Kotzebue Weather in 1979

Historical record of Kotzebue, Alaska weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.
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1979 Kotzebue Weather Extremes
Highest temperature 73 °F June 4
Lowest temperature -34 °F December 30
Highest daily low 60 °F July 22
Lowest daily high -27 °F December 30
Most daily precipitation 0.5 inches August 19
Most daily snow 3.7 inches November 29
Total annual precipitation 9.9 inches -
Total annual snow 26.4 inches -
Highest Temperatures in Kotzebue in 1979
Rank Temperature Date
1 73 °F Jun 4
2 72 °F Aug 23
2 72 °F Jun 2
4 71 °F Jul 22
4 71 °F Jul 21
6 69 °F Jul 20
7 68 °F Aug 24
8 67 °F Aug 16
8 67 °F Aug 5
8 67 °F Jul 23
8 67 °F Jul 13
8 67 °F Jun 30
8 67 °F Jun 3
Lowest Temperatures in Kotzebue in 1979
Rank Temperature Date
1 -34 °F December 30
2 -30 °F December 23
2 -30 °F December 22
2 -30 °F December 12
2 -30 °F February 7
2 -30 °F February 3
7 -29 °F December 31
7 -29 °F February 6
7 -29 °F January 30
10 -28 °F December 29
10 -28 °F December 11
January 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
January 1
31 19 0.00 0.0
January 2
29 18 0.00 0.0
January 3
28 18 0.00 0.0
January 4
26 14 0.00 0.0
January 5
18 12 0.00 0.0
January 6
19 7 0.00 0.0
January 7
19 6 0.00 0.0
January 8
16 5 0.00 0.0
January 9
25 12 0.00 0.0
January 10
20 12 0.00 0.0
January 11
20 10 0.00 0.0
January 12
22 17 0.00 0.0
January 13
24 19 0.00 0.0
January 14
24 14 0.00 0.0
January 15
22 17 0.00 0.0
January 16
23 19 0.00 0.0
January 17
24 15 0.00 0.0
January 18
20 13 0.00 0.0
January 19
17 6 0.00 0.0
January 20
15 4 0.00 0.0
January 21
21 12 0.00 0.0
January 22
22 15 0.00 0.0
January 23
25 17 0.00 0.0
January 24
27 17 0.00 0.0
January 25
20 3 0.00 0.0
January 26
9 -7 0.01 0.1
January 27
1 -13 0.00 0.0
January 28
-6 -23 0.00 0.0
January 29
-10 -24 0.00 0.0
January 30
-9 -29 0.00 0.0
January 31
-9 -19 0.00 0.0
February 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
February 1
-11 -20 0.00 0.0
February 2
-14 -24 0.00 0.0
February 3
-23 -30 0.00 0.0
February 4
-11 -25 0.00 0.0
February 5
-17 -27 0.00 0.0
February 6
-9 -29 0.00 0.0
February 7
-11 -30 0.00 0.0
February 8
-5 -20 0.00 0.0
February 9
-9 -25 0.00 0.0
February 10
-14 -22 0.00 0.0
February 11
-6 -22 0.00 0.0
February 12
-5 -12 0.00 0.0
February 13
-11 -23 0.00 0.0
February 14
-6 -24 0.00 0.0
February 15
0 -6 0.00 0.0
February 16
1 -7 0.00 0.0
February 17
0 -15 0.00 0.0
February 18
0 -14 0.00 0.0
February 19
2 -7 0.00 0.0
February 20
5 -5 0.00 0.0
February 21
9 -2 0.00 0.0
February 22
7 -12 0.00 0.0
February 23
5 -11 0.00 0.0
February 24
2 -11 0.00 0.0
February 25
10 -9 0.00 0.0
February 26
11 -9 0.00 0.0
February 27
16 -10 0.00 0.0
February 28
8 -12 0.00 0.0
March 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
March 1
10 -12 0.00 0.0
March 2
11 -14 0.00 0.0
March 3
6 -9 0.00 0.0
March 4
4 -12 0.00 0.0
March 5
6 -11 0.00 0.0
March 6
13 4 0.03 0.3
March 7
26 5 0.00 0.0
March 8
22 9 0.00 0.0
March 9
22 3 0.00 0.0
March 10
9 -2 0.00 0.0
March 11
8 -2 0.02 0.2
March 12
12 -2 0.01 0.1
March 13
13 -23 0.00 0.0
March 14
4 -23 0.00 0.0
March 15
10 -15 0.00 0.0
March 16
9 -17 0.00 0.0
March 17
7 -6 0.00 0.0
March 18
11 -8 0.00 0.0
March 19
11 -14 0.00 0.0
March 20
7 -16 0.00 0.0
March 21
21 -6 0.00 0.0
March 22
32 19 0.00 0.0
March 23
31 20 0.00 0.0
March 24
33 20 0.03 0.3
March 25
36 22 0.01 0.1
March 26
31 15 0.00 0.0
March 27
31 19 0.00 0.0
March 28
27 9 0.00 0.0
March 29
24 0 0.00 0.0
March 30
24 1 0.00 0.0
March 31
19 -4 0.00 0.0
April 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
April 1
14 -6 0.00 0.0
April 2
20 -2 0.00 0.0
April 3
22 16 0.00 0.0
April 4
32 20 0.06 0.6
April 5
22 5 0.04 0.4
April 6
26 4 0.01 0.1
April 7
26 5 0.00 0.0
April 8
14 -2 0.00 0.0
April 9
13 -3 0.00 0.0
April 10
11 -7 0.00 0.0
April 11
16 -7 0.00 0.0
April 12
26 1 0.00 0.0
April 13
19 -2 0.00 0.0
April 14
11 -10 0.00 0.0
April 15
13 -7 0.00 0.0
April 16
16 -5 0.00 0.0
April 17
28 14 0.01 0.1
April 18
33 21 0.01 0.1
April 19
32 16 0.00 0.0
April 20
38 28 0.00 0.0
April 21
36 30 0.05 0.3
April 22
35 27 0.00 0.0
April 23
36 27 0.00 0.0
April 24
35 28 0.00 0.0
April 25
35 18 0.00 0.0
April 26
35 13 0.02 0.2
April 27
37 31 0.00 0.0
April 28
39 33 0.03 0.0
April 29
36 27 0.15 0.1
April 30
36 23 0.00 0.0
May 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
May 1
43 27 0.00 0.0
May 2
39 25 0.00 0.0
May 3
32 26 0.00 0.0
May 4
35 26 0.00 0.0
May 5
35 23 0.00 0.0
May 6
37 21 0.00 0.0
May 7
47 26 0.00 0.0
May 8
47 32 0.00 0.0
May 9
46 29 0.00 0.0
May 10
45 28 0.00 0.0
May 11
36 25 0.00 0.0
May 12
32 23 0.00 0.0
May 13
28 20 0.00 0.0
May 14
35 17 0.00 0.0
May 15
38 24 0.00 0.0
May 16
36 27 0.00 0.0
May 17
33 23 0.00 0.0
May 18
30 21 0.00 0.0
May 19
41 27 0.00 0.0
May 20
49 31 0.00 0.0
May 21
49 37 0.00 0.0
May 22
42 31 0.00 0.0
May 23
35 27 0.00 0.0
May 24
50 26 0.00 0.0
May 25
45 32 0.00 0.0
May 26
39 31 0.00 0.0
May 27
45 32 0.00 0.0
May 28
37 32 0.00 0.0
May 29
42 31 0.00 0.0
May 30
40 31 0.00 0.0
May 31
46 31 0.00 0.0
June 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
June 1
66 34 0.00 0.0
June 2
72 44 0.00 0.0
June 3
67 43 0.00 0.0
June 4
73 43 0.00 0.0
June 5
60 40 0.00 0.0
June 6
47 35 0.00 0.0
June 7
41 35 0.13 0.0
June 8
48 34 0.00 0.0
June 9
58 39 0.00 0.0
June 10
46 35 0.50 0.0
June 11
42 34 0.17 0.0
June 12
41 36 0.03 0.0
June 13
40 36 0.00 0.0
June 14
54 36 0.00 0.0
June 15
60 47 0.03 0.0
June 16
53 43 0.02 0.0
June 17
57 45 0.04 0.0
June 18
52 45 0.04 0.0
June 19
54 44 0.00 0.0
June 20
51 40 0.00 0.0
June 21
56 47 0.03 0.0
June 22
62 48 0.00 0.0
June 23
65 52 0.02 0.0
June 24
56 46 0.29 0.0
June 25
53 45 0.04 0.0
June 26
57 44 0.09 0.0
June 27
52 42 0.00 0.0
June 28
51 44 0.00 0.0
June 29
65 46 0.00 0.0
June 30
67 51 0.00 0.0
July 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
July 1
66 52 0.00 0.0
July 2
60 49 0.05 0.0
July 3
59 49 0.22 0.0
July 4
54 46 0.01 0.0
July 5
52 45 0.11 0.0
July 6
52 42 0.03 0.0
July 7
45 41 0.00 0.0
July 8
46 41 0.00 0.0
July 9
51 39 0.12 0.0
July 10
51 42 0.10 0.0
July 11
46 41 0.00 0.0
July 12
61 45 0.00 0.0
July 13
67 48 0.00 0.0
July 14
64 53 0.00 0.0
July 15
58 51 0.00 0.0
July 16
55 49 0.00 0.0
July 17
53 48 0.00 0.0
July 18
56 47 0.01 0.0
July 19
65 46 0.00 0.0
July 20
69 51 0.00 0.0
July 21
71 57 0.00 0.0
July 22
71 60 0.02 0.0
July 23
67 57 0.00 0.0
July 24
63 54 0.11 0.0
July 25
61 52 0.00 0.0
July 26
63 50 0.00 0.0
July 27
60 51 0.00 0.0
July 28
61 50 0.01 0.0
July 29
63 53 0.00 0.0
July 30
64 53 0.00 0.0
July 31
61 52 0.00 0.0
August 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
August 1
57 52 0.07 0.0
August 2
58 51 0.27 0.0
August 3
62 53 0.03 0.0
August 4
62 56 0.11 0.0
August 5
67 52 0.01 0.0
August 6
62 50 0.00 0.0
August 7
60 49 0.00 0.0
August 8
56 49 0.01 0.0
August 9
59 52 0.00 0.0
August 10
59 53 0.14 0.0
August 11
63 56 0.23 0.0
August 12
65 55 0.00 0.0
August 13
62 55 0.00 0.0
August 14
63 51 0.16 0.0
August 15
64 50 0.00 0.0
August 16
67 55 0.01 0.0
August 17
62 50 0.00 0.0
August 18
61 48 0.02 0.0
August 19
61 51 0.53 0.0
August 20
55 49 0.16 0.0
August 21
56 50 0.11 0.0
August 22
66 53 0.00 0.0
August 23
72 55 0.00 0.0
August 24
68 53 0.09 0.0
August 25
58 51 0.23 0.0
August 26
56 51 0.15 0.0
August 27
55 50 0.03 0.0
August 28
52 47 0.35 0.0
August 29
53 47 0.08 0.0
August 30
52 47 0.00 0.0
August 31
48 46 0.00 0.0
September 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
September 1
51 42 0.00 0.0
September 2
50 45 0.02 0.0
September 3
49 41 0.06 0.0
September 4
49 36 0.30 0.0
September 5
51 35 0.00 0.0
September 6
55 46 0.00 0.0
September 7
51 47 0.04 0.0
September 8
53 47 0.00 0.0
September 9
51 43 0.00 0.0
September 10
49 44 0.00 0.0
September 11
54 43 0.00 0.0
September 12
58 39 0.00 0.0
September 13
45 32 0.00 0.0
September 14
45 29 0.00 0.0
September 15
44 26 0.00 0.0
September 16
42 27 0.00 0.0
September 17
40 28 0.00 0.0
September 18
36 29 0.07 0.0
September 19
48 36 0.09 0.0
September 20
40 34 0.29 0.0
September 21
36 33 0.04 0.0
September 22
44 33 0.31 0.0
September 23
46 34 0.34 0.0
September 24
39 30 0.00 0.0
September 25
46 36 0.00 0.0
September 26
51 40 0.00 0.0
September 27
46 38 0.03 0.0
September 28
45 37 0.02 0.0
September 29
50 34 0.00 0.0
September 30
51 36 0.00 0.0
October 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
October 1
49 39 0.00 0.0
October 2
50 38 0.00 0.0
October 3
45 38 0.00 0.0
October 4
44 33 0.00 0.0
October 5
36 32 0.00 0.0
October 6
38 27 0.00 0.0
October 7
35 24 0.00 0.0
October 8
36 27 0.03 0.0
October 9
36 32 0.02 0.0
October 10
35 31 0.00 0.0
October 11
43 33 0.00 0.0
October 12
37 32 0.02 0.0
October 13
35 30 0.00 0.0
October 14
33 22 0.00 0.0
October 15
31 19 0.00 0.0
October 16
28 19 0.01 0.1
October 17
30 23 0.13 1.2
October 18
32 28 0.06 0.6
October 19
33 26 0.11 1.1
October 20
33 26 0.00 0.0
October 21
31 13 0.00 0.0
October 22
22 11 0.00 0.0
October 23
17 4 0.00 0.0
October 24
17 3 0.00 0.0
October 25
18 5 0.00 0.0
October 26
18 10 0.00 0.0
October 27
19 10 0.01 0.3
October 28
18 14 0.01 0.1
October 29
23 13 0.00 0.0
October 30
26 20 0.05 0.4
October 31
27 21 0.01 0.2
November 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
November 1
35 26 0.22 2.0
November 2
34 29 0.04 0.2
November 3
30 20 0.00 0.0
November 4
26 15 0.00 0.0
November 5
30 24 0.04 0.4
November 6
37 29 0.01 0.1
November 7
38 31 0.11 0.1
November 8
37 33 0.01 0.0
November 9
37 28 0.02 0.0
November 10
37 28 0.02 0.2
November 11
34 23 0.03 0.6
November 12
27 18 0.10 1.3
November 13
21 5 0.00 0.0
November 14
24 15 0.00 0.0
November 15
27 20 0.16 0.8
November 16
28 23 0.30 2.3
November 17
24 19 0.00 0.0
November 18
20 3 0.00 0.0
November 19
10 1 0.00 0.0
November 20
5 -6 0.00 0.0
November 21
4 -6 0.00 0.0
November 22
6 -6 0.00 0.0
November 23
-3 -10 0.00 0.0
November 24
26 -6 0.25 2.5
November 25
22 4 0.02 0.2
November 26
16 -5 0.02 0.1
November 27
10 -3 0.00 0.0
November 28
23 9 0.02 0.1
November 29
25 13 0.38 3.7
November 30
15 7 0.04 0.4
December 1979 Kotzebue Weather
Day High (°F) Low (°F) Precip. (inches) Snow (inches)
December 1
27 13 0.00 0.0
December 2
24 14 0.18 1.3
December 3
27 11 0.16 1.4
December 4
19 0 0.07 0.7
December 5
2 -18 0.00 0.0
December 6
-13 -24 0.00 0.0
December 7
-7 -16 0.00 0.0
December 8
-3 -14 0.00 0.0
December 9
-9 -16 0.00 0.0
December 10
-5 -20 0.00 0.0
December 11
-10 -28 0.00 0.0
December 12
-11 -30 0.00 0.0
December 13
0 -11 0.00 0.0
December 14
-1 -12 0.02 0.2
December 15
1 -16 0.04 0.4
December 16
-11 -21 0.00 0.0
December 17
-15 -23 0.00 0.0
December 18
-5 -16 0.04 0.4
December 19
-4 -11 0.00 0.0
December 20
-9 -16 0.00 0.0
December 21
-13 -27 0.00 0.0
December 22
-24 -30 0.00 0.0
December 23
-14 -30 0.00 0.0
December 24
-9 -17 0.00 0.0
December 25
-14 -21 0.00 0.0
December 26
-6 -21 0.00 0.0
December 27
-6 -23 0.00 0.0
December 28
-11 -24 0.00 0.0
December 29
-11 -28 0.00 0.0
December 30
-27 -34 0.00 0.0
December 31
-20 -29 0.00 0.0
Weather Station Details
Years Station Coordinates
1897–2024 Ralph Wien Memorial Airport location