What is the hottest month in Kotzebue?

July is the warmest month in Kotzebue, with an average high of 60.1°F.

What is the coldest month in Kotzebue?

January is the coldest month in Kotzebue, with an average low of -8.4°F.

What month does Kotzebue get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Kotzebue, with about 2.13 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Kotzebue in?

Kotzebue is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 4b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Kotzebue changed recently?

14.8% of Kotzebue's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Kotzebue, AK

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from KOTZEBUE RALPH WEIN AP, AK US.

Dfc Subarctic climate 4b USDA hardiness Zone 4b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Kotzebue has an annual average temperature of 24°F with about 11.4 inches of precipitation per year and 64.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 60.1°F), and the coldest is January (average low -8.4°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.13 in) and May the driest (0.44 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing

57.2°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

14,745

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Kotzebue

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

54 of 366 (14.8%) of Kotzebue's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		4
1900s		13
1920s		4
1930s		24
1940s		34
1950s		22
1960s		46
1970s		27
1980s		35
1990s		31
2000s		45
2010s		64
2020s		17

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	4.5°F	-8.4°F	-1.9°F	0.62 in	9.4 in	9
February	8.6°F	-5.8°F	1.4°F	0.85 in	13.1 in	10
March	9.1°F	-6.0°F	1.5°F	0.52 in	6.4 in	7
April	23.8°F	8.8°F	16.3°F	0.56 in	4.7 in	7
May	39.0°F	27.3°F	33.1°F	0.44 in	1.2 in	7
June	53.2°F	41.8°F	47.5°F	0.60 in	—	6
July	60.1°F	50.5°F	55.3°F	1.60 in	—	11
August	56.6°F	47.7°F	52.1°F	2.13 in	—	14
September	47.5°F	38.7°F	43.1°F	1.42 in	0.6 in	12
October	30.8°F	23.0°F	26.9°F	1.07 in	5.9 in	12
November	15.9°F	5.6°F	10.8°F	0.82 in	11.0 in	10
December	8.6°F	-3.8°F	2.4°F	0.73 in	11.9 in	10