United States · 1991–2020 normal
Kotzebue in
January.
Typical January weather in Kotzebue: -15.3°C by day, -22.4°C at night, 16 mm of rain over 4.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-15.3°C
Typical low-22.4°C
Rain16 mm
Wet days4.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 58). Daylight is calculated as 3 h 52 from latitude 66.90°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.6°C (3 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in January
At 66.9° the calculated mid-month daylight is 3 h 52. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in January. Typical nights are -22.4°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in January
The measured night-time normal is -22.4°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.