Wainwright Arpt
Weather station · 70.6°N 160.0°W · 12 m above sea level
ICAO PAWIWMO 70030Station data since 1935
Record high
8.9°C
in 1935
Record low
−8.9°C
in 1960
Average high
1.4°C
all years on record
6.1°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 2.8°C against 8.9°C in 1935. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
28.9°C
- Date
- Monday, 24 July 2023
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Wainwright Arpt, United States
- Position
- 70.64°N 160.01°W · 12 m
Highest highest in available records since 1935. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−48.9°C
- Date
- Saturday, 15 February 1964
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Wainwright Arpt, United States
- Position
- 70.64°N 160.01°W · 12 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1935. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Wainwright Arpt is
70.64°N 160.01°W
Records by month
Jan
4.4°
−45.6°
Feb
7.2°
−48.9°
Mar
10.0°
−45.0°
Apr
6.1°
−40.0°
May
16.1°
−26.7°
Jun
23.3°
−10.0°
Jul
28.9°
−5.6°
Aug
24.4°
−6.1°
Sep
21.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 2.8°C | 00:53 UTC | −1.1°C | 05:53 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 4.4°C | 21:53 UTC | 2.8°C | 14:53 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Atqasuk/Burnell MemUnited States97.9 km
- UtqiaġvikUnited States137.9 km
- Point Lay ArptUnited States151.4 km
- Cape Lisburne ArptUnited States306.4 km
- Red Dog ArptUS312.6 km
- Deadhorse/Alpine ArstrpUS339.9 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), 1935 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
