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Kotzebue, AK

2026
NEAR NORMAL PRECIPITATION
6.23in
year to date · normal 5.79"
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Accumulation

TODAY
0.0in
no rain yet of 93 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
2.22in
24th wettest of 94 yrs
159% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
3.32in
36th driest of 93 yrs
91% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
6.23in
32nd wettest of 91 yrs
108% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

1.73in
on Jul 28, 1946 · in 125 years

Dry Streak

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current run under 0.01" · longest ever 80 days (to Jun 9, 1939)

Wet Streak

2days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 17 days

Year to Date vs Normal

108%
6.23" of a normal 5.79" · wettest 12.47" (2009) · driest 0.19" (1934)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 84-year record (1942–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 10.21" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1202317.48in
2200916.57in
3202116.52in
4201115.01in
5199014.76in

Driest Years on Record

119695.07in
219665.47in
319706.0in
419766.59in
519646.63in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Aug (~1.84") and driest in Mar (~0.26"). Wettest calendar month ever: Jul 2021, 5.43".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Kotzebue — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

0.74in
set in 1946

Rain on Aug 24

46%
of 93 years had measurable rain
1929: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1933: 0.01″1936: 0.00″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.11″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.28″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.00″1945: 0.15″1946: 0.74″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.14″1950: 0.04″1951: 0.00″1952: 0.00″1953: 0.01″1954: 0.14″1955: 0.20″1956: 0.00″1957: 0.00″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.01″1960: 0.02″1961: 0.00″1962: 0.03″1963: 0.05″1964: 0.01″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.06″1967: 0.00″1968: 0.01″1969: 0.00″1970: 0.04″1971: 0.01″1972: 0.15″1973: 0.03″1974: 0.01″1975: 0.05″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.09″1980: 0.08″1981: 0.29″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.00″1984: 0.10″1985: 0.00″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.02″1988: 0.02″1989: 0.03″1990: 0.00″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.05″1995: 0.00″1996: 0.15″1997: 0.32″1998: 0.33″1999: 0.00″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.00″2002: 0.00″2003: 0.00″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.35″2006: 0.02″2007: 0.00″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.69″2010: 0.00″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.17″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.00″2015: 0.44″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.13″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.12″2021: 0.01″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.09″2024: 0.00″2025: 0.00″0″1″194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Kotzebue's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Kotzebue, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Kotzebue's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Kotzebue, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Drought History

Every week of the U.S. Drought Monitor for Kotzebue's county since 2000, coloured by intensity — dry spells and multi-year droughts read as warm bands.
Kotzebue, AK — county drought history since 2000
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Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise3:54 AM
Sunset7:49 PM
Solar noon11:52 AM
Daylight15h 56m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

66.89°N, 162.61°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Nome, AK182 mi SWBettles, AK300 mi EBarrow, AK336 mi NEMcgrath, AK339 mi SEBethel, AK422 mi SFairbanks, AK439 mi E

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