Fairbanks, AK: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 33°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest 1 to 9 October since 2023, 36th coldest of 120.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 33°F; Coldest since 2023; 36th coldest of 120
Precipitation: 0.07 in; Driest since 2024; 33rd driest of 117

A normal 1 to 9 October in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.4°F, between 28°F and 41.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.13 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.46 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Fairbanks, AK since 1906: 33°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.7°F, in 1919.

Normal range, 28 to 41.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October in Fairbanks, AK from 1904 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	33	85	39	85	27	65	0.07	80	0
2025	41.7	7	48	24	35.3	3	1.20	6	0
2024	36.4	46	46.6	31	26.2	75	0.03	91	0
2023	32.1	87	37.9	95	26.3	72	0.68	14	0
2022	41.9	5	49.6	14	34.2	5	0.50	19	0
2021	33.1	81	38.3	91	27.8	58	1.25	4	0
2020	44.6	3	55.9	2	33.3	10	0.07	80	0
2019	35.9	54	39.9	78	32	16	1.26	3	0
2018	39.7	16	53.1	5	26.3	72	0.00	113	0
2017	41.8	6	49.6	14	34.1	6	0.26	46	0
2016	35.7	56	48.9	20	22.4	104	0.00	113	0
2015	35.3	58	42.4	61	28.2	51	0.34	35	0
2014	29.3	103	34.8	106	23.8	91	0.40	29	0
2013	37.2	37	44.2	50	30.2	27	0.19	54	0
2012	38.4	27	46.8	30	30.1	29	0.91	8	0
2011	39.2	21	49.8	12	28.7	45	trace	102	0
2010	37.8	34	47.3	26	28.3	49	0.04	88	0
2009	38.9	22	46.4	32	31.3	19	0.07	80	0
2008	26.8	113	32.6	115	21	111	0.17	59	0
2007	28.4	106	33.8	113	23.1	100	0.10	72	0
2006	41.1	12	50.4	10	31.8	18	0.15	63	0
2005	37.4	36	45.1	42	29.8	32	0.01	98	0
2004	36.7	41	44.8	44	28.7	45	0.03	91	0
2003	47.9	1	58.2	1	37.6	1	0.09	74	0
2002	36.1	51	41.9	65	30.3	24	0.43	26	0
2001	39.8	15	47.2	27	32.3	14	0.21	52	0
2000	28	110	34.7	107	21.3	108	0.73	10	0
1999	34.4	66	39.4	82	29.4	38	0.09	74	0
1998	30.7	95	39.8	79	21.6	107	0.00	113	0
1997	33.2	78	39	85	27.3	63	0.39	31	0
1996	26.6	114	35.7	101	17.6	117	0.19	54	0
1995	38.9	22	47.4	25	30.4	22	trace	102	0
1994	34.9	64	45.6	38	24.2	89	0.17	59	0
1993	39.4	18	49.3	18	29.4	38	0.04	88	0
1992	27.7	112	35.7	101	19.7	114	0.31	41	0
1991	35.3	58	44.8	44	25.8	77	0.01	98	0
1990	33.8	70	40.6	72	27	65	0.02	94	0
1989	41.3	10	49.6	14	33	11	0.27	45	0
1988	29.4	101	35.6	103	23.2	98	0.65	16	0
1987	39.6	17	49.7	13	29.6	34	trace	102	0
1986	33.8	70	39.1	84	28.6	47	0.22	51	0
1985	38.4	27	44.3	48	32.6	12	0.69	13	0
1984	37.9	31	44	52	31.9	17	0.08	78	0
1983	33.3	77	37	98	29.6	34	1.01	7	0
1982	31.9	88	37.1	97	26.8	67	0.26	46	0
1981	28	110	32.3	116	23.7	95	0.32	38	0
1980	35.9	54	42.3	63	29.4	38	0.16	62	0
1979	40.6	14	50.9	8	30.3	24	0.42	28	0
1978	31.9	88	38.3	91	25.4	80	0.02	94	0
1977	35.3	58	43.3	58	27.3	63	0.03	91	0
1976	36.1	51	42.2	64	29.9	31	0.15	63	0
1975	35.3	58	40.2	74	30.4	22	0.11	69	0
1974	25.1	116	30.9	120	19.3	115	0.49	20	0
1973	34.4	66	38.2	93	30.6	21	0.82	9	0
1972	22.5	118	27.9	121	17.1	118	0.07	80	0
1971	33.1	81	38.2	93	27.9	54	0.58	17	0
1970	30.4	97	36.4	100	24.3	88	0.68	14	0
1969	45.1	2	55.8	3	34.3	4	trace	102	0
1968	31.2	93	39.7	81	22.7	102	0.19	54	0
1967	33.1	81	42.4	61	23.8	91	0.06	86	0
1966	41.5	9	49	19	34	8	0.07	80	0
1965	28.4	106	33.4	114	23.4	97	0.13	65	0
1964	37.2	37	44.1	51	30.2	27	0.17	59	0
1963	38.1	29	43.7	55	32.4	13	1.22	5	0
1962	36.6	43	45.3	41	27.8	58	trace	102	0
1961	29	104	34.3	108	23.7	95	0.11	69	0
1960	33.2	78	38.4	90	27.9	54	0.73	10	0
1959	33.2	78	40	76	26.4	69	0.47	22	0
1958	23.7	117	31.6	118	15.8	119	0.02	94	0
1957	33.6	74	41.6	67	25.6	79	0.33	37	0
1956	28.2	108	34.1	110	22.3	105	0.40	29	0
1955	35.6	57	41.4	68	29.8	32	0.43	26	0
1954	35	63	45.4	40	24.6	87	trace	102	0
1953	33.8	70	43.9	53	23.8	91	trace	102	0
1952	38.9	22	48.8	21	29.1	42	0.01	98	0
1951	28.5	105	34.3	108	22.7	102	0.35	33	0
1950	38.8	25	51.2	6	26.4	69	0.09	74	0
1949	33.1	81	40	76	26.2	75	0.23	49	0
1948	33.6	74	41.9	65	25.2	81	0.13	65	0
1947	31.7	90	40.3	73	23.1	100	0.10	72	0
1946	34.6	65	46.9	28	22.3	105	trace	102	0
1945	36.1	51	44.3	48	27.9	54	0.35	33	0
1944	31.7	90	38.6	89	24.9	85	0.44	25	0
1943	40.9	13	50.9	8	31	20	0.30	43	0
1942	36.2	50	42.9	60	29.6	34	0.24	48	0
1941	37	39	45.7	36	28.3	49	0.38	32	0
1940	36.7	41	45.6	38	27.8	58	0.13	65	0
1939	29.6	99	34.1	110	25.1	84	0.32	38	0
1938	39.3	20	49.6	14	29	43	0.02	94	0
1937	36.6	43	43.7	55	29.6	34	1.29	2	0
1936	30.7	95	41.3	69	20.1	112	0.08	78	0
1935	41.2	11	46.4	32	35.9	2	0.47	22	0
1934	37.7	35	46.9	28	28.4	48	0.01	98	0
1933	28.2	108	35	105	21.3	108	0.47	22	0
1932	37.9	31	45.8	35	30.1	29	0.34	35	0
1931	31.7	90	37	98	26.3	72	0.49	20	0
1930	31.1	94	37.3	96	24.9	85	0.20	53	0
1929	36.4	46	43.6	57	29.3	41	0.31	41	0
1928	21	119	32	117	10	120	trace	102	0
1927	30	98	38.8	88	21.2	110	0.32	38	0
1926	33.8	70	41.2	70	26.4	69	0.19	54	0
1925	41.6	8	51	7	32.2	15	0.23	49	0
1924	33.4	76	40.1	75	26.7	68	0.53	18	0
1923	43.8	4	53.6	4	34.1	6	0.09	74	0
1922	37.9	31	48.2	23	27.6	62	0.11	69	0
1921	34.2	68	43.1	59	25.2	81	0.06	86	0
1920	26	115	33.9	112	18.1	116	0.00	113	0
1919	20.7	120	31.4	119	9.9	122	0.19	54	0
1918	36.6	43	44.4	47	28.8	44	0.29	44	0
1917	38	30	50.2	11	25.8	77	0.07	80	0
1916	38.7	26	43.9	53	33.4	9	1.66	1	0
1915	32.3	86	39.3	83	25.2	81			0
1914	35.1	62	46.2	34	23.9	90			0
1913	33.9	69	39.8	79	28	53	0.70	12	0
1912	39.4	18	48.4	22	30.3	24	trace	102	0
1911	36.3	49	44.9	43	27.7	61			0
1910	29.4	101	38.9	87	19.9	113	trace	102	0
1909					10	120			1
1908	36.4	46	44.7	46	28.1	52	0.12	68	0
1907	29.6	99	35.3	104	23.8	91			0
1906	36.8	40	45.7	36	27.9	54	0.04	88	0
1905					23.2	98			1
1904			40.7	71			0.00	113	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2003	47.9
1969	45.1
2020	44.6
1923	43.8
2022	41.9
2017	41.8
2025	41.7
1925	41.6
1966	41.5
1989	41.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1919	20.7
1928	21
1972	22.5
1958	23.7
1974	25.1
1920	26
1996	26.6
2008	26.8
1992	27.7
2000	28
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1916	1.66
1937	1.29
2019	1.26
2021	1.25
1963	1.22
2025	1.20
1983	1.01
2012	0.91
1973	0.82
2000	0.73
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2018	0.00
2016	0.00
1998	0.00
1920	0.00
1904	0.00
2011	trace
1995	trace
1987	trace
1969	trace
1962	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 45°F; 5 October 2026, 4 October 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 9 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.05 in; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.07 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2024, tied 33rd driest of 117 (with 2020, 2009, 1972 and 2 other years).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Fairbanks, AK: 45°F on Monday 5 October 2026 and Sunday 4 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Fairbanks, AK: a low of 20°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Fairbanks, AK: 0.05 in on Thursday 1 October 2026.