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Utqiaġvik city, Alaska

Official LSAD Designation: Utqiaġvik city • Census GEOID: 0281920 • North Slope Borough

Climate Normals & Weather Observations

30-year climate normals (1991–2020) and weather observations for Utqiaġvik city.

Reference Weather Station: BARROW POST ROGERS AP, AK US (ID: USW00027502) • Located 1.4 miles from community center • Elevation: 9.4 m
Month Average High (°F) Average Low (°F) Mean Temp (°F) Precipitation (in)
January -5.2° -17.8° -11.5° 0.14"
February -5.5° -18.3° -11.9° 0.21"
March -3.8° -17.2° -10.5° 0.18"
April 10.6° -2.5° 4.0° 0.18"
May 26.9° 18.5° 22.7° 0.28"
June 40.9° 31.1° 36.0° 0.43"
July 47.7° 35.6° 41.7° 0.98"
August 44.5° 35.1° 39.8° 1.09"
September 37.1° 30.3° 33.7° 0.77"
October 25.6° 16.8° 21.2° 0.54"
November 11.5° -0.1° 5.7° 0.37"
December -0.4° -12.2° -6.3° 0.22"

Annual Temperature History

2010–2025, completed calendar years only.

NOAA station BARROW POST ROGERS AP, AK US (ID: USW00027502) • 1.4 miles from community center .

This is the same reference station used for monthly normals.

Annual mean Annual mean of daily highs Annual mean of daily lows
Annual temperature history at BARROW POST ROGERS AP, AK US Year is the horizontal axis. Annual mean temperature in degrees Fahrenheit is the vertical axis. Dots show recorded years; lines connect consecutive available years only. Missing years are gaps, with no interpolation. Optional dashed lines show annual mean of daily highs and lows. Exact values appear in the data table below. 5.0 11.0 17.0 23.0 29.0 2010 2014 2018 2021 2025 Year Annual mean temperature (°F) 2010: Annual mean 14.3°F 2011: Annual mean 14.0°F 2012: Annual mean 13.1°F 2013: Annual mean 14.5°F 2014: Annual mean 15.0°F 2015: Annual mean 14.2°F 2016: Annual mean 19.0°F 2017: Annual mean 18.5°F 2018: Annual mean 17.0°F 2019: Annual mean 20.9°F 2020: Annual mean 14.7°F 2021: Annual mean 14.0°F 2022: Annual mean 15.9°F 2023: Annual mean 17.7°F 2024: Annual mean 17.2°F 2010: Annual mean of daily highs 19.6°F 2011: Annual mean of daily highs 19.9°F 2012: Annual mean of daily highs 18.4°F 2013: Annual mean of daily highs 19.7°F 2014: Annual mean of daily highs 20.0°F 2015: Annual mean of daily highs 19.3°F 2016: Annual mean of daily highs 24.0°F 2017: Annual mean of daily highs 24.0°F 2018: Annual mean of daily highs 22.5°F 2019: Annual mean of daily highs 26.4°F 2020: Annual mean of daily highs 20.1°F 2021: Annual mean of daily highs 19.3°F 2022: Annual mean of daily highs 21.5°F 2023: Annual mean of daily highs 23.1°F 2024: Annual mean of daily highs 22.3°F 2010: Annual mean of daily lows 9.1°F 2011: Annual mean of daily lows 8.2°F 2012: Annual mean of daily lows 7.7°F 2013: Annual mean of daily lows 9.3°F 2014: Annual mean of daily lows 10.0°F 2015: Annual mean of daily lows 9.2°F 2016: Annual mean of daily lows 13.9°F 2017: Annual mean of daily lows 13.0°F 2018: Annual mean of daily lows 11.6°F 2019: Annual mean of daily lows 15.5°F 2020: Annual mean of daily lows 9.3°F 2021: Annual mean of daily lows 8.7°F 2022: Annual mean of daily lows 10.3°F 2023: Annual mean of daily lows 12.3°F 2024: Annual mean of daily lows 12.1°F

Source: NOAA NCEI Global Summary of the Year.

Annual temperature data table (°F)
Annual station temperatures, 2010–2025. Unavailable means no reported value.
Year Annual mean (°F) Annual mean of daily highs (°F) Annual mean of daily lows (°F)
2010 14.3 19.6 9.1
2011 14.0 19.9 8.2
2012 13.1 18.4 7.7
2013 14.5 19.7 9.3
2014 15.0 20.0 10.0
2015 14.2 19.3 9.2
2016 19.0 24.0 13.9
2017 18.5 24.0 13.0
2018 17.0 22.5 11.6
2019 20.9 26.4 15.5
2020 14.7 20.1 9.3
2021 14.0 19.3 8.7
2022 15.9 21.5 10.3
2023 17.7 23.1 12.3
2024 17.2 22.3 12.1
2025 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, National Weather Service.