Fairbanks, AK: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 47.8°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest May since 2013, tied 47th coldest of 120 (with 1989, 1986, 1976 and 1 other year).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 47.8°F; Coldest since 2013; 47th coldest of 120
Precipitation: 1.16 in; Wettest since 2005; 17th wettest of 117

A normal May in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.7°F, between 44.5°F and 53.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.45 in of precipitation, between 0.07 in and 1.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Fairbanks, AK since 1905: 47.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 38.6°F, in 1964.

Normal range, 44.5 to 53.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	47.8	70	58.5	81	37.1	55	1.16	17	0
2025	49.1	53	60.3	64	37.9	39	0.59	53	0
2024	50.5	32	61.5	46	39.4	24	1.08	20	0
2023	50.9	28	62.5	31	39.4	24	0.28	91	0
2022	48.7	59	59.5	72	37.9	39	1.09	19	0
2021	51.9	15	63	26	40.8	11	0.36	78	0
2020	53.3	10	65.7	8	40.9	10	0.49	62	0
2019	53.8	5	65.2	12	42.5	6	1.01	23	0
2018	49.7	42	60.4	62	38.9	32	1.15	18	0
2017	49.8	40	61.9	39	37.7	42	0.59	53	0
2016	53.4	9	64.2	16	42.7	5	0.78	37	0
2015	55.3	2	69.2	1	41.3	9	0.29	90	0
2014	51.3	24	63.6	19	39	30	0.06	114	0
2013	44.3	108	56.4	102	32.1	112	0.15	104	0
2012	47.9	69	59.2	75	36.6	66	0.73	40	0
2011	52.4	13	64.7	14	40.1	18	0.04	116	0
2010	54	4	66.5	6	41.4	8	0.24	94	0
2009	51.5	20	62.6	29	40.5	14	0.05	115	0
2008	49.9	38	61.2	52	38.5	36	0.50	61	0
2007	51	27	62.1	38	40	19	0.86	35	0
2006	49.7	42	61.8	41	37.5	45	0.18	101	0
2005	55.6	1	66.7	4	44.4	1	1.26	11	0
2004	52.2	14	62.4	32	42.1	7	1.96	1	0
2003	47.2	82	57.6	93	36.8	62	0.27	92	0
2002	50.4	34	61.3	49	39.5	21	0.38	74	0
2001	44.5	106	53.5	113	35.5	85	0.62	50	0
2000	44.4	107	54	112	34.8	94	0.74	39	0
1999	46.9	88	57.6	93	36.2	76	0.31	88	0
1998	49.9	38	61.1	56	38.8	34	0.41	70	0
1997	49	57	61.6	43	36.4	73	0.07	112	0
1996	49.1	53	62.2	34	36	81	0.14	105	0
1995	53.5	7	67.6	2	39.4	24	0.73	40	0
1994	51.6	19	65.6	9	37.5	45	0.22	97	0
1993	53.6	6	66.5	6	40.8	11	0.63	49	0
1992	41.8	117	52	117	31.6	116	1.23	13	0
1991	51.1	26	62.9	27	39.4	24	0.10	111	0
1990	55	3	66.9	3	43.2	3	0.40	72	0
1989	47.8	70	57.6	93	37.9	39	0.99	24	0
1988	52.8	12	62.2	34	43.4	2	1.51	5	0
1987	50.9	28	62.2	34	39.5	21	0.21	100	0
1986	47.8	70	58.6	79	37	59	0.54	56	0
1985	46.7	90	57	97	36.4	73	0.41	70	0
1984	47.1	85	57.7	91	36.6	66	1.17	16	0
1983	50.4	34	61.3	49	39.5	21	0.14	105	0
1982	46.8	89	56.5	101	37.1	55	0.96	27	0
1981	51.3	24	62.3	33	40.3	15	0.73	40	0
1980	50.7	30	62.2	34	39.1	29	0.31	88	0
1979	49.8	40	62.9	27	36.8	62	0.88	33	0
1978	50.2	36	61.5	46	38.9	32	0.44	65	0
1977	48.7	59	58.4	82	39	30	1.63	4	0
1976	47.8	70	57.8	90	37.7	42	0.94	30	0
1975	53.5	7	63.8	17	43.2	3	0.49	62	0
1974	51.4	22	63.4	21	39.4	24	0.11	109	0
1973	50.6	31	61.2	52	40	19	0.99	24	0
1972	47.4	77	57.9	88	36.8	62	0.35	81	0
1971	47.3	81	56.9	99	37.7	42	0.16	103	0
1970	51.8	17	63.3	22	40.3	15	0.42	69	0
1969	49.4	46	61.6	43	37.2	52	0.95	28	0
1968	47.6	76	58.7	77	36.4	73	0.67	47	0
1967	45.6	101	54.8	108	36.5	70	0.43	67	0
1966	45.4	103	53.5	113	37.2	52	0.38	74	0
1965	42.8	111	53.3	115	32.4	110	0.14	105	0
1964	38.6	120	47.4	120	29.8	121	0.97	26	0
1963	49.3	47	61.2	52	37.5	45	0.11	109	0
1962	44.9	105	54.7	109	35	93	0.62	50	0
1961	49.3	47	61.6	43	36.9	60	0.24	94	0
1960	53.1	11	65.4	10	40.8	11	0.26	93	0
1959	47.2	82	57.9	88	36.5	70	1.02	22	0
1958	48.3	65	60.7	60	35.8	82	0.57	55	0
1957	48.4	64	59.4	73	37.3	49	0.07	112	0
1956	48.5	63	59.7	69	37.2	52	0.61	52	0
1955	46	96	56.6	100	35.3	90	1.67	3	0
1954	50.5	32	63.7	18	37.3	49	0.17	102	0
1953	51.5	20	62.6	29	40.3	15	0.64	48	0
1952	41.6	118	51.3	118	31.9	113	0.33	85	0
1951	49.3	47	63.1	25	35.5	85	0.44	65	0
1950	47.4	77	59.4	73	35.4	89	0.52	57	0
1949	44	109	55.3	106	32.6	107	0.52	57	0
1948	45.9	97	57.7	91	34	101	1.39	6	0
1947	48.8	58	61.1	56	36.5	70	0.36	78	0
1946	48.3	65	59.6	71	37.1	55	1.30	10	0
1945	42.2	116	54.4	110	30.1	119	0.72	43	0
1944	48.6	61	60	65	37.3	49	1.75	2	0
1943	47.2	82	60.6	61	33.7	103	0.43	67	0
1942	51.9	15	65.4	10	38.4	37	0.48	64	0
1941	47.8	70	59	76	36.6	66	1.39	6	0
1940	49.2	52	61.9	39	36.6	66	1.39	6	0
1939	47.1	85	58.1	85	36.1	78	0.89	32	0
1938	47.7	75	59.9	66	35.5	85	0.13	108	0
1937	43.5	110	54.9	107	32.2	111	0.38	74	0
1936	48.6	61	59.8	68	37.5	45	1.03	21	0
1935	42.3	115	52.2	116	32.5	108	0.88	33	0
1934	45.4	103	55.9	103	34.8	94	0.22	97	0
1933	46.3	93	57	97	35.6	84	0.82	36	0
1932	46.4	91	58	86	34.7	97	0.22	97	0
1931	40.8	119	49.9	119	31.7	115	0.69	45	0
1930	49.1	53	61.1	56	37.1	55	0.68	46	0
1929	47.4	77	60.4	62	34.4	99	1.20	15	0
1928	47.4	77	61.2	52	33.4	105	0.78	37	1
1927	46.2	94	58.7	77	33.7	103	0.32	86	0
1926	49.6	45	63.5	20	35.7	83	0.94	30	0
1925	50.2	36	64.3	15	36.1	78	0.02	117	0
1924	49.1	53	61.5	46	36.7	65	0.32	86	0
1923	48	68	61.3	49	34.8	94	1.25	12	0
1922	42.8	111	55.5	104	30.1	119	0.72	43	0
1921	45.9	97	57.4	96	34.2	100	0.52	57	1
1920	42.7	113	54.3	111	31.2	118	0.24	94	0
1919	49.3	47	63.3	22	35.3	90	1.38	9	0
1918	42.6	114	55.5	104	29.7	122	0.34	84	0
1917	45.7	99	59.9	66	31.4	117	0.35	81	0
1916	46.1	95	58.2	84	34	101	0.95	28	0
1915	51.4	22	66.6	5	36.1	78			0
1914	45.5	102	58.6	79	32.5	108			0
1913	47	87	61.1	56	33	106			0
1912	51.7	18	65.1	13	38.3	38	1.22	14	0
1911					34.5	98			8
1910					35.5	85	0.39	73	4
1909	46.4	91	58	86	35.1	92	0.38	74	1
1908	48.3	65	58.3	83	38.6	35	0.52	57	2
1907	49.7	42	63.3	22	36.2	76	0.35	81	0
1906	49.3	47	61.8	41	36.9	60	0.36	78	0
1905	45.7	99	59.7	69	31.9	113			3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2005	55.6
2015	55.3
1990	55
2010	54
2019	53.8
1993	53.6
1995	53.5
1975	53.5
2016	53.4
2020	53.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1964	38.6
1931	40.8
1952	41.6
1992	41.8
1945	42.2
1935	42.3
1918	42.6
1920	42.7
1965	42.8
1922	42.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	1.96
1944	1.75
1955	1.67
1977	1.63
1988	1.51
1948	1.39
1941	1.39
1940	1.39
1919	1.38
1946	1.30

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1925	0.02
2011	0.04
2009	0.05
2014	0.06
1997	0.07
1957	0.07
1991	0.10
1974	0.11
1963	0.11
1938	0.13

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 13 May 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 12 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.25 in; 10 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 1.16 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest May since 2005, 17th wettest of 117.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 67°F on Wednesday 13 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: a low of 29°F on Tuesday 12 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Fairbanks, AK: 0.25 in on Sunday 10 May 2026.