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Barrow, AK


Latitude: 71°18'N, Longitude: 156°47'W, Elevation: 31.0 ft, Distance: 0.38 mi

  Unit Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Average temperature
over 47 years
°F 10 -11 -16 -13 - 19 34 39 37 31 15 - -9
Average high temperature
over 47 years
°F 15 -7 -11 -7 6 24 37 44 43 34 19 3 -5
Average low temperature
over 47 years
°F 3 -18 -23 -20 -7 15 30 34 33 26 10 -5 -16
Highest recorded temperature
over 47 years
°F 78 36 36 33 37 46 71 78 75 62 43 37 32
Lowest recorded temperature
over 47 years
°F -54 -52 -54 -52 -38 -18 3 24 21 1 -32 -38 -50
Average number of rainy days
over 73 years
days 78 4 4 4 4 4 5 9 11 11 11 6 5
Average precipitation
over 47 years
in 4.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2
Average dew point
over 30 years
°F 6 -20 -23 -20 -5 17 31 36 35 28 12 -7 -18
Most recorded rainfall
over 47 years
in 9.8 1.0 0.8 1.5 1.4 0.5 1.1 3.2 2.8 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.8
Least recorded rainfall
over 47 years
in 1.8 - - - - - - 0.1 0.1 - 0.1 - -
Average number of days with thunderstorms
over 47 years
days 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Average number of days with fog
over 47 years
days 210 14 14 13 14 20 22 23 24 20 17 15 14
Average morning relative humidity
over 31 years
% 81 68 67 66 74 87 91 92 94 92 85 77 70
Average evening relative humidity
over 31 years
% 78 68 67 67 73 83 86 85 87 87 84 77 70
Average wind speed
over 30 years
mph 13.0 13.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 16.0 14.0 13.0
Average number of days below 32°F
over 47 years
days 321 31 28 31 30 31 24 14 15 25 31 30 31
Average number of days below 0°F
over 47 years
days 170 29 27 30 23 3 - - - - 7 22 29
Average snowfall
over 73 years
in 28.0 2.2 2.1 1.8 2.1 1.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 3.6 6.7 3.4 2.5
Average number of days above 65°F
over 47 years
days 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - -
Average number of clear days
over 50 years
days 65 5 12 14 11 3 4 4 1 1 2 5 3
Average snow cover
over 50 years
in 6.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 6.0 1.0 - - 1.0 4.0 7.0 8.0
Heating degree days
over 30 years
days 20226 2430 2318 2483 2016 1417 930 797 840 1035 1597 2001 2362
Cooling degree days
over 30 years
days - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Average number of cloudy days
over 50 years
days 187 3 11 10 12 23 20 20 26 26 25 11 -
Average number of partly cloudy days
over 50 years
days 52 2 5 7 7 5 6 7 4 3 4 3 -
Average number of days above 50°F
over 47 years
days 19 - - - - - 2 9 6 1 - - -