Alaska · THREADEX · 1944–2026
Bettles, AK
66.918°N, 151.519°W · station BTTthr · 83 years of record
43°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2024
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Bettles.
This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks
#11 / 81
coldest Jul 17 in 81 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever
35°F
set in 2003
Mildest Jul 17 ever
59°F
set in 1954
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Bettles. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 17 | 43°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2024 |
| This-date record | 35°F |
| This-date rank | #11 of 81 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -70°F (1975) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1944–2026 |
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Bettles in each calendar month, and for the whole 1944–2026 record — with the year each was set.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 42°F1961 | -70°F1975 |
| Feb | 40°F1977 | -64°F1999 |
| Mar | 49°F1998 | -56°F1964 |
| Apr | 66°F2010 | -39°F2021 |
| May | 86°F1983 | -10°F1945 |
| Jun | 92°F1969 | 27°F1960 |
| Jul | 93°F1986 | 29°F1959 |
| Aug | 88°F1994 | 15°F2013 |
| Sep | 79°F1957 | 0°F1992 |
| Oct | 59°F2018 | -35°F1992 |
| Nov | 45°F1976 | -57°F1974 |
| Dec | 38°F1960 | -60°F1946 |
| All-time | 93°F1986 | -70°F1975 |
Records set or tied at Bettles so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026
0 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
245 days
record run, ended May 5 2005
So far in 2026
128 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Bettles's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 50°F · forecast is -7° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 12:59 AM |
| Sunset | 11:21 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:10 PM |
| Daylight | 22h 22m · steady |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
Bettles'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 Bettles'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 Bettles, coloured by temperature — 83 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 Bettles — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
128 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 60th most in 83 years. Normal for this point: 131. Record: 147 in 1992.
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