Nuiqsut weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Nuiqsut, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Nuiqsut Airport, 1 km from Nuiqsut; records cover 1998–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 5.7 in144 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 24
- First fall freeze
- Jul 24
- Heating degree days
- 18,760
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −46°−43° (heating, 99%) and 73°23° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Nuiqsut in January
Highs average −8°−22° and lows −23°−31°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 36°2° (2025)
- Record low
- −62°−52° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 2503
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in February
Highs average −9°−23° and lows −23°−30°, with 0.2 in5.1 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 38°3° (2006)
- Record low
- −56°−49° (2012)
- Heating degree days
- 2260
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in March
Highs average −7°−22° and lows −21°−30°, with 0.15 in3.8 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 34°1° (2019)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 2454
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in April
Highs average 10°−12° and lows −5°−21°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2007)
- Record low
- −39° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 1881
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in May
Highs average 29°−2° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2002)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (2001)
- Heating degree days
- 1268
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in June
Highs average 50°10° and lows 35°2°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2015)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 681
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in July
Highs average 58°14° and lows 41°5°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2009)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 480
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Nuiqsut in August
Highs average 51°11° and lows 38°3°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 88°31° (2024)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 639
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in September
Highs average 40°4° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2019)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 908
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in OctoberThis month
Highs average 24°−4° and lows 13°−10°, with 0.16 in4.1 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 50°10° (2018)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1440
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in November
Highs average 8°−13° and lows −6°−21°, with 0.26 in6.6 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 38°3° (2004)
- Record low
- −46°−43° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 1915
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Nuiqsut in December
Highs average −3°−20° and lows −17°−27°, with 0.31 in7.9 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 36°2° (2005)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 2331
- Cooling degree days
- 0