All-time weather records — Bettles, AK

Record high
93.0°F
July 6, 1986
Record low
-70.1°F
January 4, 1975
Wettest day
2.96 in
August 17, 1994

Climate change signal in Bettles

15.8%

of Bettles's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (58 of 366 records since 2015).

3.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (13 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1950s
28
60
1960s
51
74
1970s
43
75
1980s
35
35
1990s
72
48
2000s
57
44
2010s
56
23
2020s
24
7

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1951, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1945-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 42.1°F — Jan 21, 1961 -70.1°F — Jan 4, 1975 0.98 in — Jan 21, 1962
February 39.9°F — Feb 21, 1977 -63.9°F — Feb 9, 1999 0.99 in — Feb 28, 1996
March 48.9°F — Mar 22, 1998 -56.0°F — Mar 14, 1964 0.87 in — Mar 5, 1963
April 66.0°F — Apr 29, 2010 -38.7°F — Apr 9, 2021 0.98 in — Apr 6, 1982
May 86.0°F — May 31, 1983 -9.9°F — May 3, 1952 1.02 in — May 26, 1995
June 91.9°F — Jun 13, 1999 27.0°F — Jun 1, 1960 1.93 in — Jun 17, 1958
July 93.0°F — Jul 6, 1986 28.9°F — Jul 14, 1959 1.63 in — Jul 15, 2007
August 88.0°F — Aug 6, 1994 15.3°F — Aug 31, 2013 2.96 in — Aug 17, 1994
September 79.0°F — Sep 5, 1957 0.0°F — Sep 23, 1992 1.31 in — Sep 29, 1954
October 59.0°F — Oct 1, 2018 -35.0°F — Oct 31, 1992 1.14 in — Oct 6, 1963
November 45.0°F — Nov 13, 1976 -56.9°F — Nov 25, 1974 1.36 in — Nov 27, 2019
December 37.9°F — Dec 9, 1960 -60.0°F — Dec 27, 2019 1.11 in — Dec 4, 2011

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bettles.