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Bettles, AK

66.918°N, 151.519°W · station BTTthr · 83 years of record
25°F
forecast low · Sep 3

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Bettles.
30°WED9/225°THU9/332°FRI9/437°SAT9/538°SUN9/637°MON9/738°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#7 / 82
coldest Sep 3 in 82 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 3 ever

22°F
set in 1944

Mildest Sep 3 ever

52°F
set in 1949
Forecast low 25°F — 7th coldest Sep 3 of 82 years · record 22°F (1944) · coldest since 1983.
1944: 22°F1945: 41°F1946: 30°F1947: 32°F1948: 22°F1949: 52°F1950: 44°F1951: 45°F1952: 35°F1953: 23°F1954: 42°F1955: 27°F1956: 36°F1957: 47°F1958: 42°F1959: 43°F1960: 38°F1961: 23°F1962: 35°F1963: 42°F1964: 42°F1965: 37°F1966: 36°F1967: 27°F1968: 26°F1969: 44°F1970: 23°F1971: 35°F1972: 48°F1973: 36°F1974: 42°F1975: 42°F1976: 42°F1977: 36°F1978: 49°F1979: 35°F1980: 26°F1981: 30°F1982: 33°F1983: 24°F1984: 30°F1985: 38°F1986: 37°F1987: 44°F1988: 31°F1989: 38°F1990: 32°F1991: 33°F1992: 42°F1993: 38°F1994: 46°F1995: 32°F1996: 34°F1997: 44°F1998: 35°F1999: 47°F2000: 36°F2001: 41°F2002: 40°F2003: 36°F2004: 33°F2005: 32°F2006: 31°F2007: 45°F2008: 36°F2009: 39°F2010: 32°F2011: 46°F2012: 42°F2013: 42°F2014: 26°F2015: 34°F2016: 33°F2017: 39°F2018: 41°F2019: 35°F2020: 43°F2021: 49°F2022: 45°F2023: 36°F2024: 30°F2025: 47°F25° forecast202530354045505519501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 325°F
Coldest this date since1983
This-date record22°F
This-date rank#7 of 82
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-70°F (1975)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1944–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan42°FJan 21, 1961-70°FJan 4, 1975
Feb40°FFeb 21, 1977-64°FFeb 9, 1999
Mar49°FMar 22, 1998-56°FMar 14, 1964
Apr66°FApr 29, 2010-39°FApr 9, 2021
May86°FMay 31, 1983-10°FMay 4, 1945
Jun92°FJun 16, 196927°FJun 1, 1960
Jul93°FJul 6, 198629°FJul 14, 1959
Aug88°FAug 6, 199415°FAug 31, 2013
Sep79°FSep 5, 19570°FSep 23, 1992
Oct59°FOct 1, 2018-35°FOct 31, 1992
Nov45°FNov 13, 1976-57°FNov 25, 1974
Dec38°FDec 9, 1960-60°FDec 15, 1946
All-time93°FJul 6, 1986-70°FJan 4, 1975

2026 Records So Far

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

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

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

67°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jun 22, 1987

Coldest high ever

-65°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 4, 1975
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan32°FJan 21, 1961-65°FJan 4, 1975
Feb32°FFeb 29, 1996-48°FFeb 3, 1993
Mar31°FMar 21, 1982-41°FMar 13, 1964
Apr42°FApr 29, 2010-6°FApr 6, 1986
May60°FMay 30, 198315°FMay 3, 1965
Jun67°FJun 22, 198737°FJun 2, 2023
Jul66°FJul 13, 197547°FJul 25, 1957
Aug61°FAug 8, 197739°FAug 29, 1948
Sep54°FSep 20, 199524°FSep 30, 1957
Oct49°FOct 2, 2003-18°FOct 31, 1992
Nov32°FNov 2, 1951-51°FNov 26, 1974
Dec28°FDec 14, 2017-55°FDec 27, 2019
All-time67°FJun 22, 1987-65°FJan 4, 1975

Cold Streaks

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

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Bettles's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 37°F · forecast is -12° vs normal.
Jan: -2°FJan: -19°FFeb: 6°FFeb: -13°FMar: 17°FMar: -9°FApr: 36°FApr: 13°FMay: 56°FMay: 34°FJun: 70°FJun: 47°FJul: 70°FJul: 49°FAug: 63°FAug: 43°FSep: 50°FSep: 33°FOct: 28°FOct: 14°FNov: 8°FNov: -7°FDec: 2°FDec: -14°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:37 AM
Sunset7:33 PM
Solar noon12:05 PM
Daylight14h 55m · losing 53 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

66.92°N, 151.52°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Fairbanks, AK178 mi SEDelta Junction, AK261 mi SEMcgrath, AK298 mi SWKotzebue, AK300 mi WTalkeetna, AK320 mi SBarrow, AK327 mi NW

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Bettles, AK — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Bettles, AK — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1944

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.
Bettles, AK daily low heat map 1944–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Bettles — counted through Sep 3 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
129 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 67th most in 83 years. Normal for this point: 134. Record: 150 in 2013.

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