June Weather in Kotzebue United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 13°F, from 45°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 69°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 13°F, from 35°F to 48°F, rarely falling below 28°F or exceeding 57°F.

For reference, on July 14, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kotzebue typically range from 51°F to 60°F, while on January 20, the coldest day of the year, they range from -8°F to 4°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on June. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Nizhniy Odes, Russia (3,230 miles away) and Langepas, Russia (3,119 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kotzebue (view comparison).

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The month of June in Kotzebue experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 57% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is June 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 44% of the time.

For reference, on January 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 67%, while on May 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kotzebue, the chance of a wet day over the course of June is gradually increasing, starting the month at 14% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on August 10, and its lowest chance is 6% on March 18.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during June in Kotzebue is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.4 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.1 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

Due to its extreme latitude, Kotzebue experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

In the summer in Kotzebue during 2024, the Sun is continuously above the horizon for 1.2 months, rising at 3:10 AM on June 1, and not setting again until 2:54 AM on July 9. As such, polar day begins in June and lasts beyond the end of the month.

The shortest day of the month is June 1, with 23 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunset is 12:00 AM on May 31 and the earliest sunset is 0 minutes later at 12:00 AM on May 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kotzebue during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during June, so the entire month is in standard time.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for June 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Kotzebue is essentially constant during June, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on June 23, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Kotzebue is essentially constant during June, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.8 miles per hour, while on June 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during June is 7.3 miles per hour on June 19.

The hourly average wind direction in Kotzebue throughout June is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 43% on June 26.

Kotzebue is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Kotzebue is increasing during June, rising by 6°F, from 32°F to 38°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Kotzebue typically lasts for 3.6 months (109 days), from around June 4 to around September 21, rarely starting before May 17 or after June 21, and rarely ending before September 1 or after October 9.

During June in Kotzebue, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 42% to 98% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Kotzebue are gradually increasing during June, increasing by 66°F, from 6°F to 71°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Kotzebue is essentially constant during June, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.8 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during June is 6.0 kWh on June 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kotzebue are 66.898 deg latitude, -162.598 deg longitude, and 20 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kotzebue contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 121 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 13 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (305 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,130 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kotzebue is covered by water (73%), sparse vegetation (13%), and shrubs (11%), within 10 miles by water (67%) and shrubs (17%), and within 50 miles by water (53%) and shrubs (23%).