1.54	39	0
1994	4.2	14	10.5	14	-2.1	12	1.27	51	0
1993	-2.5	46	4	48	-9	43	1.76	34	0
1992	-3.9	57	2.3	65	-10.2	51	1.35	44	0
1991	-4.8	66	2.9	61	-12.6	69	2.64	11	0
1990	-8.5	82	-1.9	86	-15.2	82	1.46	41	0
1989	0	32	6.4	34	-6.5	31	2.87	8	0
1988	2.1	20	9	20	-4.8	23	1.90	27	0
1987	2.6	17	9.4	16	-4.2	18	1.91	26	0
1986	5.6	9	11.7	10	-0.6	9	1.43	42	0
1985	5.1	11	11.3	11	-1	10	1.19	54	0
1984	-3.7	55	1.7	70	-9.1	44	1.06	61	0
1983	0.1	31	6.2	35	-5.9	29	0.80	74	0
1982	1	29	7	30	-5	25	2.50	13	0
1981	2	21	9.4	16	-5.3	27	1.70	36	0
1980	-3.6	52	4.2	45	-11.5	62	1.82	31	0
1979	1.8	22	8	23	-4.4	21	0.72	77	0
1978	4.9	12	11.1	13	-1.2	11	0.70	78	0
1977	4.3	13	11.2	12	-2.6	14	1.15	58	0
1976	-9.6	84	-2.6	88	-16.5	86	0.87	70	0
1975	-10.5	86	-3.4	91	-17.5	89	1.18	55	0
1974	-6.6	75	-0.1	77	-13	73	0.79	75	0
1973	-1.5	40	4.7	41	-7.7	38	2.45	15	0
1972	-4.2	59	2.7	62	-11.1	57	1.30	48	0
1971	-11.3	88	-4.5	92	-18.1	92	0.62	80	0
1970	-0.3	33	7.1	29	-7.6	37	0.78	76	0
1969	-1	38	4.6	43	-6.6	32	0.55	84	0
1968	-4.3	62	3.4	57	-12	65	1.05	62	0
1967	-3	47	4.2	45	-10.2	51	0.54	85	0
1966	-4.5	65	2.3	65	-11.3	59	0.97	67	0
1965	-11	87	-3.2	89	-18.8	93	1.02	65	0
1964	-6.7	76	0.8	72	-14.1	78	0.83	72	0
1963	2.7	16	9.1	18	-3.7	17	1.56	38	0
1962	-3.3	48	3.6	52	-10.3	54	1.03	64	0
1961	2.4	18	9	20	-4.2	18	0.81	73	0
1960	-6.1	70	0.8	72	-13.1	74	1.37	43	0
1959	0.5	30	6.9	31	-5.9	29	0.69	79	0
1958	-6.4	74	0.4	75	-13.1	74	0.28	88	0
1957	-4.4	63	2.6	64	-11.4	61	0.95	68	0
1956	-8.7	83	-1.2	83	-16.3	85	1.04	63	0
1955	-11.3	88	-4.7	93	-17.9	90	0.57	83	0
1954	-8.2	79	-0.9	81	-15.5	83	0.85	71	0
1953	-4.2	59	1.8	69	-10.2	51	0.38	86	0
1952	-6.2	72	0.2	76	-12.7	70	1.30	48	0
1951	-8.2	79	-1.6	85	-14.7	81	1.95	24	0
1950	-1.8	42	4.6	43	-8.2	42	0.95	68	0
1949	-4.8	66	2.2	67	-11.7	64	1.35	44	0
1948	-3.6	52	3.5	55	-10.6	56	1.10	60	0
1947	-8.4	81	-1	82	-15.8	84	1.30	48	0
1946	-3.5	50	3.5	55	-10.4	55	0.28	88	0
1945	1.8	22	9.1	18	-5.5	28	1.32	46	1
1944	-1.7	41	5.8	37	-9.2	46	0.59	82	0
1943	-9.6	84	-2	87	-17.2	88	0.61	81	1
1942	5.3	10	12.7	8	-2.1	12	1.63	37	5
1941	1.1	27	8.6	22	-7.5	36	0.13	90	6
1939	-5.4	68	2.1	68	-12.9	72	0.36	87	0
1938	-7.5	78	-0.2	78	-14.6	80			7
1937			3.6	52	-9.5	48	3.93	3	12
1936			-1.2	83					16
1935									80
1934	-12.2	90	-5.4	94	-17.9	90	0.02	91	6
1932			-3.3	90	-16.5	86	1.81	32	16
1931			3.3	58	-14.3	79	1.00	66	10
1930	-3.7	55	2.7	62	-9.9	50			9
1929									21
1904									39
1903									28

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2001	11.6
2018	10.7
2016	8.7
2014	8.6
2019	7.4
2003	7.3
2015	7.2
2025	6.1
1986	5.6
1942	5.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	-12.2
1971	-11.3
1955	-11.3
1965	-11
1975	-10.5
1976	-9.6
1943	-9.6
1956	-8.7
1990	-8.5
1947	-8.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	5.95
2011	4.79
1937	3.93
2005	3.89
2019	3.70
2022	3.62
2018	2.96
1989	2.87
2012	2.82
2023	2.74

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.02
1941	0.13
1958	0.28
1946	0.28
1939	0.36
1953	0.38
1967	0.54
1969	0.55
1955	0.57
1944	0.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 30°F; 18 January 2026
Coldest night: -38°F; 27 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.31 in; 22 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.30 in of precipitation in Kotzebue, AK, the wettest winter since 2025, 20th wettest of 91.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Kotzebue, AK: 30°F on Sunday 18 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Kotzebue, AK: a low of -38°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Kotzebue, AK: 0.31 in on Sunday 22 February 2026.