Fairbanks Alaska Weather Records (USR0000AFAI)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Fairbanks Alaska (USR0000AFAI), Alaska, United States, with 36 years of record.

Key Facts for Fairbanks Alaska

Fairbanks Alaska (USR0000AFAI) is a weather station in Alaska, United States at 64.84 latitude and -147.62 longitude, 138 m (454 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1988 to 2023, 36 years of record.
1,464 records set at Fairbanks Alaska still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Fairbanks Alaska set a daily record high minimum temperature of 8.9 C (48.0 F) on 29 August 2023.

About the Station

Location: Alaska, United States, 64.84 latitude, -147.62 longitude.
Elevation: 138 m (454 ft).
Period of record: 1988 to 2023, 36 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Fairbanks Alaska. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Fairbanks Alaska, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	10.6 C (51.1 F)	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	8.9 C (48.0 F)	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	17.8 C (64.0 F)	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	27.2 C (81.0 F)	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	n/a	n/a
May	33.9 C (93.0 F)	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	35.0 C (95.0 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	36.1 C (97.0 F)	-2.2 C (28.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	37.8 C (100.0 F)	-5.0 C (23.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	26.1 C (79.0 F)	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	23.9 C (75.0 F)	-32.2 C (-26.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	8.9 C (48.0 F)	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	7.2 C (45.0 F)	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Fairbanks Alaska still stand. 2013 holds the most, with 74.

Standing records at Fairbanks Alaska by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1988	4
1989	33
1990	32
1991	16
1992	63
1993	45
1994	66
1995	62
1996	55
1997	37
1998	38
1999	37
2000	21
2001	39
2002	73
2003	66
2004	58
2005	65
2006	29
2007	53
2008	55
2009	60
2010	41
2011	54
2012	49
2013	74
2014	28
2015	33
2016	23
2017	15
2018	15
2019	26
2020	26
2021	39
2022	13
2023	21

Period of Record Coverage

1988 to 2023

36 years of record at Fairbanks Alaska, 1988 to 2023. 16 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and others.

Days with data per year at Fairbanks Alaska
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1988	4	1%	No
1989	221	61%	No
1990	183	50%	No
1991	196	54%	No
1992	240	66%	No
1993	254	70%	No
1994	226	62%	No
1995	323	88%	No
1996	335	92%	Yes
1997	269	74%	No
1998	363	99%	Yes
1999	328	90%	No
2000	258	70%	No
2001	342	94%	Yes
2002	363	99%	Yes
2003	337	92%	Yes
2004	358	98%	Yes
2005	357	98%	Yes
2006	258	71%	No
2007	342	94%	Yes
2008	364	99%	Yes
2009	360	99%	Yes
2010	358	98%	Yes
2011	361	99%	Yes
2012	363	99%	Yes
2013	360	99%	Yes
2014	361	99%	Yes
2015	362	99%	Yes
2016	364	99%	Yes
2017	292	80%	No
2018	326	89%	No
2019	361	99%	Yes
2020	321	88%	No
2021	362	99%	Yes
2022	353	97%	Yes
2023	280	77%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Fairbanks Alaska
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 August 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min	8.9 C (48.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	29 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
23 August 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.7 C (3.1 F)	33 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
21 August 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min (Tie)	10.6 C (51.1 F)	tie	6 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
27 July 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min	13.3 C (55.9 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	30 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high max (Tie)	30.6 C (87.1 F)	tie	16 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
24 July 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high max	33.3 C (91.9 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	4 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
18 July 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min (Tie)	14.4 C (57.9 F)	tie	28 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
5 July 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low min (Tie)	3.9 C (39.0 F)	tie	9 years	1 of 100 (Routine)
25 June 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min	13.9 C (57.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	32 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
16 June 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high min	11.7 C (53.1 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	28 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
2 June 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	8 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low min	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	25 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
1 June 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	11.7 C (53.1 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	4 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
30 May 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	10.0 C (50.0 F)	2.2 C (4.0 F)	26 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	9.4 C (48.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	13 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 May 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily high max	28.9 C (84.0 F)	0.6 C (1.1 F)	20 years	9 of 100 (Routine)
26 April 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	2.2 C (36.0 F)	1.1 C (2.0 F)	9 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
24 April 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	2.8 C (37.0 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	26 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	10.0 C (18.0 F)	4 years	19 of 100 (Routine)
22 April 2023	Fairbanks Alaska, US	daily low max	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	6.7 C (12.1 F)	20 years	19 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

16 complete years, 1996 to 2021

One stripe for each of 16 complete years at Fairbanks Alaska, 1996 to 2021. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of -2.7 C (27.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 2012, at -4.8 C (23.3 F), and the warmest was 2019, at -0.4 C (31.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.3 C (4.1 F).

Annual mean temperature at Fairbanks Alaska as warming stripes, 1996 to 2021
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1996	-3.8 C	-1.19 C
1998	-2.5 C	+0.14 C
2002	-1.4 C	+1.28 C
2004	-2.4 C	+0.26 C
2005	-2.1 C	+0.60 C
2008	-4.3 C	-1.62 C
2009	-3.7 C	-1.06 C
2010	-2.6 C	+0.03 C
2011	-3.0 C	-0.37 C
2012	-4.8 C	-2.17 C
2013	-3.2 C	-0.57 C
2014	-2.0 C	+0.64 C
2015	-1.8 C	+0.84 C
2016	-0.8 C	+1.81 C
2019	-0.4 C	+2.21 C
2021	-3.5 C	-0.89 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1988 to 2023

Yearly extremes at Fairbanks Alaska: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	37.8 C (100.0 F)	2010	32.8 C (91.0 F)	36
Coldest night (TNn)	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)	2012	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)	35

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Fairbanks Alaska, 1988 to 2023. The record is 37.8 C (100.0 F) in 2010, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.8 C (91.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Fairbanks Alaska by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1988	22.9 C (73.2 F)
1989	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1990	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1991	31.1 C (88.0 F)
1992	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1993	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1994	34.4 C (93.9 F)
1995	32.2 C (90.0 F)
1996	29.4 C (84.9 F)
1997	31.7 C (89.1 F)
1998	32.8 C (91.0 F)
1999	34.4 C (93.9 F)
2000	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2001	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2002	36.1 C (97.0 F)
2003	33.3 C (91.9 F)
2004	34.4 C (93.9 F)
2005	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2006	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2007	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2008	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2009	35.6 C (96.1 F)
2010	37.8 C (100.0 F)
2011	33.9 C (93.0 F)
2012	32.2 C (90.0 F)
2013	35.0 C (95.0 F)
2014	31.7 C (89.1 F)
2015	34.4 C (93.9 F)
2016	33.3 C (91.9 F)
2017	33.9 C (93.0 F)
2018	33.3 C (91.9 F)
2019	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2020	30.6 C (87.1 F)
2021	32.8 C (91.0 F)
2022	31.1 C (88.0 F)
2023	33.3 C (91.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Fairbanks Alaska, 1988 to 2023. The record is -48.9 C (-56.0 F) in 2012, marked on the chart; the median year is -43.3 C (-45.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Fairbanks Alaska by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1988	n/a
1989	-44.4 C (-47.9 F)
1990	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1991	-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1992	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1993	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)
1994	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
1995	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
1996	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
1997	-39.4 C (-38.9 F)
1998	-47.2 C (-53.0 F)
1999	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
2000	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
2001	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
2002	-43.9 C (-47.0 F)
2003	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
2004	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
2005	-47.8 C (-54.0 F)
2006	-37.2 C (-35.0 F)
2007	-45.0 C (-49.0 F)
2008	-46.1 C (-51.0 F)
2009	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
2010	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2011	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
2012	-48.9 C (-56.0 F)
2013	-45.6 C (-50.1 F)
2014	-42.8 C (-45.0 F)
2015	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2016	-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
2017	-46.7 C (-52.1 F)
2018	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
2019	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2020	-42.2 C (-44.0 F)
2021	-41.1 C (-42.0 F)
2022	-43.3 C (-45.9 F)
2023	-33.9 C (-29.0 F)

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Download the Data

Data for Fairbanks Alaska standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Fairbanks Alaska threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).