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By Leon Unruh / Alaska.com

Fairbanks has warm summers and nippy winters.

The annual average high and low temperatures (36.7 and 16.7) only hint at the actual average high temps in June, July and August (70.8, 72.4, 66.2) and average low temps in December, January and February (-15.7, -19.3 and -14.7). (Monthly records for Fairbanks and nearby Eielson Air Force Base are shown below.)

Summer is the wettest period. Rains are likely to be light but persistent.

Fairbanks is known for its lingering summer days. When the solstice arrives, there is more than 22 hours of daylight. The sun barely drops below the horizon, so even the middle of the night is pretty bright for a few weeks. Winter, of course, runs to the opposite extreme.

Temperatures and precipitation

FAIRBANKS

(Heart of the Interior)
Period of record: 9/1/1949 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
36.7	16.7	10.46	67.8

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	-1.5	7.5	24.1	42.3	59.8	70.8	72.4	66.2	54.5	31.9	11.5	1.2
Min temp	-19.3	-14.7	-2.3	20.3	37.5	49.0	51.8	46.6	35.5	17.1	-5.0	-15.7
Precip- tation	0.59	0.42	0.36	0.23	0.57	1.36	1.78	1.86	1.06	0.80	0.69	0.73
Snow- fall	10.8	8.5	6.2	2.9	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	10.9	13.4	12.9
Snow depth	18	22	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	13

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE

(Southeast of Fairbanks, near North Pole along Richardson Highway)
Period of record: 9/2/1949 to 12/31/2000

Average annual high temperature	Average annual low temperature	Average annual total precipitation	Average annual total snowfall
35.8	16.5	12.89	74.0

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max temp	-2.1	6.3	23.8	41.4	58.6	69.0	70.8	65.7	54.2	31.4	10.5	0.0
Min temp	-18.3	-14.5	-2.4	19.8	37.2	48.2	51.2	46.4	35.2	16.4	-5.0	-15.6
Precip- tation	0.68	0.50	0.48	0.32	0.74	1.74	2.41	2.27	1.38	0.94	0.75	0.68
Snow- fall	11.4	8.4	7.3	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	12.5	14.8	12.4
Snow depth	14	16	17	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	12

Fairbanks' record highs and lows by month

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Record
50	47	56	74	89	96	94	93	84	65	49	45	96
-61	-58	-49	-24	-1	31	35	27	3	-27	-46	-62	-62

Source: National Weather Service.

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