July
OK
8.7°C / 3.3°C
15 rain days
chilly, rainy
- outside peak hazard season
Best time to visit Utqiagvik
Utqiagvik, United States — ranked month by month from data: temperature, rainfall, snow, and peak hazard seasons. Every month has trade-offs — pick what you can tolerate.
Best · July & June
About Utqiagvik
Utqiaġvik, formerly known as Barrow, is the borough seat and largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located north of the Arctic Circle, it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point.
— condensed from Wikipedia ("Utqiagvik, Alaska")
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OK — shoulder months
June
OK
6.2°C / 0.9°C
12 rain days
chilly, rainy
- outside peak hazard season
Months to skip
May
Skip
-1°C / -4.5°C
9 rain days
cold, freezing nights
- freezing at night (-4.5°C)
April
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-10.3°C / -15.3°C
6 rain days
cold, freezing nights
- bitterly cold (overnight -15.3°C)
November
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-9.2°C / -13.6°C
14 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -13.6°C)
- heavy rain expected (14 days)
August
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6.1°C / 2.5°C
14 rain days
⚠ peak season
chilly, rainy
- heavy rain expected (14 days)
- peak hurricane season
March
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-16.2°C / -21.6°C
8 rain days
cold, freezing nights
- bitterly cold (overnight -21.6°C)
December
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-17.5°C / -22.1°C
10 rain days
cold, freezing nights, rainy
- bitterly cold (overnight -22.1°C)
September
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3.3°C / 0.2°C
17 rain days
⚠ peak season
cold, very wet
- heavy rain expected (17 days)
- peak hurricane season
January
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-19.6°C / -24.2°C
7 rain days
cold, freezing nights
- bitterly cold (overnight -24.2°C)
February
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-19.9°C / -25.2°C
9 rain days
cold, freezing nights
- bitterly cold (overnight -25.2°C)
October
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-2°C / -5.6°C
16 rain days
⚠ peak season
cold, freezing nights, very wet
- bitterly cold (overnight -5.6°C)
- heavy rain expected (16 days)
- peak hurricane season
How we ranked these
Each month is scored on temperature comfort (18–27°C avg high is the sweet spot), rainfall (more rain days = lower score), snow days, and peak hazard seasons (hurricanes, monsoons, etc.). Green-tier months are within ideal range with no major issues. Yellow are workable but with trade-offs. Red has at least one significant problem — extreme heat or cold, heavy rain, or peak storm season.