All-time weather records — Kivalina, AK

Record high
124.0°F
June 2, 2018
Record low
-53.9°F
February 1, 2012
Wettest day
2.16 in
August 15, 2012

Climate change signal in Kivalina

43.2%

of Kivalina's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (158 of 366 records since 2015).

15.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (58 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 #
1990s
5
39
2000s
135
187
2010s
157
102
2020s
69
38

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 1998, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 46.9°F — Jan 11, 2015 -49.9°F — Jan 31, 2012 0.42 in — Jan 17, 2009
February 122.0°F — Feb 8, 2018 -53.9°F — Feb 1, 2012 0.72 in — Feb 19, 2006
March 48.0°F — Mar 24, 2020 -40.9°F — Mar 14, 2010 0.98 in — Mar 8, 2021
April 62.1°F — Apr 12, 2020 -32.8°F — Apr 10, 2023 1.03 in — Apr 4, 2021
May 68.0°F — May 31, 2004 -9.0°F — May 2, 2001 0.58 in — May 6, 2004
June 124.0°F — Jun 2, 2018 21.0°F — Jun 4, 1999 1.06 in — Jun 28, 2021
July 93.9°F — Jul 21, 2005 31.1°F — Jul 8, 2024 1.30 in — Jul 29, 2012
August 89.1°F — Aug 3, 2021 28.2°F — Aug 31, 2013 2.16 in — Aug 15, 2012
September 73.0°F — Sep 9, 2023 12.0°F — Sep 30, 2004 0.84 in — Sep 15, 2006
October 57.9°F — Oct 1, 2018 -8.0°F — Oct 29, 2001 0.88 in — Oct 1, 2004
November 39.9°F — Nov 3, 2003 -29.9°F — Nov 30, 2003 0.40 in — Nov 20, 2003
December 39.0°F — Dec 9, 2019 -41.1°F — Dec 21, 2004 0.40 in — Dec 14, 2008

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