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Barrow, AK

71.287°N, 156.739°W · station BRWthr · 107 years of record
29°F
forecast high · Oct 18

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Barrow.
27°SAT10/1729°SUN10/1828°MON10/1927°TUE10/2023°WED10/2122°THU10/2223°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high 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 hottest on record.

Ranks

#18 / 106
warmest Oct 18 in 106 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 18 ever

38°F
set in 1984

Coolest Oct 18 ever

-3°F
set in 1974
Forecast high 29°F — 18th warmest Oct 18 of 106 years · record 38°F (1984) · warmest since 2025.
1920: 16°F1921: 29°F1922: 16°F1923: 25°F1924: 10°F1925: 23°F1926: 24°F1927: 14°F1928: 23°F1929: 28°F1930: 34°F1931: 21°F1932: 28°F1933: 17°F1934: 22°F1935: 24°F1936: 15°F1937: 20°F1938: 30°F1939: 22°F1940: 24°F1941: 11°F1942: 13°F1943: 28°F1944: 25°F1945: 30°F1946: 21°F1947: 16°F1948: 16°F1949: 30°F1950: 30°F1951: 35°F1952: 25°F1953: 13°F1954: 18°F1955: -2°F1956: 5°F1957: 13°F1958: 19°F1959: 29°F1960: 23°F1961: 28°F1962: 11°F1963: 14°F1964: 9°F1965: 15°F1966: 20°F1967: 13°F1968: 15°F1969: 21°F1970: 2°F1971: 25°F1972: 34°F1973: 30°F1974: -3°F1975: 13°F1976: 30°F1977: 19°F1978: 7°F1979: 21°F1980: 21°F1981: 13°F1982: 35°F1983: -1°F1984: 38°F1985: 4°F1986: 28°F1987: 29°F1988: -1°F1989: 16°F1990: 26°F1991: 17°F1992: 17°F1993: 29°F1994: 11°F1995: 22°F1996: 4°F1997: 18°F1998: 25°F1999: 20°F2000: 26°F2001: 12°F2002: 21°F2003: 20°F2004: 32°F2005: 27°F2006: 27°F2007: 26°F2008: 29°F2009: 26°F2010: 26°F2011: 31°F2012: 32°F2013: 35°F2014: 20°F2015: 27°F2016: 28°F2017: 21°F2018: 28°F2019: 33°F2020: 21°F2021: 22°F2022: 28°F2023: 28°F2024: 27°F2025: 30°F29° forecast-5051015202530354019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 1829°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record38°F
This-date rank#18 of 106
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record79°F (1993)
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 Oct 15.

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

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

0 days
record run, ended —

So far in 2026

0 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Barrow's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 24°F · forecast is +5° 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

Sunrise7:51 AM
Sunset4:31 PM
Solar noon12:11 PM
Daylight8h 40m · losing 67 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 high 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 high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Barrow's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Barrow, AK — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1920

Each cell is one day's high at Barrow, coloured by temperature — 107 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Barrow, AK daily high heat map 1920–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Barrow — counted through Oct 18 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
No days ≥90°F yet in 2026. Normal for this point: 0. Record: 0 in 1920.

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