Barrow Weather in 1961

Historical record of Barrow, Alaska weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Barrow Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	69 °F	July 10
Lowest temperature	-48 °F	March 3
Highest daily low	43 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	-35 °F	February 13
Most daily precipitation	0.7 inches	July 31
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	October 15
Total annual precipitation	5.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Barrow in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Barrow, Alaska in 1961 was 69 °F which happened on July 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Barrow in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	69 °F	Jul 10
2	63 °F	Jun 17
3	62 °F	Jul 30
3	62 °F	Jul 11
5	57 °F	Jul 29
5	57 °F	Jul 24
7	56 °F	Sep 6
8	55 °F	Jul 5
9	54 °F	Jul 25
10	53 °F	Jul 31

What was the coldest temperature in Barrow in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Barrow, Alaska in 1961 was -48 °F which happened on Mar 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Barrow in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-48 °F	March 3
2	-46 °F	March 4
3	-43 °F	March 18
3	-43 °F	February 4
5	-41 °F	February 26
5	-41 °F	February 25
7	-40 °F	December 24
7	-40 °F	February 14
7	-40 °F	February 13
7	-40 °F	February 12

January 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	-17	-19	0.00	0.0
January 2	-17	-22	0.00	0.0
January 3	-17	-26	0.00	0.0
January 4	-21	-24	0.00	0.0
January 5	-22	-29	0.00	0.0
January 6	-27	-30	0.00	0.0
January 7	-27	-30	0.00	0.0
January 8	-23	-29	0.00	0.0
January 9	-19	-23	0.00	0.0
January 10	-22	-27	0.00	0.0
January 11	-19	-27	0.00	0.0
January 12	-16	-20	0.00	0.0
January 13	-11	-18	0.02	0.2
January 14	-10	-16	0.01	0.1
January 15	-11	-21	0.00	0.0
January 16	-20	-26	0.00	0.0
January 17	-24	-30	0.00	0.0
January 18	-18	-32	0.00	0.0
January 19	-2	-19	0.14	1.4
January 20	16	-2	0.08	0.8
January 21	28	11	0.02	0.0
January 22	30	1	0.00	0.0
January 23	13	1	0.00	0.0
January 24	19	11	0.00	0.0
January 25	17	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	11	-4	0.00	0.0
January 27	1	-5	0.00	0.0
January 28	1	-6	0.00	0.0
January 29	1	-10	0.00	0.0
January 30	-4	-10	0.00	0.0
January 31	10	-8	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	3	-24	0.01	0.1
February 2	-22	-28	0.00	0.0
February 3	-23	-32	0.00	0.0
February 4	-30	-43	0.00	0.0
February 5	-6	-39	0.02	0.2
February 6	-6	-18	0.04	0.4
February 7	-4	-20	0.00	0.0
February 8	-14	-20	0.00	0.0
February 9	-19	-22	0.00	0.0
February 10	-22	-36	0.00	0.0
February 11	-32	-38	0.00	0.0
February 12	-34	-40	0.00	0.0
February 13	-35	-40	0.00	0.0
February 14	-30	-40	0.00	0.0
February 15	-24	-33	0.00	0.0
February 16	-10	-25	0.00	0.0
February 17	-9	-24	0.00	0.0
February 18	-24	-31	0.00	0.0
February 19	-24	-36	0.00	0.0
February 20	-30	-35	0.00	0.0
February 21	-29	-36	0.00	0.0
February 22	-19	-35	0.00	0.0
February 23	-25	-30	0.00	0.0
February 24	-23	-36	0.00	0.0
February 25	-31	-41	0.00	0.0
February 26	-27	-41	0.00	0.0
February 27	-23	-35	0.00	0.0
February 28	-24	-30	0.00	0.0

March 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	-22	-29	0.01	0.1
March 2	-21	-35	0.03	0.3
March 3	-33	-48	0.00	0.0
March 4	-30	-46	0.00	0.0
March 5	-26	-38	0.00	0.0
March 6	-24	-34	0.00	0.0
March 7	-24	-36	0.00	0.0
March 8	-25	-34	0.00	0.0
March 9	-20	-28	0.00	0.0
March 10	-18	-24	0.00	0.0
March 11	-17	-33	0.00	0.0
March 12	-13	-33	0.00	0.0
March 13	-13	-25	0.01	0.1
March 14	-16	-27	0.01	0.1
March 15	-15	-20	0.08	0.8
March 16	-7	-17	0.08	0.8
March 17	-14	-33	0.00	0.0
March 18	-22	-43	0.00	0.0
March 19	-11	-26	0.00	0.0
March 20	-10	-16	0.00	0.0
March 21	-11	-19	0.00	0.0
March 22	-13	-21	0.00	0.0
March 23	-12	-22	0.00	0.0
March 24	-11	-18	0.00	0.0
March 25	-8	-18	0.00	0.0
March 26	-9	-17	0.00	0.0
March 27	-9	-19	0.00	0.0
March 28	-8	-17	0.00	0.0
March 29	-11	-17	0.00	0.0
March 30	-2	-18	0.00	0.0
March 31	3	-8	0.00	0.0

April 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	-8	-12	0.00	0.0
April 2	-11	-19	0.00	0.0
April 3	-10	-23	0.00	0.0
April 4	-5	-19	0.00	0.0
April 5	-9	-22	0.00	0.0
April 6	-10	-24	0.00	0.0
April 7	-11	-25	0.00	0.0
April 8	-12	-28	0.00	0.0
April 9	-8	-25	0.00	0.0
April 10	-7	-23	0.00	0.0
April 11	-5	-19	0.00	0.0
April 12	-3	-19	0.01	0.1
April 13	4	-10	0.00	0.0
April 14	-4	-11	0.01	0.1
April 15	-1	-19	0.00	0.0
April 16	-3	-18	0.00	0.0
April 17	-5	-25	0.00	0.0
April 18	-10	-20	0.00	0.0
April 19	-4	-20	0.00	0.0
April 20	-5	-20	0.00	0.0
April 21	-5	-25	0.00	0.0
April 22	4	-12	0.13	1.3
April 23	14	5	0.00	0.0
April 24	20	-5	0.00	0.0
April 25	27	14	0.00	0.0
April 26	18	5	0.00	0.0
April 27	25	1	0.00	0.0
April 28	9	-7	0.00	0.0
April 29	9	-10	0.00	0.0
April 30	15	-5	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	25	-2	0.00	0.0
May 2	26	16	0.00	0.0
May 3	21	13	0.00	0.0
May 4	22	9	0.00	0.0
May 5	19	6	0.00	0.0
May 6	20	8	0.00	0.0
May 7	34	8	0.00	0.0
May 8	30	7	0.00	0.0
May 9	31	12	0.00	0.0
May 10	23	18	0.00	0.0
May 11	25	17	0.00	0.0
May 12	30	20	0.00	0.0
May 13	25	18	0.00	0.0
May 14	22	16	0.00	0.0
May 15	25	18	0.00	0.0
May 16	23	17	0.00	0.0
May 17	24	15	0.00	0.0
May 18	23	16	0.00	0.0
May 19	27	20	0.01	0.1
May 20	23	15	0.00	0.0
May 21	19	9	0.00	0.0
May 22	25	12	0.00	0.0
May 23	27	20	0.00	0.0
May 24	30	24	0.00	0.0
May 25	31	24	0.00	0.0
May 26	33	29	0.00	0.1
May 27	32	25	0.00	0.0
May 28	34	23	0.00	0.0
May 29	35	26	0.00	0.0
May 30	28	23	0.00	0.0
May 31	33	23	0.00	0.0

June 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	33	27	0.00	0.0
June 2	34	32	0.00	0.0
June 3	35	32	0.00	0.0
June 4	34	27	0.00	0.0
June 5	33	26	0.00	0.0
June 6	32	28	0.01	0.1
June 7	38	32	0.01	0.0
June 8	37	33	0.00	0.0
June 9	45	33	0.00	0.0
June 10	40	33	0.00	0.0
June 11	38	31	0.00	0.0
June 12	37	30	0.00	0.0
June 13	38	31	0.00	0.0
June 14	38	30	0.00	0.0
June 15	35	29	0.00	0.0
June 16	40	31	0.00	0.0
June 17	63	35	0.00	0.0
June 18	48	36	0.00	0.0
June 19	37	32	0.05	0.2
June 20	36	30	0.01	0.0
June 21	35	29	0.00	0.0
June 22	36	31	0.00	0.0
June 23	37	33	0.00	0.0
June 24	37	32	0.00	0.0
June 25	37	30	0.00	0.0
June 26	35	29	0.00	0.0
June 27	37	30	0.00	0.0
June 28	37	30	0.00	0.0
June 29	42	31	0.00	0.0
June 30	45	34	0.00	0.0

July 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	45	35	0.00	0.0
July 2	36	33	0.00	0.0
July 3	35	30	0.00	0.0
July 4	34	28	0.00	0.0
July 5	55	30	0.00	0.0
July 6	51	32	0.04	0.0
July 7	35	30	0.00	0.0
July 8	32	28	0.00	0.0
July 9	43	27	0.00	0.0
July 10	69	37	0.00	0.0
July 11	62	34	0.00	0.0
July 12	35	31	0.01	0.0
July 13	35	30	0.00	0.0
July 14	46	28	0.00	0.0
July 15	45	33	0.03	0.0
July 16	35	30	0.00	0.0
July 17	35	29	0.01	0.0
July 18	37	34	0.09	0.0
July 19	39	33	0.00	0.0
July 20	37	33	0.20	0.0
July 21	35	31	0.22	1.4
July 22	36	29	0.00	0.0
July 23	51	29	0.00	0.0
July 24	57	42	0.05	0.0
July 25	54	32	0.00	0.0
July 26	43	29	0.00	0.0
July 27	43	35	0.00	0.0
July 28	40	34	0.24	0.0
July 29	57	34	0.00	0.0
July 30	62	43	0.25	0.0
July 31	53	33	0.66	0.0

August 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	33	32	0.21	0.0
August 2	35	29	0.00	0.0
August 3	37	29	0.01	0.0
August 4	37	33	0.03	0.0
August 5	37	30	0.00	0.0
August 6	32	29	0.02	0.2
August 7	35	31	0.02	0.0
August 8	42	33	0.05	0.0
August 9	41	32	0.00	0.0
August 10	36	32	0.00	0.0
August 11	38	33	0.03	0.0
August 12	40	35	0.00	0.0
August 13	40	31	0.00	0.0
August 14	44	30	0.00	0.0
August 15	45	39	0.00	0.0
August 16	48	36	0.22	0.0
August 17	50	38	0.00	0.0
August 18	47	36	0.00	0.0
August 19	51	35	0.37	0.0
August 20	38	34	0.18	0.0
August 21	37	34	0.08	0.0
August 22	35	31	0.01	0.1
August 23	33	30	0.01	0.2
August 24	32	28	0.02	0.2
August 25	33	30	0.00	0.1
August 26	35	29	0.03	0.3
August 27	38	33	0.00	0.0
August 28	35	32	0.01	0.0
August 29	36	32	0.00	0.0
August 30	35	34	0.01	0.0
August 31	35	32	0.00	0.0

September 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	33	31	0.01	0.2
September 2	37	30	0.00	0.2
September 3	41	31	0.06	0.0
September 4	46	36	0.00	0.0
September 5	51	40	0.00	0.0
September 6	56	37	0.00	0.0
September 7	37	32	0.00	0.0
September 8	42	31	0.00	0.0
September 9	41	34	0.00	0.0
September 10	37	34	0.01	0.0
September 11	36	33	0.00	0.0
September 12	33	30	0.03	0.0
September 13	34	31	0.00	0.0
September 14	34	31	0.00	0.0
September 15	34	31	0.00	0.0
September 16	34	30	0.00	0.0
September 17	36	30	0.00	0.0
September 18	34	30	0.01	0.1
September 19	32	30	0.02	0.5
September 20	34	27	0.00	0.0
September 21	34	31	0.00	0.0
September 22	33	29	0.01	0.1
September 23	33	30	0.02	0.1
September 24	34	30	0.01	0.1
September 25	32	30	0.03	0.7
September 26	34	27	0.00	0.0
September 27	38	29	0.07	0.3
September 28	33	30	0.03	0.3
September 29	34	30	0.00	0.0
September 30	30	26	0.00	0.0

October 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	27	23	0.00	0.0
October 2	26	22	0.07	1.5
October 3	28	23	0.00	0.0
October 4	27	21	0.00	0.0
October 5	27	19	0.02	2.0
October 6	23	15	0.00	0.1
October 7	23	15	0.00	0.2
October 8	21	18	0.02	1.1
October 9	19	15	0.01	1.0
October 10	18	14	0.01	1.4
October 11	18	10	0.00	0.1
October 12	15	7	0.01	0.7
October 13	10	-10	0.00	0.0
October 14	0	-12	0.00	0.0
October 15	13	-10	0.20	3.5
October 16	18	0	0.00	0.0
October 17	20	8	0.00	0.0
October 18	28	8	0.01	0.0
October 19	35	25	0.03	0.0
October 20	33	26	0.00	0.0
October 21	27	12	0.00	0.0
October 22	25	10	0.00	0.0
October 23	25	14	0.00	0.0
October 24	25	19	0.02	0.4
October 25	23	15	0.00	0.3
October 26	23	16	0.00	0.3
October 27	18	1	0.03	1.5
October 28	19	-4	0.00	0.4
October 29	17	3	0.00	0.1
October 30	14	-4	0.00	0.0
October 31	14	-4	0.01	0.5

November 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	11	4	0.00	0.0
November 2	10	-1	0.00	0.0
November 3	7	-1	0.00	0.0
November 4	9	2	0.00	0.0
November 5	3	-10	0.00	0.0
November 6	-1	-14	0.00	0.0
November 7	18	-7	0.04	0.8
November 8	15	1	0.00	0.0
November 9	9	0	0.02	0.3
November 10	4	-15	0.00	0.0
November 11	18	-17	0.01	0.1
November 12	18	-1	0.00	0.0
November 13	21	0	0.01	0.4
November 14	23	-1	0.05	0.8
November 15	20	-1	0.00	0.0
November 16	20	15	0.01	0.8
November 17	15	-3	0.00	0.4
November 18	9	-9	0.00	0.1
November 19	6	-9	0.00	0.0
November 20	-5	-11	0.00	0.0
November 21	5	-22	0.00	0.0
November 22	-1	-26	0.00	0.0
November 23	-9	-31	0.00	0.0
November 24	-8	-13	0.00	0.0
November 25	-5	-27	0.00	0.0
November 26	-2	-8	0.01	0.3
November 27	19	-5	0.01	0.2
November 28	27	7	0.00	0.0
November 29	22	-1	0.01	0.2
November 30	22	5	0.02	0.5

December 1961 Barrow Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	5	-4	0.01	0.3
December 2	3	-11	0.00	0.0
December 3	5	-1	0.01	0.3
December 4	2	-8	0.01	0.2
December 5	-6	-20	0.00	0.1
December 6	-6	-19	0.00	0.1
December 7	2	-27	0.00	0.0
December 8	-2	-25	0.00	0.0
December 9	2	-9	0.00	0.0
December 10	1	-10	0.00	0.1
December 11	12	1	0.05	1.3
December 12	2	-15	0.03	1.2
December 13	-9	-16	0.00	0.0
December 14	-10	-16	0.00	0.0
December 15	-9	-21	0.00	0.0
December 16	-20	-27	0.00	0.0
December 17	-16	-30	0.00	0.0
December 18	-11	-30	0.00	0.0
December 19	-8	-15	0.00	0.0
December 20	-10	-19	0.00	0.0
December 21	-7	-23	0.00	0.0
December 22	-21	-28	0.00	0.0
December 23	-26	-35	0.00	0.0
December 24	-29	-40	0.00	0.0
December 25	-24	-33	0.00	0.0
December 26	-26	-33	0.00	0.0
December 27	-26	-31	0.00	0.0
December 28	-29	-37	0.00	0.0
December 29	-24	-37	0.00	0.0
December 30	-22	-32	0.00	0.0
December 31	-11	-26	0.00	0.0

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