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Barrow, AK

71.287°N, 156.739°W · station BRWthr · 107 years of record
32°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Barrow.
32°WED9/233°THU9/334°FRI9/434°SAT9/535°SUN9/636°MON9/736°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Barrow — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#51 / 104
coldest Sep 2 in 104 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

22°F
set in 1980

Mildest Sep 2 ever

46°F
set in 1954
Forecast low 32°F — 51st coldest Sep 2 of 104 years · record 22°F (1980) · coldest since 2018.
1921: 29°F1922: 24°F1923: 31°F1924: 25°F1925: 29°F1926: 34°F1927: 27°F1928: 34°F1929: 30°F1930: 27°F1931: 26°F1932: 32°F1933: 33°F1934: 32°F1935: 33°F1936: 27°F1938: 31°F1939: 31°F1940: 32°F1941: 26°F1942: 38°F1943: 31°F1944: 26°F1945: 27°F1946: 29°F1947: 33°F1948: 28°F1949: 35°F1950: 29°F1951: 32°F1952: 33°F1953: 33°F1954: 46°F1955: 26°F1956: 29°F1957: 37°F1958: 38°F1959: 31°F1960: 27°F1961: 30°F1962: 34°F1963: 31°F1964: 29°F1965: 25°F1966: 24°F1967: 26°F1968: 33°F1969: 29°F1970: 28°F1971: 26°F1972: 30°F1973: 29°F1974: 33°F1975: 30°F1976: 34°F1977: 40°F1978: 32°F1979: 39°F1980: 22°F1981: 24°F1982: 33°F1983: 25°F1984: 32°F1985: 38°F1986: 33°F1987: 28°F1988: 27°F1989: 35°F1990: 28°F1991: 28°F1992: 29°F1993: 30°F1994: 34°F1995: 27°F1996: 32°F1997: 32°F1998: 41°F1999: 33°F2000: 40°F2001: 31°F2002: 33°F2003: 36°F2004: 33°F2005: 36°F2006: 31°F2007: 35°F2008: 35°F2009: 41°F2010: 34°F2011: 41°F2012: 34°F2013: 31°F2014: 27°F2015: 35°F2016: 35°F2017: 36°F2018: 30°F2019: 42°F2020: 35°F2021: 33°F2022: 36°F2023: 37°F2024: 32°F2025: 35°F32° forecast202530354045501930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 232°F
Coldest this date since2018
This-date record22°F
This-date rank#51 of 104
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-56°F (1924)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1920–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan36°FJan 4, 1974-53°FJan 15, 1951
Feb36°FFeb 4, 1982-56°FFeb 3, 1924
Mar34°FMar 21, 1998-52°FMar 6, 1923
Apr42°FApr 24, 1936-42°FApr 4, 1924
May47°FMay 23, 1996-19°FMay 6, 1984
Jun73°FJun 20, 20194°FJun 6, 1969
Jul79°FJul 13, 199322°FJul 5, 1936
Aug76°FAug 8, 196820°FAug 31, 1922
Sep62°FSep 4, 19571°FSep 28, 1957
Oct44°FOct 10, 2016-32°FOct 27, 1970
Nov39°FNov 11, 1937-40°FNov 25, 1948
Dec40°FDec 5, 2022-55°FDec 10, 1924
All-time79°FJul 13, 1993-56°FFeb 3, 1924

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Barrow so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

2 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

56°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 5, 2023

Coldest high ever

-47°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 3, 1975
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan29°FJan 17, 1922-47°FJan 3, 1975
Feb23°FFeb 4, 1989-45°FFeb 10, 1925
Mar24°FMar 13, 2020-38°FMar 15, 1966
Apr33°FApr 27, 1967-25°FApr 4, 1943
May37°FMay 20, 1931-1°FMay 1, 1938
Jun48°FJun 29, 199318°FJun 3, 1974
Jul53°FJul 19, 202331°FJul 19, 1969
Aug56°FAug 5, 202325°FAug 31, 1980
Sep47°FSep 8, 201910°FSep 29, 1975
Oct37°FOct 1, 1937-17°FOct 31, 1975
Nov32°FNov 10, 1937-34°FNov 20, 1939
Dec28°FDec 2, 2022-46°FDec 31, 1974
All-time56°FAug 5, 2023-47°FJan 3, 1975

Cold Streaks

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

176 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Barrow's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 33°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: -5°FJan: -18°FFeb: -6°FFeb: -18°FMar: -4°FMar: -17°FApr: 10°FApr: -3°FMay: 27°FMay: 18°FJun: 41°FJun: 31°FJul: 48°FJul: 36°FAug: 44°FAug: 35°FSep: 37°FSep: 30°FOct: 26°FOct: 17°FNov: 12°FNov: 0°FDec: 0°FDec: -12°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:34 AM
Sunset8:17 PM
Solar noon12:26 PM
Daylight15h 43m · losing 72 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

71.29°N, 156.74°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Bettles, AK327 mi SEKotzebue, AK336 mi SWFairbanks, AK501 mi SENome, AK518 mi SWMcgrath, AK576 mi SDelta Junction, AK579 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Barrow, AK — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Barrow, AK — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1920

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.
Barrow, AK daily low heat map 1920–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Barrow — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
176 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 94th most in 107 years. Normal for this point: 197. Record: 232 in 1945.

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