All-time weather records — Utqiaġvik, AK

Record high
79.0°F
July 13, 1993
Record low
-56.0°F
February 3, 1924
Wettest day
2.10 in
February 9, 1923

Climate change signal in Utqiaġvik

21.6%

of Utqiaġvik's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (79 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 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 #
1900s
13
6
1910s
18
15
1920s
32
97
1930s
27
45
1940s
21
44
1950s
27
39
1960s
24
27
1970s
17
30
1980s
27
32
1990s
33
22
2000s
35
8
2010s
59
·
2020s
33
1

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 1902, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1901-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 36.0°F — Jan 1, 2017 -53.0°F — Jan 3, 1975 0.62 in — Jan 8, 2001
February 36.0°F — Feb 4, 1982 -56.0°F — Feb 3, 1924 2.10 in — Feb 9, 1923
March 34.0°F — Mar 21, 1998 -52.1°F — Mar 2, 1971 0.70 in — Mar 25, 1963
April 42.1°F — Apr 24, 1936 -42.0°F — Apr 4, 1924 0.42 in — Apr 4, 1963
May 46.9°F — May 21, 2015 -18.9°F — May 6, 1984 0.45 in — May 25, 2017
June 73.0°F — Jun 20, 2019 3.9°F — Jun 6, 1969 0.82 in — Jun 26, 1955
July 79.0°F — Jul 13, 1993 21.9°F — Jul 5, 1936 1.42 in — Jul 26, 2022
August 75.9°F — Aug 5, 2023 19.9°F — Aug 16, 1925 0.83 in — Aug 10, 1960
September 62.1°F — Sep 4, 1957 1.0°F — Sep 28, 1957 0.68 in — Sep 16, 2021
October 44.1°F — Oct 10, 2016 -32.1°F — Oct 27, 1970 0.84 in — Oct 4, 1940
November 39.0°F — Nov 11, 1937 -40.0°F — Nov 25, 1948 0.41 in — Nov 10, 1937
December 39.9°F — Dec 5, 2022 -54.9°F — Dec 10, 1924 0.40 in — Dec 3, 2020

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