Editing Kotzebue, Alaska (section)

===Climate===
Kotzebue has a dry [[subarctic climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Dfc''), with long, somewhat snowy, and very cold winters, and short, mild summers; [[diurnal temperature variation]] is low to minimal throughout the year, with an annual normal of {{convert|11.6|F-change}} and a minimum normal of {{convert|8.0|F-change}} in October.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> Monthly daily average temperatures range from {{convert|−1.9|°F|1}} in January to {{convert|55.3|°F|1}} in July,<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> with an annual mean of {{convert|24.0|°F|1}}.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> Days with the maximum reaching at or above {{convert|70|°F|0}} can be expected an average of six days per summer.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> Precipitation is both most frequent and greatest during the summer months with August the wettest month averaging {{convert|2.13|in|mm|abbr=on}}. Kotzebue average precipitation is {{convert|11.36|in|mm|abbr=on}} per year.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> Snowfall averages about {{convert|64.2|in|cm|abbr=on}} a season (July through June of the next year).<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> Extreme temperatures have ranged from {{convert|−58|°F|0}} on March 16, 1930, to {{convert|85|°F|0}} as recently as June 19, 2013.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/> The coldest has been January 1934 with a mean temperature of {{convert|−27.3|F|1}}, while the warmest month was July 2009 at {{convert|60.0|F|1}};{{efn|The July 2019 average measured an average temperature of {{convert|63.7|F|1}}, but [[NOAA]] later rescinded its recognition of the temperature record and deleted the May–August 2019 temperature data from its database.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_monitoring/temperature/tn70133_1yr.gif|title=tn70133_1yr|website=cpc.ncep.noaa.gov|publisher=[[NOAA]]|date=May 19, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230519002338/https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_monitoring/temperature/tn70133_1yr.gif|archive-date=May 19, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org/index.php?page=relev&mois=7&annee=2019&station=2051|title=JUILLET 2019 À KOTZEBUE|website=meteo-climat-bzh.dyndns.org|date=May 10, 2023|language=fr}}</ref>}} the annual mean temperature has ranged from {{convert|16.5|F|1}} in 1964 to {{convert|29.7|F|1}} in 2016.<ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)"/>

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{{Weather box
|location = [[Kotzebue Airport]], Alaska (1991&ndash;2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1897&ndash;present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 40
|Feb record high F = 40
|Mar record high F = 42
|Apr record high F = 49
|May record high F = 74
|Jun record high F = 85
|Jul record high F = 85
|Aug record high F = 80
|Sep record high F = 69
|Oct record high F = 57
|Nov record high F = 40
|Dec record high F = 39
|Jan avg record high F =30.8
|Feb avg record high F =31.2
|Mar avg record high F =30.0
|Apr avg record high F =39.0
|May avg record high F =56.1
|Jun avg record high F =71.4
|Jul avg record high F =73.5
|Aug avg record high F =68.4
|Sep avg record high F =59.6
|Oct avg record high F =43.8
|Nov avg record high F =32.4
|Dec avg record high F =29.2
|year avg record high F =76.0
|Jan high F = 4.5
|Feb high F = 8.6
|Mar high F = 9.1
|Apr high F = 23.8
|May high F = 39.0
|Jun high F = 53.2
|Jul high F = 60.1
|Aug high F = 56.6
|Sep high F = 47.5
|Oct high F = 30.8
|Nov high F = 15.9
|Dec high F = 8.6
|year high F= 29.8
|Jan mean F  =-1.9
|Feb mean F  =1.4
|Mar mean F  =1.5
|Apr mean F  =16.3
|May mean F  =33.1
|Jun mean F  =47.5
|Jul mean F  =55.3
|Aug mean F  =52.1
|Sep mean F  =43.1
|Oct mean F  =26.9
|Nov mean F  =10.8
|Dec mean F  =2.4
|year mean F =24.0
|Jan low F = -8.4
|Feb low F = -5.8
|Mar low F = -6.0
|Apr low F = 8.8
|May low F = 27.3
|Jun low F = 41.8
|Jul low F = 50.5
|Aug low F = 47.7
|Sep low F = 38.7
|Oct low F = 23.0
|Nov low F = 5.6
|Dec low F = -3.8
|year low F= 18.3
|Jan avg record low F = -34.0
|Feb avg record low F = -31.0
|Mar avg record low F = -26.7
|Apr avg record low F = -13.6
|May avg record low F = 10.8
|Jun avg record low F = 30.5
|Jul avg record low F = 41.6
|Aug avg record low F = 38.5
|Sep avg record low F = 27.8
|Oct avg record low F = 6.4
|Nov avg record low F = -14.4
|Dec avg record low F = -26.0
|year avg record low F = -37.4
|Jan record low F = −55
|Feb record low F = −52
|Mar record low F = −58
|Apr record low F = −44
|May record low F = −18
|Jun record low F =  20
|Jul record low F =  30
|Aug record low F =  26
|Sep record low F =  13
|Oct record low F = −19
|Nov record low F = −37
|Dec record low F = −49
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.62
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.85
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.52
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.56
|May precipitation inch = 0.44
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.60
|Jul precipitation inch = 1.60
|Aug precipitation inch = 2.13
|Sep precipitation inch = 1.42
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.07
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.82
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.73
|year precipitation inch=11.36
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.6
|Oct snow inch = 5.9
|Nov snow inch =11.0
|Dec snow inch =11.9
|Jan snow inch = 9.4
|Feb snow inch = 13.1
|Mar snow inch = 6.4
|Apr snow inch = 4.7
|May snow inch = 1.2
|Jun snow inch =0.0
|year snow inch=64.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.6
|Feb precipitation days = 9.8
|Mar precipitation days = 7.3
|Apr precipitation days = 6.7
|May precipitation days = 7.0
|Jun precipitation days = 6.1
|Jul precipitation days = 11.1
|Aug precipitation days = 13.5
|Sep precipitation days = 11.8
|Oct precipitation days = 11.5
|Nov precipitation days = 9.6
|Dec precipitation days = 10.3
|year precipitation days= 113.3
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.9
|Oct snow days = 7.1
|Nov snow days = 9.9
|Dec snow days = 11.4
|Jan snow days = 9.5
|Feb snow days = 10.4
|Mar snow days = 7.8
|Apr snow days = 6.2
|May snow days = 2.2
|Jun snow days = 0.1
|year snow days= 65.5

|Jan snow depth inch = 25.6
|Feb snow depth inch = 31.4
|Mar snow depth inch = 32.2
|Apr snow depth inch = 30.4
|May snow depth inch = 15.2
|Jun snow depth inch = 0.2
|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0
|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0
|Sep snow depth inch = 0.2
|Oct snow depth inch = 3.8
|Nov snow depth inch = 10.9
|Dec snow depth inch = 18.9
|year snow depth inch = 38.3

|humidity colour = green
|Jan humidity = 72.0
|Feb humidity = 70.2
|Mar humidity = 71.1
|Apr humidity = 76.3
|May humidity = 81.2
|Jun humidity = 81.8
|Jul humidity = 80.7
|Aug humidity = 81.2
|Sep humidity = 79.2
|Oct humidity = 79.1
|Nov humidity = 76.5
|Dec humidity = 73.7
|Jan dew point C = -21.7
|Feb dew point C = -24.4
|Mar dew point C = -21.4
|Apr dew point C = -14.6
|May dew point C = -3.4
|Jun dew point C = 3.2
|Jul dew point C = 8.7
|Aug dew point C = 7.9
|Sep dew point C = 2.0
|Oct dew point C = -8.1
|Nov dew point C = -16.6
|Dec dew point C = -21.8
|source 1 = NOAA (relative humidity 1961&ndash;1990)<!--<ref name = NCDC >{{cite web
| url = http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/climatenormals/clim20/ak/505076.pdf
| title = Climatology of the United States No. 20 1971−2000: KOTZEBUE WIEN AP, AK
| publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| format = PDF
| year = 2004
| access-date = January 18, 2011}}</ref>--><ref name="NWS Fairbanks, AK (PAFG)">{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=afg |title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = September 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NCDC txt PAOT">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00026616&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Station Name: AK KOTZEBUE AP |access-date=September 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506013829/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USW00026616&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL|archive-date=May 6, 2023}}</ref><ref name= "NOAA RH">{{cite web | url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP1/70133.TXT | title = WMO Climate Normals for KOTZEBUE/RALPH WIEN, AK 1961&ndash;1990 | access-date = September 1, 2020 | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504024330/ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP1/70133.TXT|archive-date=May 4, 2023}}</ref>
|source 2= Weather Atlas<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/ |title=Kotzebue, Alaska, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=NOAA |access-date=May 4, 2021 }}</ref>
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!Colspan=14|Coastal temperature data for Kotzebue
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!Average sea temperature °F (°C)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-27.6}}"|29.7<br/>(-1.28)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-27.0}}"|30.0<br/>(-1.11)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-28.3}}"|29.3<br/>(-1.50)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-28.7}}"|29.1<br/>(-1.61)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-27.4}}"|29.8<br/>(-1.22)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-21.7}}"|32.9<br/>(0.50)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|5.0}}"|47.3<br/>(8.50)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|12.5}}"|52.7<br/>(11.50)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|6.3}}"|48.0<br/>(8.89)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-8.7}}"|39.9<br/>(4.39)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-27.4}}"|29.8<br/>(-1.22)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-29.6}}"|28.6<br/>(-1.89)
| style="{{Weather box/colt|-16.7}}"|35.6<br/>(2.00)
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!Colspan=14 style="background:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-size:100%;"|Source 1: Seatemperature.net<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seatemperature.net/current/united-states/kotzebue-alaska-united-states-sea-temperature|title =Kotzebue Sea Temperature|website=seatemperature.net|date=April 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430023753/https://seatemperature.net/current/united-states/kotzebue-alaska-united-states-sea-temperature|archive-date=April 30, 2023}}</ref>
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{{Graph:Weather monthly history
| table=Ncei.noaa.gov/weather/Kotzebue.tab
| title=Kotzebue monthly weather statistics
}}
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