United States · 1991–2020 normal
Utqiagvik in
December.
Typical December weather in Utqiagvik: -18°C by day, -24.6°C at night, 6 mm of rain over 1.6 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-18°C
Typical low-24.6°C
Rain6 mm
Wet days1.6
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 24). Daylight is calculated as none from latitude 71.29°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.6°C (10 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in December
At 71.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is none. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in December. Typical nights are -24.6°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in December
The measured night-time normal is -24.6°C, so frost is typical rather than exceptional this month.
The evidence behind this page
One month,
from the same station.
- Place identity
- GeoNames 5880054
- NOAA station
- USW00027502 · BARROW AP
- Station distance
- 1.8 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.