Utqiagvik (Barrow) climate

Name: Utqiagvik (Barrow)
Address: Arctic Alaska (North Slope), USA (Alaska)

USA (Alaska) · Arctic Alaska (North Slope) · 71.291° N, 156.789° W

Köppen ETtundra (Arctic coast)Polar & alpine

Northernmost US town: months of polar night, sea-ice fog, summers that rarely escape single-digit highs.

Cold enough that no month is truly warm — tundra, ice cap, or high mountain.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 48°F / 9°C

Coldest month

February, -21°F / -29°C

Annual swing

69°F / 38°C

Wettest month

July

Driest month

January

Rain per year

6.2" / 158 mm

Snow per year

38.2" / 971 mm

Elevation

23 ft / 7 m

Time zone

America/Anchorage

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	-8 / -22	-16 / -27	0.01 / 0	1.8 / 46	77%	13.5 / 21.7	75%
February	-10 / -23	-21 / -29	0.00 / 0	2.3 / 59	77%	12.0 / 19.3	76%
March	4 / -16	-8 / -22	0.00 / 0	3.2 / 81	80%	13.8 / 22.2	70%
April	11 / -11	1 / -17	0.00 / 0	2.5 / 62	82%	12.1 / 19.5	77%
May	29 / -2	22 / -5	0.15 / 4	1.5 / 37	89%	12.5 / 20.1	87%
June	44 / 6	33 / 1	0.83 / 21	0.8 / 20	86%	11.4 / 18.3	84%
July	48 / 9	39 / 4	2.33 / 59	0.4 / 10	90%	10.8 / 17.4	90%
August	44 / 7	38 / 3	1.70 / 43	1.1 / 28	87%	11.8 / 19.0	93%
September	40 / 4	34 / 1	0.99 / 25	2.8 / 72	88%	11.5 / 18.5	90%
October	29 / -1	22 / -5	0.17 / 4	9.1 / 231	83%	12.8 / 20.6	85%
November	18 / -8	9 / -13	0.03 / 1	8.5 / 215	81%	14.4 / 23.2	90%
December	2 / -17	-7 / -22	0.01 / 0	4.3 / 109	79%	13.3 / 21.4	85%

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