Point Lay Arpt
Weather station · 69.7°N 163.0°W · 5 m above sea level
ICAO PPIZWMO 70121Station data since 1941
Record high
7.2°C
in 1953
Record low
−9.4°C
in 1948
Average high
1.5°C
all years on record
3.3°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 3.9°C against 7.2°C in 1953. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
27.8°C
- Date
- Thursday, 3 July 2025
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Point Lay Arpt, United States
- Position
- 69.73°N 163.00°W · 5 m
Highest highest in available records since 1941. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−48.3°C
- Date
- Saturday, 21 January 1956
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Point Lay Arpt, United States
- Position
- 69.73°N 163.00°W · 5 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1941. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Point Lay Arpt is
69.73°N 163.00°W
Every year on record
1941 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 12 years with data: +0.40 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
1.7°
−48.3°
Feb
3.3°
−47.8°
Mar
2.2°
−48.3°
Apr
5.0°
−42.8°
May
22.2°
−26.7°
Jun
22.2°
−8.3°
Jul
27.8°
−2.8°
Aug
25.0°
−3.3°
Sep
15.6°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 3.9°C | 00:56 UTC | 0.6°C | 07:56 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 6.0°C | 19:54 UTC | 3.9°C | 23:56 UTC |
Nearby stations
The nearest other station is 151.4 km away. Quality control compares a reading against stations within 150 km, so there is nothing close enough to cross-check this one against.
- Wainwright ArptUnited States151.4 km
- Cape Lisburne ArptUnited States155.5 km
- Red Dog ArptUS190.4 km
- Point Hope ArptUnited States217 km
- Atqasuk/Burnell MemUnited States227 km
- Kivalina ArptUnited States232.1 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1941 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
