Utqiagvik Weather in January
Average highs run from -4°F on January 1 to -6°F on January 31, and lows from -16°F to -18°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.14 in over about 5 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- -5°F
- Average low
- -18°F
- Precipitation
- 0.14 in
- Snowfall
- 3.5 in
- Record high
- 36°FJan 1, 2017
- Record low
- -53°FJan 3, 1975
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 0 h 00 min to 4 h 01 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 98%
- Dew point
- -6°F
- Wind
- 14.3 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | -4°F | -16°F | 36°F 2017 | -51°F 1956 | 18% | 28% |
| Jan 2 | -4°F | -16°F | 34°F 2017 | -50°F 1975 | 18% | 27% |
| Jan 3 | -4°F | -16°F | 30°F 2017 | -53°F 1975 | 18% | 27% |
| Jan 4 | -4°F | -17°F | 36°F 1974 | -49°F 1975 | 17% | 27% |
| Jan 5 | -4°F | -17°F | 32°F 1974 | -50°F 1943 | 17% | 27% |
| Jan 6 | -4°F | -17°F | 31°F 1968 | -50°F 1943 | 17% | 26% |
| Jan 7 | -5°F | -17°F | 31°F 2005 | -51°F 1917 | 17% | 26% |
| Jan 8 | -5°F | -17°F | 31°F 2005 | -48°F 1917 | 17% | 26% |
| Jan 9 | -5°F | -17°F | 33°F 2011 | -52°F 1917 | 17% | 26% |
| Jan 10 | -5°F | -17°F | 28°F 2011 | -47°F 1925 | 17% | 25% |
| Jan 11 | -5°F | -18°F | 29°F 1993 | -50°F 1925 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 12 | -5°F | -18°F | 32°F 1916 | -45°F 1951 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 13 | -5°F | -18°F | 33°F 1916 | -46°F 1951 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 14 | -5°F | -18°F | 28°F 1917 | -50°F 1951 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 15 | -5°F | -18°F | 32°F 1957 | -53°F 1951 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 16 | -5°F | -18°F | 32°F 1957 | -52°F 1980 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 17 | -5°F | -18°F | 33°F 1922 | -48°F 1989 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 18 | -6°F | -18°F | 31°F 1922 | -47°F 1951 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 19 | -6°F | -18°F | 33°F 1922 | -52°F 1925 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 20 | -6°F | -18°F | 33°F 2008 | -52°F 1925 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 21 | -6°F | -18°F | 30°F 1930 | -50°F 1925 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 22 | -6°F | -18°F | 30°F 1961 | -46°F 1968 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 23 | -6°F | -18°F | 31°F 2026 | -47°F 1947 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 24 | -6°F | -18°F | 33°F 2025 | -52°F 1903 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 25 | -6°F | -18°F | 30°F 1949 | -50°F 1925 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 26 | -6°F | -18°F | 31°F 1957 | -49°F 1989 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 27 | -6°F | -18°F | 29°F 1963 | -48°F 1993 | 16% | 24% |
| Jan 28 | -6°F | -18°F | 34°F 1963 | -45°F 1989 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 29 | -6°F | -18°F | 35°F 1963 | -48°F 1984 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 30 | -6°F | -18°F | 27°F 1996 | -48°F 1984 | 16% | 25% |
| Jan 31 | -6°F | -18°F | 29°F 1957 | -50°F 1993 | 16% | 25% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKST).
- January 1
- sunrise , sunset
- January 31
- sunrise 11:41 AM, sunset 3:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00027502 (Barrow Post Rogers AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00027502, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.