Fairbanks, AK: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged -6.7°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest February since 2021, tied 30th coldest of 117 (with 2007).

February 2026

Mean temperature: -6.7°F; Coldest since 2021; 30th coldest of 117
Precipitation: 2.53 in; Wettest on record; Wettest of 111, provisional

A normal February in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 0.3°F, between -6.5°F and 7.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.37 in of precipitation, between 0.12 in and 1.26 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Fairbanks, AK since 1906: -6.7°F in 2026; the lowest is -25.3°F, in 1979.

Normal range, -6.5 to 7.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Fairbanks, AK from 1905 to 2026, 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
2026	-6.7	87	4.9	89	-18.4	85	2.53	1	0
2025	4.9	27	15	35	-5.1	23	0.38	53	0
2024	0.5	53	12.3	48	-11.3	58	0.12	94	0
2023	0.3	55	10.4	62	-9.7	50	1.03	15	0
2022	-0.1	57	10.6	61	-10.9	57	1.44	7	0
2021	-9.2	98	2.1	99	-20.6	102	1.37	9	0
2020	-6	82	6.3	80	-18.4	85	0.50	41	0
2019	5.5	24	17.3	18	-6.4	30	0.79	24	0
2018	2.6	40	11.3	58	-6.1	28	1.56	6	0
2017	0.7	50	11	60	-9.6	48	1.24	11	0
2016	7.9	13	20	11	-4.2	19	0.05	104	0
2015	1	49	11.6	54	-9.6	48	0.48	43	0
2014	-4.4	76	8.4	70	-17.1	83	0.40	51	0
2013	-1.4	63	10.4	62	-13.2	68	0.48	43	0
2012	5.9	20	16.6	21	-4.8	22	0.42	47	0
2011	-6.5	85	5.7	84	-18.8	88	1.62	5	0
2010	2.9	38	13.3	42	-7.6	37	0.15	89	0
2009	-1.5	65	10.1	65	-13.1	66	0.59	36	0
2008	-5.9	81	7	77	-18.9	90	0.18	82	0
2007	-6.7	87	5.4	86	-18.9	90	0.12	94	0
2006	5.6	22	17.9	16	-6.7	33	0.76	26	0
2005	-2.3	67	9.4	67	-14	73	0.25	73	0
2004	1.1	48	12.5	45	-10.4	53	0.33	60	0
2003	11	7	21	8	1	6	0.89	22	0
2002	-0.6	61	12	50	-13.1	66	0.18	82	0
2001	7	17	17.6	17	-3.6	18	0.66	30	0
2000	6.7	18	18	15	-4.7	21	trace	110	0
1999	-16.8	109	-6	113	-27.5	112	0.21	77	0
1998	2.1	43	12.5	45	-8.4	42	0.11	96	0
1997	12.9	3	24	2	1.9	4	0.34	59	0
1996	-2.6	70	8.1	73	-13.4	69	1.40	8	0
1995	-0.1	57	11.7	53	-12	62	0.29	66	0
1994	-6.4	84	6.3	80	-19.1	92	0.32	62	0
1993	2.4	42	13.7	40	-9	46	0.31	65	0
1992	-8.7	95	2.1	99	-19.4	94	0.66	30	0
1991	-1.1	62	8.2	72	-10.5	55	0.17	85	0
1990	-21.7	115	-11	116	-32.4	117	0.72	28	0
1989	3.4	35	14.9	37	-8.1	41	0.98	17	0
1988	3.9	33	15.8	29	-8	39	0.13	93	0
1987	1.4	45	11.5	55	-8.6	44	0.10	98	0
1986	4.7	29	15.3	32	-5.9	27	0.19	80	0
1985	-9.4	99	0.4	102	-19.2	93	0.48	43	0
1984	-13.3	106	-4.2	110	-22.4	105	0.64	33	0
1983	3.3	36	13	43	-6.3	29	0.18	82	0
1982	-3.8	75	4.8	90	-12.5	64	0.38	53	0
1981	5.1	26	15.8	29	-5.6	26	0.78	25	0
1980	15.9	1	27.5	1	4.4	2	0.22	76	0
1979	-25.3	117	-12.9	118	-37.7	119	0.02	108	0
1978	3.8	34	15	35	-7.3	36	0.19	80	0
1977	8.6	11	18.4	13	-1.2	9	0.81	23	0
1976	-13.6	107	-1.6	107	-25.7	109	0.01	109	0
1975	-3.4	73	8.5	69	-15.2	79	0.04	105	0
1974	-17.8	111	-8.2	114	-27.4	111	0.33	60	0
1973	-1.5	65	11.4	56	-14.4	75	0.11	96	0
1972	-10	100	0.1	104	-20.2	98	0.16	87	0
1971	-4.6	79	6	82	-15.1	78	0.63	34	0
1970	8	12	18.4	13	-2.4	15	0.32	62	0
1969	-7.3	91	5.7	84	-20.2	98	0.10	98	0
1968	-4.9	80	5	88	-14.9	77	0.15	89	0
1967	-6.8	89	5.1	87	-18.8	88	0.25	73	0
1966	-7.6	93	3.3	97	-18.4	85	1.75	4	0
1965	-18.1	112	-4.8	111	-31.4	116	0.32	62	0
1964	0.7	50	11.4	56	-10	51	0.46	46	0
1963	-0.3	60	9.4	67	-10	51	0.27	67	0
1962	7.1	16	15.9	26	-1.8	10	1.26	10	0
1961	-4.4	76	7	77	-15.8	81	0.17	85	0
1960	3	37	14.8	38	-8.8	45	0.38	53	0
1959	5.9	20	17	19	-5.2	24	0.93	18	0
1958	1.4	45	14.3	39	-11.5	60	0.07	103	0
1957	-2.6	70	9.5	66	-14.6	76	0.56	38	0
1956	-10.6	102	-0.8	105	-20.3	100	0.99	16	0
1955	-12.2	105	-1.4	106	-23.1	106	0.60	35	0
1954	-16.9	110	-3.1	109	-30.7	113	0.21	77	0
1953	2.6	40	16	23	-10.8	56	0.27	67	0
1952	-2.5	69	8.4	70	-13.4	69	0.14	92	0
1951	-7.6	93	4.3	92	-19.5	95	0.91	19	0
1950	-22.5	116	-9.9	115	-35.1	118	0.25	73	0
1949	-9.1	97	3.4	95	-21.6	103	1.12	13	0
1948	-6.5	85	6.7	79	-19.8	97	0.50	41	0
1947	0.4	54	12.1	49	-11.3	58	0.03	107	0
1946	0.7	50	11.9	52	-10.4	53	0.73	27	0
1945	5.6	22	15.7	31	-4.5	20	0.27	67	0
1944	9.4	10	19.3	12	-0.5	8	2.10	2	0
1943	4.8	28	15.9	26	-6.4	30	0.35	57	0
1942	11.5	5	21.3	7	1.8	5	0.26	71	0
1941	9.9	8	23	3	-3.1	17	0.04	105	0
1940	-0.1	57	11.3	58	-11.5	60	0.08	101	0
1939	-2.9	72	8.1	73	-13.9	72	0.27	67	0
1938	-11.4	104	0.5	101	-23.3	107	0.40	51	0
1937	-10.7	103	0.3	103	-21.6	103	0.54	40	0
1936	-14.4	108	-2.6	108	-26.2	110	0.15	89	0
1935	7.3	14	16.8	20	-2.1	13	0.41	50	0
1934	4.5	31	15.9	26	-6.8	34	0.10	98	0
1933	-6.8	89	4.2	93	-17.7	84	0.65	32	0
1932	-18.1	112	-4.9	112	-31.2	115	1.77	3	0
1931	5.3	25	16	23	-5.5	25	0.42	47	0
1930	-21.1	114	-11.4	117	-30.8	114	0.36	56	0
1929	11.7	4	20.9	9	2.8	3	1.10	14	1
1928	11.4	6	22.1	5	0.6	7	0.70	29	0
1927	4.7	29	16	23	-6.6	32	0.26	71	0
1926	-2.4	68	7.9	75	-12.7	65			0
1925	-8.7	95	3.1	98	-20.4	101	0.57	37	0
1924	-6.1	83	3.4	95	-15.7	80	0.20	79	0
1923	7.3	14	16.5	22	-1.9	11	0.90	21	0
1922	1.2	47	10.3	64	-7.8	38	0.55	39	0
1921	-4.5	78	5.9	83	-15.9	82	0.16	87	2
1920	14	2	22.7	4	5.3	1	0.91	19	0
1919	2	44	12.5	45	-8.5	43	0.00	111	0
1918	-1.4	63	12	50	-13.8	71	1.24	11	1
1917	9.5	9	20.9	9	-2	12	0.42	47	0
1916	-3.4	73	7.4	76	-14.2	74			0
1915	-7.4	92	4.8	90	-19.7	96			0
1914	6.4	19	15.3	32	-2.6	16			0
1913	4.1	32	15.2	34	-7	35	0.35	57	0
1912			21.5	6	-2.1	13			4
1911									9
1910									15
1909	-10	100	3.6	94	-23.4	108	0.08	101	2
1908	2.8	39	13.7	40	-8	39			0
1906	0.2	56	12.6	44	-12.3	63			0
1905					-9.2	47			21

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1980	15.9
1920	14
1997	12.9
1929	11.7
1942	11.5
1928	11.4
2003	11
1941	9.9
1917	9.5
1944	9.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1979	-25.3
1950	-22.5
1990	-21.7
1930	-21.1
1965	-18.1
1932	-18.1
1974	-17.8
1954	-16.9
1999	-16.8
1936	-14.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	2.53
1944	2.10
1932	1.77
1966	1.75
2011	1.62
2018	1.56
2022	1.44
1996	1.40
2021	1.37
1962	1.26

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	0.00
2000	trace
1976	0.01
1979	0.02
1947	0.03
1975	0.04
1941	0.04
2016	0.05
1958	0.07
1940	0.08
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 20°F; 24 February 2026
Coldest night: -49°F; 27 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.52 in; 18 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 2.53 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest February on record, in 111 years since 1909 (1910 excluded: 26 of 28 days missing; 1911 excluded: 28 of 28 days missing; 1912 excluded: 25 of 29 days missing; 4 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 20°F on Tuesday 24 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: a low of -49°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 0.52 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.