Fairbanks, AK: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged -14.4°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest January since 2020, 37th coldest of 116.

January 2026

Mean temperature: -14.4°F; Coldest since 2020; 37th coldest of 116
Precipitation: 0.67 in; Wettest since 2018; 39th wettest of 116

A normal January in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -8°F, between -17.4°F and 3.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.44 in of precipitation, between 0.14 in and 1.17 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Fairbanks, AK since 1908: -14.4°F in 2026; the lowest is -31.7°F, in 1971.

Normal range, -17.4 to 3.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	-14.4	80	-6.1	82	-22.6	79	0.67	39	0
2025	6.3	9	15.7	8	-3.2	9	0.59	45	0
2024	-12.7	73	-3.6	72	-21.8	77	0.49	58	0
2023	-0.1	19	7.7	23	-7.9	17	0.65	40	0
2022	-7.6	51	2.2	47	-17.4	54	0.20	96	0
2021	-1.5	23	7.4	25	-10.3	22	0.04	113	0
2020	-21.4	103	-14.2	106	-28.6	101	0.42	67	0
2019	-6.9	50	2.1	48	-15.8	49	0.65	40	0
2018	-6	45	2.9	44	-14.9	44	1.10	18	0
2017	-9.5	62	0.5	56	-19.4	68	0.96	22	0
2016	3.5	10	13.1	10	-6.1	12	0.01	115	0
2015	-6.5	47	1.2	53	-14.2	41	0.15	100	0
2014	7.6	7	16.4	7	-1.1	7	0.22	91	0
2013	-2.6	29	6.7	31	-12	27	0.79	30	0
2012	-26.9	113	-18.2	112	-35.5	117	0.69	34	0
2011	-6	45	4	41	-16	50	0.19	97	0
2010	-13.7	77	-5.2	78	-22.2	78	0.03	114	0
2009	-12	72	-3.6	72	-20.3	71	0.52	52	0
2008	-9.2	59	-0.4	62	-18.1	58	0.93	25	0
2007	-6.6	48	1.9	50	-15.2	46	0.50	57	0
2006	-22.1	104	-16.1	109	-28.1	99	0.22	91	0
2005	-9.1	57	0.1	58	-18.3	59	1.17	14	0
2004	-15.9	85	-5.4	79	-26.4	93	0.33	74	0
2003	-3.3	32	5.9	33	-12.5	33	0.28	82	0
2002	3.5	10	11.7	11	-4.8	10	0.54	50	0
2001	7.8	6	18	6	-2.5	8	0.40	69	0
2000	-9.9	64	-1.8	67	-18	56	1.97	7	0
1999	-17	91	-7.5	87	-26.6	95	0.22	91	0
1998	-13.6	76	-5.7	80	-21.5	76	0.08	110	0
1997	-16.2	86	-7.1	86	-25.4	89	0.25	86	0
1996	-16.9	90	-9.4	95	-24.3	85	0.32	76	0
1995	-9.4	60	-0.3	61	-18.5	62	0.25	86	0
1994	-1.5	23	7.2	27	-10.2	21	0.47	61	0
1993	-3.8	33	4.5	38	-12.2	29	2.40	4	0
1992	-4.7	39	5	34	-14.4	42	0.85	28	0
1991	-4.6	37	4.5	38	-13.8	39	1.17	14	0
1990	-12.9	74	-5.1	77	-20.7	73	0.52	52	0
1989	-21.2	102	-14.7	108	-27.8	98	0.52	52	0
1988	-5.3	42	2.1	48	-12.7	34	0.32	76	0
1987	0.6	15	9.2	16	-7.9	17	0.68	37	0
1986	-2	27	7.3	26	-11.4	26	0.13	102	0
1985	11	4	20.9	3	1.2	4	0.52	52	0
1984	-5.9	44	1.8	51	-13.5	37	0.89	27	0
1983	-11	69	-2.9	70	-19	66	0.24	89	0
1982	-18	93	-9.2	93	-26.7	96	0.34	73	0
1981	18.1	1	28.7	1	7.5	1	0.31	78	0
1980	-9.4	60	-0.6	63	-18.3	59	0.52	52	0
1979	-7.7	52	0	59	-15.4	47	0.58	46	0
1978	0.1	17	7.7	23	-7.6	14	0.39	71	0
1977	9.7	5	18.2	5	1.3	3	0.31	78	0
1976	-11.5	71	-4.2	75	-18.7	63	0.22	91	0
1975	-15.5	83	-7.9	89	-23	81	0.60	42	0
1974	-16.6	89	-8.3	91	-25	87	0.14	101	0
1973	-18.2	96	-10.5	99	-25.9	92	0.44	64	0
1972	-16.3	88	-9.1	92	-23.5	82	0.73	31	0
1971	-31.7	116	-22.7	115	-40.7	120	0.33	74	0
1970	-16.2	86	-7	85	-25.4	89	0.10	106	0
1969	-26.7	112	-19.3	114	-34.1	114	0.55	48	0
1968	-11	69	-1.7	65	-20.2	69	1.19	13	0
1967	-15.3	82	-6.9	83	-23.7	84	0.40	69	0
1966	-27.4	114	-19	113	-35.8	118	0.01	115	0
1965	-18	93	-7.5	87	-28.4	100	0.07	111	0
1964	-15.7	84	-6.9	83	-24.5	86	0.21	95	0
1963	1.7	13	8.8	18	-5.5	11	1.78	9	0
1962	-7.8	53	2.5	45	-18	56	0.69	34	0
1961	-2	27	8.3	21	-12.3	32	0.25	86	0
1960	-3.8	33	6	32	-13.6	38	0.97	21	0
1959	-20	99	-9.6	96	-30.4	106	0.09	108	0
1958	-2.6	29	6.9	29	-12.2	29	0.31	78	0
1957	1.5	14	10.8	12	-7.8	15	1.92	8	0
1956	-20.2	100	-10.8	100	-29.6	104	0.43	65	0
1955	-3.2	31	8.2	22	-14.5	43	0.49	58	0
1954	-14.6	81	-3.5	71	-25.7	91	0.55	48	0
1953	-22.5	106	-13.4	103	-31.6	110	0.12	104	0
1952	-19.4	97	-9.6	96	-29.2	102	0.84	29	0
1951	-23.2	109	-16.6	110	-29.8	105	0.57	47	0
1950	-0.9	21	8.7	19	-10.5	23	2.00	6	0
1949	-8.7	55	1	54	-18.4	61	0.94	23	0
1948	-4.3	36	4.6	36	-13.3	36	0.47	61	0
1947	-22.7	108	-14.1	105	-31.4	109	1.23	12	0
1946	-4.6	37	3	43	-12.2	29	0.70	32	0
1945	0	18	9.2	16	-9.2	19	0.07	111	0
1944	-5.7	43	4.7	35	-16	50	0.19	97	0
1943	-22.1	104	-13.8	104	-30.5	107	0.45	63	0
1942	0.6	15	8.6	20	-7	13	0.26	84	1
1941	-13.8	79	-4.9	76	-22.6	79	0.13	102	0
1940	-1.6	25	9.9	14	-13.1	35	1.34	11	0
1939	-10.4	66	-2.1	69	-18.7	63	0.68	37	0
1938	-18.1	95	-9.2	93	-27	97	0.54	50	0
1937	11.4	3	22.5	2	0.2	5	6.71	1	0
1936	-8.3	54	1	54	-17.5	55	0.09	108	0
1935	-13.7	77	-5.9	81	-21.4	75	1.41	10	0
1934	-31.2	115	-23.2	116	-39.1	119	0.70	32	0
1933	-23.5	110	-14.2	106	-32.8	112	1.13	17	0
1932	-21	101	-11.1	101	-31	108	1.08	19	0
1931	-0.7	20	9.6	15	-11.1	25	0.26	84	0
1930	-5.2	41	4.6	36	-15	45	0.31	78	0
1929	7.2	8	15.1	9	-0.6	6	3.21	3	0
1928	2	12	10.8	12	-7.8	15	0.60	42	3
1927	-1.8	26	7.1	28	-10.8	24	1.03	20	0
1926	12.6	2	20	4	5.1	2	0.24	89	0
1925					-34.6	116	0.39	71	5
1924	-6.8	49	2.3	46	-15.6	48	0.60	42	2
1923	-10.6	67	-1	64	-20.5	72	1.17	14	1
1922	-1.4	22	6.8	30	-9.2	19	0.69	34	1
1921	-17.1	92	-7.9	89	-26.4	93	0.94	23	0
1920	-10.6	67	-1.8	67	-20.2	69	0.28	82	1
1919	-13.3	75	-3.7	74	-23.6	83	0.18	99	1
1918	-9	56	0.3	57	-18.8	65	0.48	60	1
1917	-19.7	98	-10	98	-29.4	103	0.41	68	0
1916	-9.1	57	1.4	52	-19.1	67	2.22	5	3
1915	-5	40	4.2	40	-14.1	40	0.12	104	0
1914	-9.5	62	-1.7	65	-17.2	53			0
1913	-22.6	107	-12.6	102	-32.7	111	0.43	65	0
1912	-4.2	35	3.7	42	-12.1	28	0.10	106	0
1911					-33.4	113			10
1910					-25.3	88			11
1909	-25.3	111	-16.7	111	-34.3	115	0.90	26	3
1908	-10.3	65	-0.2	60	-21.2	74			2
1907					-16	50	3.30	2	8
1906			-27.3	117	-42.8	121			4
1905									18

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1981	18.1
1926	12.6
1937	11.4
1985	11
1977	9.7
2001	7.8
2014	7.6
1929	7.2
2025	6.3
2016	3.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1971	-31.7
1934	-31.2
1966	-27.4
2012	-26.9
1969	-26.7
1909	-25.3
1933	-23.5
1951	-23.2
1947	-22.7
1913	-22.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	6.71
1907	3.30
1929	3.21
1993	2.40
1916	2.22
1950	2.00
2000	1.97
1957	1.92
1963	1.78
1935	1.41

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	0.01
1966	0.01
2010	0.03
2021	0.04
1965	0.07
1945	0.07
1998	0.08
1959	0.09
1936	0.09
1970	0.10
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 32°F; 16 January 2026
Coldest night: -50°F; 4 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.21 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.67 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest January since 2018, 39th wettest of 116.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 32°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: a low of -50°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 0.21 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.