Alaska · THREADEX · 1920–2026
Barrow, AK
71.287°N, 156.739°W · station BRWthr · 107 years of record
29°F
COLDEST JUL 18 SINCE 1946
forecast low · Jul 18
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Barrow.
This Day in History · Jul 18
Today ranks
#5 / 105
coldest Jul 18 in 105 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 18 ever
25°F
set in 1931
Mildest Jul 18 ever
49°F
set in 2017
Coldest Jul 18 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 18 at Barrow. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 18 | 29°F |
| Coldest this date since | 1946 |
| This-date record | 25°F |
| This-date rank | #5 of 105 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -56°F (1924) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1920–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Barrow in each calendar month, and for the whole 1920–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 36°F1974 | -53°F1951 |
| Feb | 36°F1982 | -56°F1924 |
| Mar | 34°F1998 | -52°F1923 |
| Apr | 42°F1936 | -42°F1924 |
| May | 47°F1996 | -19°F1984 |
| Jun | 73°F2019 | 4°F1969 |
| Jul | 79°F1993 | 22°F1936 |
| Aug | 76°F1968 | 20°F1922 |
| Sep | 62°F1957 | 1°F1957 |
| Oct | 44°F2016 | -32°F1970 |
| Nov | 39°F1937 | -40°F1948 |
| Dec | 40°F2022 | -55°F1924 |
| All-time | 79°F1993 | -56°F1924 |
Records set or tied at Barrow so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
4 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026
1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever
323 days
record run, ended Jun 26 1956
So far in 2026
165 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Barrow's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 36°F · forecast is -7° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | — |
| Sunset | — |
| Solar noon | — |
| Daylight | — · steady |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Barrow's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Barrow's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Barrow, coloured by temperature — 107 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Barrow — counted through Jul 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
165 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — the 101st most in 107 years. Normal for this point: 177. Record: 192 in 1974.
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