National Weather Service Forecast for: Kotzebue AK
Issued by: National Weather Service Fairbanks, AK
Updated: 4:17 am AKST Dec 22, 2025
 
Overnight

Overnight: A 40 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing snow. Cloudy, with a low around -1. East wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Chance Snow
and Areas
Blowing Snow
 Monday

Monday: Snow likely. Widespread blowing snow, mainly between noon and 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 4. East wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Snow Likely
and Blowing
Snow
 Monday
Night
Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing snow before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. East wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Chance Snow
and Areas
Blowing Snow
 Tuesday

Tuesday: Snow, mainly after 9am. Areas of blowing snow after 9am. High near 10. East wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Snow and
Areas Blowing
Snow
 Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Areas of blowing snow before midnight. Low around 3. East wind 25 to 30 mph becoming west 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Snow and
Areas Blowing
Snow then
Chance Snow
 Wednesday

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 5.
Mostly Cloudy

 Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -11. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
 Christmas
Day
Christmas Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near -7.
Mostly Cloudy

 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -18.
Mostly Cloudy
Lo -1 °F Hi 4 °F Lo -2 °F Hi 10 °F Lo 3 °F Hi 5 °F Lo -11 °F Hi -7 °F Lo -18 °F

Winter Storm Warning
 

Overnight
 
 A 40 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing snow. Cloudy, with a low around -1. East wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday
 
 Snow likely. Widespread blowing snow, mainly between noon and 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 4. East wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Monday Night
 
 A 40 percent chance of snow. Areas of blowing snow before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. East wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Tuesday
 
 Snow, mainly after 9am. Areas of blowing snow after 9am. High near 10. East wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Tuesday Night
 
 Snow, mainly before midnight. Areas of blowing snow before midnight. Low around 3. East wind 25 to 30 mph becoming west 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Wednesday
 
 Mostly cloudy, with a high near 5.
Wednesday Night
 
 A slight chance of snow between midnight and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -11. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Christmas Day
 
 Mostly cloudy, with a high near -7.
Thursday Night
 
 Mostly cloudy, with a low around -18.
Friday
 
 Sunny, with a high near -13.
Friday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around -21.
Saturday
 
 Sunny, with a high near -14.
Saturday Night
 
 A chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around -21.
Sunday
 
 A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near -7.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Kotzebue AK.