Nuiqsut, AK
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NUIQSUT AP, AK US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Nuiqsut has an annual average temperature of 13.4°F with about 5.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 57.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low -23.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.21 in) and March the driest (0.15 in).
Best time to visit Nuiqsut
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →182 of 366 (49.7%) of Nuiqsut'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.
| 1990s | 11 | |
| 2000s | 121 | |
| 2010s | 140 | |
| 2020s | 94 |
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 | -8.5°F | -23.0°F | -15.7°F | 0.32 in | — | — |
| February | -8.6°F | -22.8°F | -15.7°F | 0.20 in | — | — |
| March | -6.9°F | -21.4°F | -14.2°F | 0.15 in | — | — |
| April | 9.9°F | -5.3°F | 2.3°F | 0.40 in | — | — |
| May | 29.2°F | 19.0°F | 24.1°F | 0.38 in | — | — |
| June | 49.9°F | 34.7°F | 42.3°F | 0.57 in | — | — |
| July | 57.9°F | 41.2°F | 49.5°F | 1.14 in | — | — |
| August | 51.1°F | 37.7°F | 44.4°F | 1.21 in | — | — |
| September | 39.8°F | 29.7°F | 34.8°F | 0.58 in | — | — |
| October | 24.0°F | 13.1°F | 18.5°F | 0.16 in | — | — |
| November | 8.2°F | -5.9°F | 1.2°F | 0.26 in | — | — |
| December | -3.5°F | -16.9°F | -10.2°F | 0.31 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Nuiqsut
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).