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Weather extremes
How extreme does Fairbanks's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Fairbanks has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Fairbanks has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 21°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Fairbanks (typical high near 72°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 36°F colder than a normal January night in Fairbanks (typical low near -15°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Fairbanks usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 0.8 in).
The three most extreme on record
About 98% of a typical November's snow in a single day (Fairbanks averages roughly 13 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Fairbanks's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 93°F is about 21°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Fairbanks Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00026411), about 8 km from the city centre.