Warm-summer humid continental
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 32k · 433 ft elevation
Living in Fairbanks
Fairbanks has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 73°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -15°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 13″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (58″ a season).
Skies are sunny (61% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 20 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Fairbanks at a glance
- Population
- 32k
- Elevation
- 433 ft
- Average daily high
- 39°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 19°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 13″6th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 58″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,694 hrs38th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $256k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,470/mo66th percentile
- Median household income
- $72k47th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.30%65th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 843 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 3,026 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7978th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0°F | -15°F | 0.6″ | 8.7″ | 106 hrs |
| Feb | 13°F | -9°F | 0.4″ | 9.6″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 27°F | 0°F | 0.3″ | 6.1″ | 289 hrs |
| Apr | 47°F | 21°F | 0.3″ | 2.8″ | 358 hrs |
| May | 63°F | 37°F | 0.6″ | 0.2″ | 355 hrs |
| Jun | 72°F | 49°F | 2.0″ | — | 360 hrs |
| Jul | 73°F | 52°F | 2.6″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 66°F | 46°F | 2.4″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Sep | 55°F | 35°F | 1.6″ | 1.3″ | 199 hrs |
| Oct | 34°F | 18°F | 0.8″ | 5.4″ | 129 hrs |
| Nov | 12°F | -3°F | 0.7″ | 13.2″ | 93 hrs |
| Dec | 3°F | -11°F | 0.5″ | 10.5″ | 90 hrs |
Near Fairbanks
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology