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Fairbanks, AK

TODAY · 2026
WETTEST TODAY ON RECORD
1.3in
1st wettest of 119 years · normal 0.0"
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Accumulation

TODAY
1.3in
1st wettest of 119 yrs
MONTH TO DATE
1.0in
40th driest of 120 yrs
67% of normal
LAST 90 DAYS
4.05in
35th driest of 119 yrs
82% of normal
YEAR TO DATE
8.32in
34th wettest of 117 yrs
116% of normal

Extremes & Streaks

Biggest Day on Record

3.42in
on Aug 12, 1967 · in 123 years

Dry Streak

2days
current run under 0.01" · longest ever 88 days (to Apr 25, 1919)

Wet Streak

0days
consecutive days with rain · longest ever 15 days

Year to Date vs Normal

116%
8.32" of a normal 7.16" · wettest 14.61" (1948) · driest 3.64" (1957)

Wettest & Driest Years

The extremes of a 110-year record (1916–2025) — full calendar-year totals. The long-run average is 11.4" a year.

Wettest Years on Record

1202118.74in
2199018.52in
3193517.48in
4194817.38in
5196717.33in

Driest Years on Record

119575.55in
219586.43in
319876.43in
419976.74in
519696.88in

Rainfall by Month

The seasonal rhythm — each month's normal precipitation, with this year's totals in blue. Where the blue bar clears the band, the month ran wetter than usual.
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Normal (median)This year
Normally wettest in Aug (~1.89") and driest in Apr (~0.17"). Wettest calendar month ever: Aug 1930, 6.88".

This Day in History · Rainfall

Every year's rainfall on each of the next 7 dates at Fairbanks — toggle a day below. The tallest bar (ringed) is the wettest on record for that date.

Wettest Aug 24 ever

1.30in
set in 2025

Rain on Aug 24

47%
of 119 years had measurable rain
1905: 0.24″1906: 0.29″1907: 0.18″1908: 0.00″1909: 0.00″1912: 0.08″1913: 0.01″1914: 0.00″1915: 0.04″1916: 0.00″1917: 0.00″1918: 0.03″1919: 0.00″1920: 0.00″1921: 0.00″1922: 0.00″1923: 0.00″1924: 0.00″1925: 0.00″1926: 0.01″1927: 0.14″1928: 0.00″1929: 0.00″1930: 0.00″1931: 0.00″1932: 0.21″1933: 0.08″1934: 0.13″1935: 0.00″1936: 0.19″1937: 0.00″1938: 0.09″1939: 0.00″1940: 0.00″1941: 0.00″1942: 0.26″1943: 0.00″1944: 0.01″1945: 0.14″1946: 0.00″1947: 0.00″1948: 0.00″1949: 0.00″1950: 0.04″1951: 0.17″1952: 0.05″1953: 0.08″1954: 0.20″1955: 0.24″1956: 0.01″1957: 0.02″1958: 0.00″1959: 0.00″1960: 0.03″1961: 0.97″1962: 0.00″1963: 0.00″1964: 0.00″1965: 0.00″1966: 0.15″1967: 0.01″1968: 0.00″1969: 0.14″1970: 0.27″1971: 0.00″1972: 0.02″1973: 0.00″1974: 0.00″1975: 0.02″1976: 0.00″1977: 0.00″1978: 0.00″1979: 0.00″1980: 0.00″1981: 0.00″1982: 0.00″1983: 0.16″1984: 0.03″1985: 0.03″1986: 0.00″1987: 0.00″1988: 0.00″1989: 0.00″1990: 0.01″1991: 0.00″1992: 0.00″1993: 0.00″1994: 0.28″1995: 0.28″1996: 0.00″1997: 0.00″1998: 0.01″1999: 0.11″2000: 0.00″2001: 0.03″2002: 0.09″2003: 0.28″2004: 0.00″2005: 0.01″2006: 0.00″2007: 0.01″2008: 0.00″2009: 0.02″2010: 0.07″2011: 0.00″2012: 0.02″2013: 0.00″2014: 0.02″2015: 0.00″2016: 0.00″2017: 0.00″2018: 0.54″2019: 0.00″2020: 0.01″2021: 0.13″2022: 0.00″2023: 0.09″2024: 0.02″2025: 1.30″0″1″2″19201930194019501960197019801990200020102020

This Year's Rainfall

Fairbanks's cumulative rainfall so far this year against its own record — the normal accumulation, and the wettest & driest years to date. The bright line is the running total; where it rides the band tells the story at a glance.
Fairbanks, AK — cumulative rainfall this year vs the record
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Rainfall Calendar

Fairbanks's entire daily record as one heatmap — each row a year, each cell a day, shaded by that day's rainfall. Dry spells read as dark blocks, wet seasons as brighter bands; the whole climate at a glance.
Fairbanks, AK — daily rainfall every day on record
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Snow Season

Season to Date (since Jul 1)

0.0in
2nd snowiest of 115 seasons · snowiest since 2025 · normal 0.0"

Snowiest Season on Record

12.3in
winter of 1910–1911

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise4:10 AM
Sunset7:35 PM
Solar noon11:53 AM
Daylight15h 26m
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

64.80°N, 147.88°WAlaska

Nearby Stations

Delta Junction, AK85 mi EBettles, AK178 mi NWTalkeetna, AK184 mi SWGulkana, AK197 mi SEAnchorage, AK259 mi SWMcgrath, AK267 mi W

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