What is the hottest month in Utqiaġvik?

July is the warmest month in Utqiaġvik, with an average high of 47.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Utqiaġvik?

February is the coldest month in Utqiaġvik, with an average low of -18.3°F.

What month does Utqiaġvik get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Utqiaġvik, with about 1.09 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Utqiaġvik in?

Utqiaġvik is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 3b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Utqiaġvik changed recently?

21.6% of Utqiaġvik'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.

Utqiaġvik, AK

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BARROW POST ROGERS AP, AK US.

ET Tundra climate 3b USDA hardiness Zone 3b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Utqiaġvik has an annual average temperature of 13.7°F with about 5.4 inches of precipitation per year and 45.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 47.7°F), and the coldest is February (average low -18.3°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.09 in) and January the driest (0.14 in). Snow typically falls from January through December.

Annual swing

53.6°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

18,462

HDD/yr

Cooling need

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

79 of 366 (21.6%) of Utqiaġvik'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.

1900s		13
1910s		18
1920s		32
1930s		27
1940s		21
1950s		27
1960s		24
1970s		17
1980s		27
1990s		33
2000s		35
2010s		59
2020s		33

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	-5.2°F	-17.8°F	-11.5°F	0.14 in	3.5 in	5
February	-5.5°F	-18.3°F	-11.9°F	0.21 in	3.5 in	6
March	-3.8°F	-17.2°F	-10.5°F	0.18 in	2.9 in	5
April	10.6°F	-2.5°F	4.0°F	0.18 in	3.6 in	5
May	26.9°F	18.5°F	22.7°F	0.28 in	3.4 in	6
June	40.9°F	31.1°F	36.0°F	0.43 in	0.7 in	6
July	47.7°F	35.6°F	41.7°F	0.98 in	0.2 in	10
August	44.5°F	35.1°F	39.8°F	1.09 in	0.8 in	12
September	37.1°F	30.3°F	33.7°F	0.77 in	4.1 in	14
October	25.6°F	16.8°F	21.2°F	0.54 in	10.3 in	14
November	11.5°F	-0.1°F	5.7°F	0.37 in	7.8 in	10
December	-0.4°F	-12.2°F	-6.3°F	0.22 in	5.0 in	7