FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 64 Deg. 49 Min. N LONGITUDE: 147 Deg. 52 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 436 BARO 452 TIME ZONE: ALASKA WBAN: 26411

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






44

44



-1.6
-18.5
-10.1

50
1981
-61
1969


7.2
-14.4
-3.6

47
1987
-58
1993


23.8
-1.7
11.0

56
1994
-49
1956


41.0
20.4
30.7

74
1960
-24
1986


59.3
38.0
48.6

89
1960
-1
1964


70.1
49.5
59.8

96
1969
31
1963


72.3
52.6
62.5

94
1975
35
1959


66.3
47.2
56.8

93
1994
27
1997


54.8
36.2
45.5

84
1957
3
1992


32.0
18.1
25.1

65
1969
-27
1992


10.9
-5.6
2.7

46
1970
-46
1990


1.8
-14.8
-6.5

44
1985
-62
1961


36.5
17.3
26.9

96
JUN 1969
-62
DEC 1961
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




2328
0

1921
0

1674
0

102
0

508
0

182
26

23
45

267
13

585
0

1237
0

1869
0

2217
0

13940
84
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
70 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

44


44
44
44

44

44
44

44


32
32

32
32

6.3


9.0
5.9
16.2

7.6

3.3
0.0

4.4


0.0
29.8

31.0
25.9

6.2


8.3
5.9
14.1

6.7

2.5
0.0

2.3


0.0
26.1

28.3
22.3

5.9


9.8
6.8
14.4

6.0

2.2
0.0

0.5


0.0
20.9

30.9
16.2

6.6


6.5
7.8
15.7

4.6

1.1
0.*

0.3


0.1
5.6

26.3
2.2

6.9


4.5
11.0
15.5

6.9

0.2
0.5

0.2


4.2
0.2

6.1
0.*

7.3


2.9
10.3
16.8

10.8

0.0
3.0

0.3


17.0
0.0

0.0
0.0

7.4


3.4
9.0
18.6

12.2

0.0
2.4

0.8


21.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

7.8


3.0
6.9
21.2

12.3

0.0
0.9

1.7


10.9
0.0

0.6
0.0

7.6


4.2
6.1
19.7

9.6

0.5
0.1

1.4


1.5
0.4

9.1
0.0

7.9


3.9
5.0
22.1

10.7

4.2
0.0

1.7


0.0
16.2

28.5
3.7

6.9


7.0
5.1
17.9

10.4

4.5
0.0

1.2


0.0
28.0

30.0
18.7

7.0


6.8
5.8
18.4

9.9

4.3
0.0

3.1


0.0
29.7

31.0
24.7

7.0


69.2
85.5
210.5

106.5

22.8
6.8

17.8


55.2
156.8

221.7
113.6
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
23
993.6
996.4
993.3
993.2
992.7
993.6
995.7
995.4
992.7
990.2
991.7
992.0
993.4
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

43
43
45
43

69
69
69
69

66
66
63
67

68
67
53
64

68
60
46
55

68
53
38
46

75
60
43
51

82
69
50
60

86
77
54
71

82
78
55
72

79
79
67
77

74
74
73
74

71
71
72
71

74
69
57
65
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



44

44

44


44

44



0.47
2.40
1993
0.01
1966
0.75
1993

40.2
1993
10.1
1993


0.40
1.75
1.66
0.01
1.76
0.97
1966

43.1
1966
20.1
1966


0.37
2.24
1991
T
1987
1.17
1991

30.4
1991
12.6
1963


0.32
0.93
1982
T
1991
0.47
1979

11.5
1992
6.3
1992


0.61
1.67
1955
0.07
1957
0.88
1955

14.1
1992
9.4
1992


1.37
3.52
1955
0.19
1966
1.52
1955

T
1993
T
1993


1.87
4.87
1990
0.35
1993
1.73
1990

T
1990
T
1990


1.96
6.20
1967
0.40
1957
3.42
1967

0.1
1995
0.1
1995


0.95
3.05
1960
0.15
1968
1.21
1954

24.4
1992
9.0
1992


0.90
2.19
1983
0.08
1954
2.22
1976

25.9
1982
10.4
1974


0.80
3.32
1970
T
1953
0.84
1970

54.0
1970
14.6
1970


0.85
3.23
1984
T
1969
1.25
1968

50.7
1984
14.7
1968


10.87
6.20
AUG 1967
T
APR 1991
3.42
AUG 1967

54.0
NOV 1970
20.1
FEB 1966
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

44



44



11
11


3.1

N

25
31
1991

SW
47
1993

4.0

N

27
33
1955

SW
40
1989

5.3

N

22
40
1970

SW
46
1985

6.6

N

24
32
1983

SW
40
1992

7.7

N

23
32
1984

W
44
1992

7.1

SW

25
40
1974

E
48
1992

6.6

SW

27
32
1989

NE
63
1990

6.2

N

27
34
1954

SW
54
1994

6.2

N

22
30
1975

W
5.1
1985

5.4

N

25
40
1958

W
40
1993

3.9

N

25
35
1970

SW
46
1994

3.2

N

24
37
1970

SW
38
1985

5.4

N

25
40
JUN 1974

NE
63
JUL 1990
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.