Kotzebue weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Kotzebue, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Kotzebue Airport, 5 km from Kotzebue; records cover 1902–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.4 in289 mm
- Snow a year
- 64 in163 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 7
- First fall freeze
- Sep 20
- Heating degree days
- 14,907
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −35°−37° (heating, 99%) and 71°22° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Kotzebue in January
Highs average 5°−15° and lows −8°−22°, with 0.62 in16 mm of precipitation and 9 in24 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2014)
- Record low
- −55°−48° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 2075
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in February
Highs average 9°−13° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 40°4° (1980)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 1781
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in March
Highs average 9°−13° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 42°6° (2019)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 1967
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in April
Highs average 24°−5° and lows 9°−13°, with 0.56 in14 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 49°9° (2017)
- Record low
- −44°−42° (1943)
- Heating degree days
- 1461
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in May
Highs average 39°4° and lows 27°−3°, with 0.44 in11 mm of precipitation and 1.2 in3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1947)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 987
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in June
Highs average 53°12° and lows 42°5°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1991)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 527
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Kotzebue in July
Highs average 60°16° and lows 51°10°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1958)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 304
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Kotzebue in August
Highs average 57°14° and lows 48°9°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1968)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1902)
- Heating degree days
- 399
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Kotzebue in September
Highs average 48°9° and lows 39°4°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1978)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 657
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in OctoberThis month
Highs average 31°−1° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 57°14° (1904)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 1181
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in November
Highs average 16°−9° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2003)
- Record low
- −37°−38° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1627
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Kotzebue in December
Highs average 9°−13° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 39°4° (2024)
- Record low
- −49°−45° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1941
- Cooling degree days
- 0