Utqiaġvik weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Utqiaġvik, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Barrow Airport, 3 km from Utqiaġvik; records cover 1920–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 5.4 in137 mm
- Snow a year
- 46 in116 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 29
- First fall freeze
- Jul 4
- Heating degree days
- 18,665
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −39° (heating, 99%) and 62°17° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Utqiaġvik in January
Highs average −5°−21° and lows −18°−28°, with 0.14 in3.6 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 36°2° (1974)
- Record low
- −53°−47° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 2372
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in February
Highs average −5°−21° and lows −18°−28°, with 0.21 in5.3 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 36°2° (1982)
- Record low
- −56°−49° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 2153
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in March
Highs average −4°−20° and lows −17°−27°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation and 2.9 in7.4 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 34°1° (1998)
- Record low
- −52°−47° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 2340
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in April
Highs average 11°−12° and lows −2°−19°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 42°6° (1936)
- Record low
- −42°−41° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 1828
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in May
Highs average 27°−3° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation and 3 in9 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 47°8° (1996)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1984)
- Heating degree days
- 1311
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in June
Highs average 41°5° and lows 31°0°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 73°23° (2019)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1969)
- Heating degree days
- 870
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in July
Highs average 48°9° and lows 36°2°, with 0.98 in25 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical July.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1993)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1936)
- Heating degree days
- 724
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in August
Highs average 45°7° and lows 35°2°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical August.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1968)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 781
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in September
Highs average 37°3° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 62°17° (1957)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 939
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in OctoberThis month
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 17°−8°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 44°7° (2016)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 1358
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in November
Highs average 12°−11° and lows 0°−18°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 39°4° (1937)
- Record low
- −40° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 1779
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Utqiaġvik in December
Highs average 0°−18° and lows −12°−25°, with 0.22 in5.6 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 40°4° (2022)
- Record low
- −55°−48° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 2210
- Cooling degree days
- 0