Fairbanks, AK: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged -22.8°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest December since 1980, 8th coldest of 119.

December 2025

Mean temperature: -22.8°F; Coldest since 1980; 8th coldest of 119
Precipitation: 0.98 in; Wettest since 2022; 22nd wettest of 113

A normal December in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -4°F, between -12.9°F and 4.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.47 in of precipitation, between 0.16 in and 1.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Fairbanks, AK since 1904: -22.8°F in 2025; the lowest is -33.3°F, in 1917.

Normal range, -12.9 to 4.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Fairbanks, AK from 1904 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	-22.8	112	-14.6	112	-31	116	0.98	22	0
2024	1.2	19	10	18	-7.6	18	0.97	23	0
2023	-3.9	48	4.1	46	-12	51	0.96	26	0
2022	-4.5	54	3.9	47	-12.8	55	1.13	17	0
2021	1.5	18	11.1	15	-8.2	21	5.73	1	0
2020	0.2	23	9.5	21	-9.1	27	0.22	93	0
2019	-5.4	56	2.2	67	-12.9	56	0.38	71	0
2018	0.1	24	8.3	27	-8.2	21	0.42	65	0
2017	9	2	18.1	1	-0.2	2	0.38	71	0
2016	-8.4	77	-0.5	82	-16.3	74	1.99	5	0
2015	-2.2	32	6.5	33	-10.8	35	0.07	108	0
2014	8	3	16.5	4	-0.4	3	0.93	29	0
2013	-4.5	54	3.6	52	-12.6	54	0.78	33	0
2012	-17.3	104	-8.9	105	-25.6	108	1.19	16	0
2011	4	12	14.4	9	-6.4	16	0.95	28	0
2010	-17.9	108	-10.2	108	-25.6	108	0.23	90	0
2009	-2.8	37	4.7	43	-10.4	31	0.36	74	0
2008	-7.8	75	1.3	74	-16.9	76	0.50	55	0
2007	-3.4	44	4.5	45	-11.2	39	0.31	81	0
2006	-2	31	6.6	32	-10.6	32	0.48	57	0
2005	0.9	20	9.6	20	-7.9	20	0.15	101	0
2004	-3.3	42	5.7	35	-12.4	53	0.75	35	0
2003	-9.1	82	-0.4	81	-17.8	85	0.59	42	0
2002	4.9	9	10.5	16	-0.8	4	0.41	66	0
2001	-10.5	89	-1.5	87	-19.5	93	0.24	89	0
2000	0.3	22	10	18	-9.5	28	0.16	99	0
1999	-12.8	93	-4.2	92	-21.4	97	0.73	36	0
1998	-5.9	62	2.7	60	-14.4	64	0.56	47	0
1997	-7.1	70	2.1	68	-16.2	72	0.52	52	0
1996	-13.5	95	-5.4	95	-21.5	98	0.46	60	0
1995	-9	80	-0.8	84	-17.2	79	0.06	110	0
1994	-8.5	78	1	76	-17.9	87	0.48	57	0
1993	0.6	21	9.5	21	-8.4	25	0.43	64	0
1992	-7.6	74	2.1	68	-17.3	82	1.21	15	0
1991	-2.8	37	5.2	38	-10.9	36	1.02	21	0
1990	-6.2	65	2.6	61	-15.1	69	2.94	3	0
1989	4.4	10	13.3	13	-4.4	9	0.57	46	0
1988	4.2	11	13.8	10	-5.4	10	0.46	60	0
1987	-3.1	39	4.7	43	-11	38	0.51	54	0
1986	7.3	5	15.6	6	-1	5	0.34	77	0
1985	7.6	4	17.2	3	-1.9	6	0.08	106	0
1984	-3.1	39	5.7	35	-11.9	47	3.23	2	0
1983	-3.6	46	3.4	53	-10.7	34	0.65	40	0
1982	2.2	16	10.4	17	-6	15	0.23	90	0
1981	-4.2	53	3.4	53	-11.8	45	0.58	45	0
1980	-24	114	-17.9	115	-30.1	114	0.32	80	0
1979	-10.2	87	-2.2	88	-18.2	90	0.49	56	0
1978	3.2	15	12.4	14	-5.9	14	1.40	11	0
1977	-14.9	98	-9.1	106	-20.7	96	0.80	32	0
1976	-3.9	48	3.9	47	-11.6	41	0.08	106	0
1975	-16	102	-8.2	103	-23.9	104	0.31	81	0
1974	-11.2	90	-5	94	-17.5	83	0.55	50	0
1973	-3.4	44	5.2	38	-11.9	47	0.15	101	0
1972	-2.5	35	4.9	42	-9.9	29	1.13	17	0
1971	-5.8	60	3.2	56	-14.8	66	1.83	7	0
1970	-9.7	85	-1.3	85	-18.2	90	2.29	4	0
1969	3.9	14	14.8	8	-6.9	17	trace	113	0
1968	-17.7	106	-7.6	100	-27.8	111	1.38	12	0
1967	-1.6	30	5.1	40	-8.3	23	1.34	13	0
1966	-20	109	-12.1	110	-28	112	0.16	99	0
1965	-14	96	-4.5	93	-23.6	103	1.92	6	0
1964	-26.5	116	-18.2	116	-34.7	120	0.35	76	0
1963	4	12	13.8	10	-5.8	13	0.38	71	0
1962	-6.6	68	1.8	70	-15	67	0.56	47	0
1961	-23.8	113	-16.3	114	-31.4	118	0.59	42	0
1960	5.4	7	16.3	5	-5.5	11	0.23	90	0
1959	-9.4	83	-1.3	85	-17.5	83	0.56	47	0
1958	-7.1	70	1.6	71	-15.9	71	0.41	66	0
1957	-15.5	99	-7.8	101	-23.3	102	0.25	87	0
1956	-28.1	118	-20.3	119	-36	121	0.59	42	0
1955	-9	80	0	79	-18	88	1.83	7	0
1954	-21.5	110	-12.8	111	-30.2	115	0.48	57	0
1953	-4.1	51	3.7	51	-11.9	47	0.13	104	0
1952	-3.3	42	5	41	-11.6	41	0.04	112	0
1951	-7.5	73	1.6	71	-16.6	75	1.28	14	0
1950	-5.4	56	2.4	64	-13.2	58	0.39	68	0
1949	-10.4	88	-3	89	-17.8	85	0.77	34	0
1948	-15.6	100	-8.2	103	-23	101	1.09	20	0
1947	-0.4	27	6.9	30	-7.8	19	0.15	101	0
1946	-22.4	111	-15.4	113	-29.4	113	0.53	51	0
1945	-5.8	60	2.9	57	-14.6	65	0.25	87	0
1944	-2.3	34	7.1	29	-11.6	41	0.45	62	0
1943	-1.1	28	9.4	23	-11.7	44	0.87	30	0
1942	-24.6	115	-18.2	116	-31	116	0.07	108	0
1941	-9.8	86	-0.3	80	-18.1	89	0.18	96	1
1940	-4	50	3.8	49	-11.8	45	0.29	85	0
1939	0	26	8.5	25	-8.5	26	0.05	111	0
1938	-3.1	39	5.7	35	-11.9	47	0.52	52	0
1937	-7.2	72	2.8	59	-17.2	79	0.28	86	0
1936	-12.7	92	-6	98	-19.4	92	1.12	19	0
1935	-17.7	106	-9.8	107	-25.5	107	0.11	105	0
1934	1.6	17	8.7	24	-5.5	11	0.39	68	0
1933	-27	117	-20.2	118	-33.9	119	0.96	26	0
1932	-13.1	94	-5.9	97	-20.3	95	0.18	96	0
1931	-6.7	69	1.6	71	-15.1	69	1.73	9	0
1930	0.1	24	8.5	25	-8.3	23	0.21	95	0
1929	-8.9	79	-0.6	83	-17.2	79	0.33	79	0
1928	6	6	15.1	7	-3.2	7	0.39	68	1
1927	-2.5	35	6.5	33	-11.5	40	0.97	23	0
1926	-8.1	76	1	76	-17.1	78	0.36	74	0
1925	-6.3	66	0.7	78	-13	57	0.34	77	1
1924	-5.9	62	2.4	64	-14.3	63	0.85	31	0
1923	-17.3	104	-10.2	108	-24.5	106	0.17	98	0
1922	-6.1	64	2.5	63	-13.5	60	0.30	84	3
1921	5.1	8	13.5	12	-3.4	8			0
1920	-4.1	51	2.6	61	-10.3	30	0.69	39	2
1919	-5.7	58	2.9	57	-13.5	60	0.71	37	1
1918	-6.4	67	3.3	55	-16.9	76	0.31	81	1
1917	-33.3	119	-25.4	120	-41.1	122	0.22	93	0
1916	-14.4	97	-7	99	-21.9	99	0.71	37	0
1915	-12.1	91	-3.8	91	-19.7	94	0.44	63	2
1914	9.5	1	17.7	2	1.3	1	1.52	10	0
1913	-2.2	32	6.9	30	-12.3	52			2
1912			1.3	74	-15	67	0.97	23	4
1911	-5.7	58	2.4	64	-14.1	62			2
1910					-22.5	100			13
1909					-13.2	58			21
1908	-1.3	29	8.2	28	-10.6	32			1
1907	-3.8	47	3.8	49	-10.9	36			1
1906	-16.2	103	-7.8	101	-24.3	105			3
1905	-15.8	101	-5.4	95	-26.3	110	0.60	41	0
1904	-9.4	83	-3.4	90	-16.2	72			3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1914	9.5
2017	9
2014	8
1985	7.6
1986	7.3
1928	6
1960	5.4
1921	5.1
2002	4.9
1989	4.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	-33.3
1956	-28.1
1933	-27
1964	-26.5
1942	-24.6
1980	-24
1961	-23.8
2025	-22.8
1946	-22.4
1954	-21.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2021	5.73
1984	3.23
1990	2.94
1970	2.29
2016	1.99
1965	1.92
1971	1.83
1955	1.83
1931	1.73
1914	1.52

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	trace
1952	0.04
1939	0.05
1995	0.06
2015	0.07
1942	0.07
1985	0.08
1976	0.08
1935	0.11
1953	0.13

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 23°F; 2 December 2025
Coldest night: -48°F; 28 December 2025, 27 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.38 in; 12 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 0.98 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest December since 2022, 22nd wettest of 113.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Fairbanks, AK: 23°F on Tuesday 2 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Fairbanks, AK: a low of -48°F on Sunday 28 December 2025 and Saturday 27 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Fairbanks, AK: 0.38 in on Friday 12 December 2025.