All-time weather records — North Pole, AK

Record high
91.9°F
June 26, 2013
Record low
-69.0°F
January 4, 2026
Wettest day
1.93 in
July 1, 2014

Climate change signal in North Pole

55.5%

of North Pole's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (203 of 366 records since 2015).

34.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (127 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
·
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2000s
54
83
2010s
216
177
2020s
96
106

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 2005, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1996-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 50.0°F — Jan 16, 2009 -69.0°F — Jan 4, 2026 0.70 in — Jan 30, 2009
February 50.0°F — Feb 11, 2006 -65.9°F — Feb 3, 2024 0.68 in — Feb 21, 2011
March 55.9°F — Mar 23, 2019 -58.0°F — Mar 1, 2026 0.70 in — Mar 5, 2009
April 72.0°F — Apr 30, 2009 -31.0°F — Apr 10, 2021 0.81 in — Apr 4, 2021
May 87.1°F — May 23, 2015 10.0°F — May 3, 2012 0.77 in — May 25, 2012
June 91.9°F — Jun 26, 2013 24.1°F — Jun 5, 2006 1.32 in — Jun 11, 2017
July 91.9°F — Jul 6, 2015 32.0°F — Jul 9, 2012 1.93 in — Jul 1, 2014
August 91.0°F — Aug 15, 2010 26.1°F — Aug 20, 2009 1.00 in — Aug 16, 2002
September 73.0°F — Sep 14, 2006 1.9°F — Sep 28, 2010 1.20 in — Sep 18, 2002
October 66.9°F — Oct 2, 2018 -23.1°F — Oct 28, 2008 0.78 in — Oct 21, 2024
November 44.1°F — Nov 1, 2021 -47.0°F — Nov 16, 2011 0.61 in — Nov 13, 2013
December 46.0°F — Dec 3, 2011 -65.9°F — Dec 29, 2025 1.50 in — Dec 27, 2021

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