Kivalina weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kivalina, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kivalina Airport, 2 km from Kivalina; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.7 in246 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 9
- Heating degree days
- 15,403
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −36°−38° (heating, 99%) and 70°21° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kivalina in January
Highs average 7°−14° and lows −9°−23°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 47°8° (2015)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 2052
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in February
Highs average 10°−12° and lows −7°−22°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2006)
- Record low
- −54°−48° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 1784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in March
Highs average 9°−13° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 48°9° (2020)
- Record low
- −41° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 1987
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in April
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2020)
- Record low
- −33°−36° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 1506
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in May
Highs average 38°3° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2004)
- Record low
- −9°−23° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1022
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in June
Highs average 50°10° and lows 38°3°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2004)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 634
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Kivalina in July
Highs average 56°13° and lows 46°8°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2005)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 440
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Kivalina in August
Highs average 55°13° and lows 44°7°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2021)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 493
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in September
Highs average 46°8° and lows 35°2°, with 1.5 in39 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2023)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 730
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in OctoberThis month
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 21°−6°, with 0.93 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 58°14° (2018)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1223
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in November
Highs average 17°−8° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2003)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 1608
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kivalina in December
Highs average 10°−12° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.17 in4.3 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 39°4° (2003)
- Record low
- −41° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 1924
- Cooling degree days
- 0