United States · 1991–2020 normal
Utqiagvik in
February.
Typical February weather in Utqiagvik: -20.9°C by day, -27.9°C at night, 5 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days. These are measured 1991–2020 station normals, not a forecast.
Typical high-20.9°C
Typical low-27.9°C
Rain5 mm
Wet days1.7
Comfort score 5 this month (July leads the year at 24). Daylight is calculated as 6 h 33 from latitude 71.29°. Open-water sea temperature is -1.7°C (10 km from the place centre).
Event window
Long northern nights in February
At 71.3° the calculated mid-month daylight is 6 h 33. That darkness, not an aurora observation, is why this latitude is sought for northern or southern lights in February. Typical nights are -27.9°C.
Event window
Frost-level nights in February
The measured night-time normal is -27.9°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.