KOTZEBUE, ALASKA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 66 Deg. 52 Min. N LONGITUDE: 162 Deg. 38 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 10 BARO 20 TIME ZONE: ALASKA WBNA: 26616

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






53

53



5.6
-7.5
-1.0

39
1961
-49
1989


2.3
-12.0
-4.8

40
1989
-52
1968


8.7
-8.0
0.4

39
1973
-48
1956


20.3
2.3
11.3

48
1988
-44
1943


37.9
24.5
31.2

74
1947
-18
1945


49.7
37.8
43.8

85
1991
20
1948


59.1
48.5
53.8

85
1958
30
1976


57.0
47.3
52.1

80
1968
29
1994


46.9
37.0
42.0

69
197
13
1992


27.6
18.2
22.9

51
1984
-19
1975


13.1
2.4
7.8

38
1994
-36
1948


5.5
-7.4
-0.9

37
1982
-47
1974


27.8
15.3
21.6

85
JUN 1991
-52
FEB 1968
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




2046
0

1954
0

2003
0

1611
0

1048
0

636
0

353
6

407
7

690
0

1305
0

1716
0

2043
0

15812
13
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
70 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

51


51
51
51

52

52
45

52


52
52

52
52

5.8


11.2
4.1
15.7

7.9

2.1
0.0

1.1


0.0
30.3

31.0
21.2

5.2


12.3
3.4
12.6

7.0

1.6
0.0

1.1


0.0
27.5

28.3
20.9

5.4


12.0
5.5
13.5

7.6

2.1
0.0

0.7


0.0
30.4

31.0
22.4

5.8


10.1
6.6
13.3

7.0

1.6
0.0

1.6


0.0
24.1

29.7
13.7

6.2


7.8
9.0
14.3

5.7

0.5
0.0

3.6


0.1
7.8

25.4
1.3

6.6


5.6
10.4
13.9

6.4

0.*
0.2

4.7


0.8
0.*

6.6
0.0

7.3


4.3
7.9
18.7

10.6

0.0
0.2

2.1


2.8
0.0

0.*
0.0

7.8


3.5
6.4
21.1

14.2

0.0
0.2

0.9


1.2
0.0

0.1
0.0

7.3


5.8
5.1
19.1

12.4

0.3
0.*

0.8


0.0
0.6

7.6
0.0

6.9


7.6
4.6
18.8

10.7

2.3
0.0

0.6


0.0
20.2

28.3
1.9

6.4


8.8
4.1
17.1

9.7

3.1
0.0

0.5


0.0
28.5

30.0
13.3

5.9


10.8
4.3
15.9

9.3

2.6
0.0

0.8


0.0
30.4

31.0
21.6

6.4


99.9
71.2
194.0

108.4

16.3
0.6

18.7


4.8
199.9

248.9
116.2
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
22
1011.5
1015.0
1013.1
1012.9
1011.3
l0ll.2
1011.7
1010.3
1008.6
1007.7
1008.7
1008.9
1010.9
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

32
32
32
32

7
72
72
72

71
72
71
71

72
72
71
73

79
7
75
79

86
82
78
83

88
84
79
81

87
82
76
80

88
85
77
82

85
83
73
81

82
82
77
81

77
77
76
77

74
75
75
75

80
79
75
78
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



53

53

53


52

52



0.43
1.77
1973
T
1966
0.81

1963
23.9
1973
10.0
1973


0.32
1.23
1989
0.00
1979
0.68

1951
14.0
1956
6.8
1951


0.35
1.23
1954
T
1986
0.47

1954
21.9
1954
8.6
1954


0.37
1.41
1.989
T
1943
0.46

1995
18.1
1967
4.6
1972


0.33
1.05
1989
T
1979
0.56

1963
12.0
1964
4.7
1984


0.52
1.43
1979
0.01
1956
0.80

1953
2.4
1963
2.1
1963


1.46
3.51
1.81
0.01
1977
1.78

1946
0.1
1959
0.1
1959


1.78
5.18
1951
0.08
1991
1.48

1954
0.3
1962
0.3
1962


1.58
4.31
1977
0.03
1967
1.65

1978
7.4
1957
5.0
1960


0.73
3.20
1993
0.04
1954
0.98

1993
18.0
1971
7.4
1973


0.59
2.22
1990
0.09
1968
0.53

1982
24.3
1993
6.4
1982


0.52
1.40
1987
0.02
1956
0.40

1995
23.6
1988
11.0
1995


8.98
5.18
AUG 1951
0.00
FEB 1979
1.78

JUL 1946
24.3
NOV 1993
11.0
DEC 1995
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

49



42



16
16


14.4

E

09
64
1950

E
72
1982

12.9

E

11
93
1951

E
63
1990

12.1

E

11
55
1954

E
66
1985

12.2

ESE

11
62
1950

NW
47
1992

11.0

W

10
40
1985

NE
49
1993

12.2

W

29
42
1950

SE
46
1982

12.7

W

16
51
1951

SE
45
1984

13.2

W

30
49
1969

S
53
1993

13.3

E

29
52
1962

NE
54
1993

13.7

ENE

09
47
1958

SE
60
1992

14.5

E

16
88
1950

SE
63
1993

13.2

NE

09
66
1950

E
68
1992

13.0

E

11
93
FEB 1951

E
72
JAN 1982
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.