Fairbanks, AK
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from AURORA, AK US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fairbanks has an annual average temperature of 28.5°F with about 13 inches of precipitation per year and 57.8 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 72.9°F), and the coldest is January (average low -14.8°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.62 in) and March the driest (0.34 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.
Best time to visit Fairbanks
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →152 of 366 (41.5%) of Fairbanks's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 2000s | 132 | |
| 2010s | 163 | |
| 2020s | 71 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°F | -14.8°F | -7.4°F | 0.57 in | 8.7 in | 7 |
| February | 13.1°F | -8.6°F | 2.2°F | 0.44 in | 9.6 in | 6 |
| March | 26.6°F | -0.5°F | 13.0°F | 0.34 in | 6.1 in | 5 |
| April | 46.9°F | 21.3°F | 34.1°F | 0.34 in | 2.8 in | 4 |
| May | 63.1°F | 37.1°F | 50.1°F | 0.64 in | 0.2 in | 8 |
| June | 72.2°F | 48.5°F | 60.4°F | 2.01 in | — | 14 |
| July | 72.9°F | 51.6°F | 62.3°F | 2.62 in | — | 14 |
| August | 66.1°F | 46.2°F | 56.2°F | 2.44 in | — | 15 |
| September | 54.9°F | 35.1°F | 45.0°F | 1.59 in | 1.3 in | 13 |
| October | 34.0°F | 17.9°F | 25.9°F | 0.77 in | 5.4 in | 8 |
| November | 11.6°F | -2.8°F | 4.4°F | 0.72 in | 13.2 in | 9 |
| December | 2.9°F | -10.8°F | -3.9°F | 0.53 in | 10.5 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Fairbanks
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).