United States · 1991–2020 normal
Kotzebue in
February.
Typical February weather in Kotzebue: -13°C by day, -21°C at night, 22 mm of rain over 5.4 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-13°C
Typical low-21°C
Rain22 mm
Wet days5.4
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 58). Daylight is calculated as 7 h 50 from latitude 66.90°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.6°C (3 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 66.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 7 h 50. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -21°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -21°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5866726
- NOAA station
- USW00026616 · KOTZEBUE AP
- Station distance
- 1.5 km from the place centre
- Coverage
- Strong coverage · 30 usable years
- Important limit
- Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.