Fairbanks, AK: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged -9°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest March on record, in 119 years since 1906 (1910 excluded: 13 of 31 days missing; 1911 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: -9°F; Coldest on record; Coldest of 119, provisional
Precipitation: 0.30 in; Wettest since 2023; 49th wettest of 114

A normal March in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 10.2°F, between 3.7°F and 18.5°F in eight years of ten and 0.22 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 0.78 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Fairbanks, AK since 1906: -9°F in 2026, the lowest of them all.

Normal range, 3.7 to 18.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Fairbanks, AK from 1906 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	-9	119	8.4	118	-26.3	121	0.30	49	0
2025	17.6	17	30.5	22	4.7	14	0.23	62	0
2024	13.9	35	25.4	49	2.4	22	0.19	74	0
2023	11.2	50	24.7	51	-2.3	54	0.36	45	0
2022	13.4	39	28.3	31	-1.6	47	0.13	88	0
2021	5.9	86	19.4	88	-7.6	88	0.89	12	0
2020	8.8	68	20.3	82	-2.6	55	1.59	8	0
2019	27.6	1	39.8	1	15.5	1	0.45	38	0
2018	15.6	25	27.7	36	3.5	19	0.58	23	0
2017	-3	116	13.2	114	-19.1	118	0.17	79	0
2016	19.8	10	31.5	16	8.1	9	0.53	28	0
2015	15.5	26	30.5	22	0.4	38	0.49	34	0
2014	13.9	35	30.9	19	-3.1	56	0.21	68	0
2013	7.1	79	22.7	67	-8.4	92	0.26	56	0
2012	4.5	99	17.6	98	-8.7	94	0.74	16	0
2011	7.2	77	25.4	49	-10.9	105	0.15	82	0
2010	10.8	52	26.7	42	-5.1	66	0.09	97	0
2009	5.6	89	17.7	97	-6.5	77	1.09	10	0
2008	15.4	28	27.6	37	3.2	20	0.10	94	0
2007	-6.5	117	7.8	119	-20.9	119	0.20	69	0
2006	3	105	17.5	99	-11.5	109	0.22	65	0
2005	19.6	11	31.3	18	7.8	10	0.26	56	0
2004	6	84	19.3	89	-7.4	86	0.29	50	0
2003	8.5	69	21.1	75	-4	59	0.02	109	0
2002	9.9	62	26.8	41	-7	80	0.14	87	0
2001	9.9	62	23.2	63	-3.4	57	0.43	39	0
2000	17.6	17	31.5	16	3.6	18	0.10	94	0
1999	7.2	77	21.5	74	-7.1	83	0.19	74	0
1998	18.4	13	34.4	6	2.3	23	trace	110	0
1997	4.6	95	20.2	83	-10.9	105	0.06	104	0
1996	15.5	26	30.7	20	0.2	39	0.53	28	0
1995	3.8	104	16.8	103	-9.2	100	0.18	77	0
1994	10.4	54	22.8	65	-1.9	50	0.17	79	0
1993	17.2	22	31.6	15	2.8	21	0.26	56	0
1992	14	33	28.1	34	-0.2	40	0.07	101	0
1991	11.9	47	24.3	55	-0.5	42	2.24	3	0
1990	18.5	12	32.6	13	4.4	17	0.11	92	0
1989	6.7	81	21.6	72	-8.2	89	0.13	88	0
1988	17.8	15	28.3	31	7.3	11	0.13	88	0
1987	13.4	39	28.2	33	-1.3	44	trace	110	0
1986	6	84	20.2	83	-8.2	89	0.32	48	0
1985	14.5	31	28.6	29	0.5	37	0.57	24	0
1984	21.6	7	32.7	12	10.5	7	0.03	107	0
1983	13.8	37	26	46	1.5	33	0.09	97	0
1982	13	41	24.4	54	1.7	29	0.39	42	0
1981	27.1	2	38.7	3	15.4	2	0.07	101	0
1980	17.3	20	29.9	25	4.6	15	0.13	88	0
1979	12	45	22.2	70	1.8	28	0.47	37	0
1978	14	33	26.3	45	1.6	32	0.09	97	0
1977	4.5	99	16.1	104	-7	80	0.26	56	0
1976	12	45	23.4	61	0.7	36	0.55	26	0
1975	12.6	44	26.4	43	-1.3	44	0.22	65	0
1974	7.5	75	19.7	87	-4.6	65	0.27	53	0
1973	11.9	47	21.8	71	2	24	0.40	41	0
1972	-2.7	115	10.8	116	-16.3	116	0.27	53	0
1971	-0.4	111	10.5	117	-11.3	108	0.20	69	0
1970	20.8	8	32.4	14	9.3	8	0.25	60	0
1969	10.1	57	24.5	53	-4.4	62	0.60	21	0
1968	12.7	42	27.6	37	-2.1	51	trace	110	0
1967	9.8	64	23.7	59	-4.1	61	1.90	6	0
1966	-2.5	114	11	115	-16	115	0.34	47	0
1965	24.5	4	35	5	14	4	0.27	53	0
1964	-2.2	113	13.5	113	-17.9	117	0.18	77	0
1963	7.7	74	20.5	79	-5.1	66	2.10	4	0
1962	7.9	73	21.6	72	-5.7	69	0.66	19	0
1961	0.6	110	14.8	110	-13.6	112	0.11	92	0
1960	4.2	102	17.9	96	-9.5	101	0.20	69	0
1959	-6.6	118	7.6	120	-20.9	119	0.15	82	0
1958	16	24	30	24	2	24	0.24	61	0
1957	18.1	14	30.6	21	5.5	13	0.15	82	0
1956	5.9	86	20.8	76	-9.1	98	0.15	82	0
1955	10.1	57	24.6	52	-4.5	63	0.52	31	0
1954	11.7	49	27.4	39	-4	59	0.60	21	0
1953	7.5	75	23.9	58	-8.8	96	0.20	69	0
1952	8.9	67	22.4	69	-4.5	63	0.35	46	0
1951	-0.6	112	14.5	111	-15.6	114	0.22	65	0
1950	17.5	19	33.3	10	1.7	29	0.52	31	0
1949	20.1	9	33.9	8	6.2	12	0.38	43	0
1948	5.4	90	20.8	76	-10	103	0.55	26	0
1947	14.6	30	27.4	39	1.9	26	0.16	81	0
1946	1.4	108	15.5	107	-12.7	110	0.29	50	0
1945	10.4	54	22.9	64	-2.1	51	0.53	28	0
1944	6.7	81	19.2	91	-5.7	69	0.88	13	0
1943	10	60	20.4	80	-0.3	41	1.21	9	0
1942	8.1	71	23.7	59	-7.5	87	0.29	50	0
1941	15	29	28.4	30	1.5	33	0.38	43	0
1940	12.7	42	25.8	47	-0.5	42	0.03	107	0
1939	4.5	99	17.2	102	-8.2	89	0.48	36	0
1938	10	60	25.5	48	-5.4	68	0.23	62	0
1937	5.9	86	20.6	78	-8.8	96	trace	110	0
1936	4.6	95	18	95	-8.7	94	0.49	34	0
1935	4.6	95	20.2	83	-11	107	1.97	5	0
1934	9.2	65	24.3	55	-6	72	0.43	39	0
1933	8.3	70	22.8	65	-6.2	74	0.07	101	0
1932	13.7	38	28.8	26	-1.5	46	0.10	94	0
1931	8.1	71	22.5	68	-6.4	76	0.15	82	0
1930	6.6	83	19	93	-5.7	69	0.73	17	0
1929	5.2	92	17.4	100	-7.1	83	0.50	33	0
1928	2.6	106	15.5	107	-10.3	104	0.61	20	0
1927	4.2	102	15	109	-7.3	85	0.57	24	2
1926	26.6	3	39.1	2	14.2	3	0.23	62	1
1925	10.8	52	23.3	62	-1.7	48	0.72	18	0
1924	23.4	6	34.4	6	12.4	5	0.09	97	0
1923	10.1	57	24	57	-3.7	58	0.78	15	0
1922	4.6	95	19.1	92	-9.8	102	0.19	74	0
1921	14.3	32	27.8	35	1.9	26	3.72	1	2
1920	6.9	80	20.4	80	-6.6	78	0.80	14	0
1919	4.8	94	16	105	-7	80	trace	110	1
1918	1.2	109	16	105	-13.5	111	2.84	2	0
1917	16.7	23	28.8	26	4.6	15	0.20	69	0
1916	2.2	107	18.2	94	-13.8	113	0.04	106	0
1915	17.3	20	33.2	11	1.4	35	1.60	7	0
1914	9	66	20.1	86	-2.2	53			0
1913	11.2	50	28.7	28	-6.3	75			0
1912	23.8	5	36.1	4	11.5	6	0.95	11	0
1911			14.5	111	-8.6	93			5
1910					-1.7	48			13
1909	10.2	56	26.4	43	-6	72	0.05	105	2
1908	5.2	92	17.3	101	-6.8	79			0
1907	5.4	90	19.3	89	-9.1	98			2
1906	17.7	16	33.7	9	1.7	29			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2019	27.6
1981	27.1
1926	26.6
1965	24.5
1912	23.8
1924	23.4
1984	21.6
1970	20.8
1949	20.1
2016	19.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	-9
1959	-6.6
2007	-6.5
2017	-3
1972	-2.7
1966	-2.5
1964	-2.2
1951	-0.6
1971	-0.4
1961	0.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1921	3.72
1918	2.84
1991	2.24
1963	2.10
1935	1.97
1967	1.90
1915	1.60
2020	1.59
1943	1.21
2009	1.09

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	trace
1987	trace
1968	trace
1937	trace
1919	trace
2003	0.02
1984	0.03
1940	0.03
1916	0.04
1909	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 30°F; 30 March 2026, 29 March 2026
Coldest night: -49°F; 1 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.16 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.30 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest March since 2023, 49th wettest of 114.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 30°F on Monday 30 March 2026 and Sunday 29 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: a low of -49°F on Sunday 1 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 0.16 in on Friday 6 March 2026.