Fairbanks, AK: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged -14.9°F in Fairbanks, AK, the coldest winter since 1971, 10th coldest of 118.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: -14.9°F; Coldest since 1971; 10th coldest of 118
Precipitation: 4.18 in; Wettest since 2022; 8th wettest of 110

A normal winter in Fairbanks, AK (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of -5.4°F, between -9.7°F and 1.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.49 in of precipitation, between 0.93 in and 3.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Fairbanks, AK since 1906: -14.9°F in 2026; the lowest is -20.9°F, in 1965.

Normal range, -9.7 to 1.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	-14.9	109	-5.6	109	-24.2	111	4.18	8	0
2025	4.1	4	13.5	3	-5.3	5	1.94	39	0
2024	-5.5	56	4.1	55	-15.1	60	1.57	58	0
2023	-1.5	27	7.2	34	-10.1	24	2.81	19	0
2022	-2.2	36	7.9	27	-12.2	37	7.37	2	0
2021	-3.3	41	6.5	38	-13.1	44	1.63	55	0
2020	-11	92	-2.1	96	-20	91	1.30	69	0
2019	-0.6	23	9	22	-10.2	25	1.86	44	0
2018	1.8	10	10.7	12	-7.1	11	3.04	17	0
2017	-5.9	61	3.4	64	-15.3	61	4.19	7	0
2016	3	9	13	6	-7.1	11	0.13	110	0
2015	0.9	15	9.7	17	-8	13	1.56	60	0
2014	-0.3	20	9.5	19	-10	23	1.40	67	0
2013	-7.3	69	2.5	69	-17.1	72	2.46	26	0
2012	-5.9	61	4	57	-15.8	65	2.06	33	0
2011	-10.3	88	-0.4	84	-20.1	92	2.04	34	0
2010	-4.8	51	4	57	-13.6	51	0.54	102	0
2009	-7.3	69	2.3	71	-16.9	71	1.61	56	0
2008	-6.2	65	3.6	63	-16	67	1.42	65	0
2007	-5.1	54	4.6	51	-14.7	55	1.10	81	0
2006	-5.6	57	3.3	65	-14.5	53	1.13	78	0
2005	-5	53	4.9	50	-14.9	57	2.17	32	0
2004	-8.2	75	2	73	-18.4	80	1.25	71	0
2003	4	5	12.2	8	-4.2	3	1.58	57	0
2002	-2.6	38	7.3	33	-12.5	40	0.96	88	0
2001	4.9	2	15.1	2	-5.2	4	1.22	73	0
2000	-5.6	57	3.7	61	-14.9	57	2.70	21	0
1999	-13.1	101	-3.5	99	-22.7	101	0.99	86	0
1998	-6.5	68	2.7	67	-15.6	63	0.71	96	0
1997	-6.2	65	3.2	66	-15.6	63	1.05	82	0
1996	-9.6	83	-0.9	87	-18.4	80	1.78	49	0
1995	-6.2	65	3.9	59	-16.3	68	1.02	84	0
1994	-2.3	37	7.7	30	-12.3	38	1.22	73	0
1993	-3.2	40	6.5	38	-13	43	3.92	9	0
1992	-5.3	55	4.2	53	-14.8	56	2.53	25	0
1991	-4.1	50	5	49	-13.2	45	4.28	5	0
1990	-9.7	84	-0.6	86	-18.7	83	1.81	45	0
1989	-4.8	51	4.3	52	-14	52	1.96	37	0
1988	-1.6	28	7.4	32	-10.6	28	0.96	88	0
1987	3.2	8	12.1	9	-5.7	6	1.12	79	0
1986	3.4	7	13.2	5	-6.4	8	0.40	108	0
1985	-0.2	18	9.3	21	-9.7	19	4.23	6	0
1984	-7.5	71	0.4	78	-15.4	62	2.18	31	0
1983	-2	33	6.6	36	-10.6	28	0.65	98	0
1982	-8.8	79	-0.5	85	-17.2	73	1.30	69	0
1981	-0.4	21	8.6	25	-9.5	17	1.41	66	0
1980	-1.6	28	7.8	28	-11	30	1.23	72	0
1979	-9.4	82	0.3	79	-19.1	87	2.00	36	0
1978	-3.9	49	4.2	53	-12	36	1.38	68	0
1977	4.7	3	13.3	4	-3.9	2	1.20	76	0
1976	-13.7	105	-4.7	105	-22.7	101	0.54	102	0
1975	-10.2	87	-1.8	93	-18.7	83	1.19	77	0
1974	-12.4	100	-3.6	100	-21.2	97	0.62	101	0
1973	-7.6	73	1.6	74	-16.8	70	1.68	52	0
1972	-10.7	90	-2	94	-19.5	88	2.72	20	0
1971	-15.7	113	-6.4	112	-25	113	3.25	11	0
1970	-1.7	30	8.4	26	-11.9	35	0.42	107	0
1969	-17.5	116	-7.5	116	-27.6	119	2.03	35	0
1968	-5.9	61	2.7	67	-14.5	53	2.68	22	0
1967	-14.3	106	-5	107	-23.6	109	0.81	93	0
1966	-16.7	115	-7.1	115	-26.2	116	3.68	10	0
1965	-20.9	118	-10.3	118	-31.5	120	0.74	95	0
1964	-3.8	47	6	44	-13.5	49	1.05	82	0
1963	-1.8	31	6.6	36	-10.2	25	2.61	23	0
1962	-8.7	78	0.2	80	-17.6	74	2.54	24	0
1961	-0.2	18	10.7	12	-11	30	0.65	98	0
1960	-3.6	44	6.3	41	-13.4	47	1.91	41	0
1959	-7.5	71	2.5	69	-17.6	74	1.43	64	0
1958	-5.8	60	4.1	55	-15.8	65	0.63	100	0
1957	-10	85	-0.3	83	-19.7	89	3.07	16	0
1956	-13.3	102	-3.9	103	-22.7	101	3.25	11	0
1955	-12.3	98	-2	94	-22.6	100	1.57	58	0
1954	-11.7	95	-0.9	87	-22.5	98	0.89	90	0
1953	-8.1	74	2.1	72	-18.3	78	0.43	106	0
1952	-10	85	-0.1	81	-19.9	90	2.26	29	0
1951	-12.2	97	-3.6	100	-20.9	95	1.87	43	0
1950	-10.9	91	-1.1	89	-20.7	93	3.02	18	0
1949	-11.2	93	-1.4	90	-21	96	3.15	14	0
1948	-3.7	45	6.1	43	-13.5	49	1.12	79	0
1947	-15.4	112	-6.4	112	-24.4	112	1.79	47	0
1946	-3.4	43	5.7	47	-12.5	40	1.68	52	0
1945	1	14	10.5	14	-8.6	16	0.79	94	0
1944	0.7	16	11	11	-9.6	18	3.16	13	0
1943	-14.6	107	-6.1	111	-23.2	107	0.87	92	0
1942	0.5	17	9.5	19	-8	13	0.70	97	2
1941	-3	39	6.8	35	-12.8	42	0.46	105	0
1940	-0.6	23	9.9	16	-11	30	1.47	62	0
1939	-5.6	57	3.7	61	-14.9	57	1.47	62	0
1938	-12.3	98	-2.1	96	-22.5	98	1.22	73	0
1937	-3.8	47	5.8	45	-13.3	46	8.37	1	0
1936	-13.4	103	-3.8	102	-23	106	0.35	109	0
1935	-1.9	32	6.2	42	-9.9	22	2.21	30	0
1934	-18.7	117	-10	117	-27.3	118	1.76	50	0
1933	-14.7	108	-5.6	109	-23.8	110	1.96	37	0
1932	-15.2	110	-4.8	106	-25.6	115	4.58	4	0
1931	1.4	13	11.2	10	-8.4	15	0.89	90	0
1930	-11.4	94	-2.2	98	-20.7	93	1.00	85	0
1929	8.2	1	16.9	1	-0.5	1	4.70	3	2
1928	3.5	6	13	6	-6.3	7	2.27	28	3
1927	-2	33	7.8	28	-11.7	34	1.65	54	0
1926	1.5	12	9.7	17	-6.7	9			1
1925	-13.6	104	-4.1	104	-22.9	105	1.81	45	5
1924	-10.3	88	-1.6	92	-18.7	83	0.97	87	2
1923	-3.3	41	5.8	45	-12.3	38	2.37	27	4
1922	1.7	11	10.2	15	-6.8	10			1
1921	-8.9	81	-0.1	81	-17.8	77	1.79	47	4
1920	-0.9	26	7.7	30	-9.7	19	1.90	42	2
1919	-6.1	64	3.8	60	-16.6	69	0.49	104	2
1918	-15.2	110	-5	107	-25.1	114	1.94	39	2
1917	-8.8	79	0.6	77	-18.3	78	1.54	61	0
1916	-8.2	75	1.6	74	-17.7	76	3.14	15	5
1915	-0.8	25	9	22	-10.5	27			0
1914	-2.1	35	6.5	38	-11	30			2
1913	-8.4	77	0.8	76	-18.7	83	1.75	51	4
1912	-0.5	22	8.7	24	-9.7	19			6
1911					-23.2	107			32
1910					-18.5	82			47
1909	-12	96	-1.5	91	-22.8	104			6
1908	-3.7	45	5.6	48	-13.4	47			3
1907									39
1906	-16.5	114	-6.9	114	-27.1	117			4
1905									42

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1929	8.2
2001	4.9
1977	4.7
2025	4.1
2003	4
1928	3.5
1986	3.4
1987	3.2
2016	3
2018	1.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1965	-20.9
1934	-18.7
1969	-17.5
1966	-16.7
1906	-16.5
1971	-15.7
1947	-15.4
1932	-15.2
1918	-15.2
2026	-14.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	8.37
2022	7.37
1929	4.70
1932	4.58
1991	4.28
1985	4.23
2017	4.19
2026	4.18
1993	3.92
1966	3.68

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2016	0.13
1936	0.35
1986	0.40
1970	0.42
1953	0.43
1941	0.46
1919	0.49
2010	0.54
1976	0.54
1974	0.62

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 32°F; 16 January 2026
Coldest night: -50°F; 4 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.52 in; 18 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.18 in of precipitation in Fairbanks, AK, the wettest winter since 2022, 8th wettest of 110.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fairbanks, AK: 32°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fairbanks, AK: a low of -50°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Fairbanks, AK: 0.52 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.