Subarctic
Farmers Loop, Alaska
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska · Population 4.9k · 748 ft elevation
Living in Farmers Loop
Farmers Loop has a subarctic climate: cool summers (July highs around 70°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around -11°F).
Precipitation is dry at about 16″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (55″ 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.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Farmers Loop: about 21% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Farmers Loop at a glance
- Population
- 4.9k
- Elevation
- 748 ft
- Average daily high
- 38°F0th percentile
- Average daily low
- 18°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 16″10th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 55″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,694 hrs38th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $263k50th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,298/mo57th percentile
- Median household income
- $104k76th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.24%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 0.0%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 1.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.52th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8946th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 21%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,640 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5°F | -11°F | 0.6″ | 7.7″ | 105 hrs |
| Feb | 14°F | -6°F | 0.6″ | 7.8″ | 153 hrs |
| Mar | 25°F | 0°F | 0.6″ | 4.7″ | 289 hrs |
| Apr | 45°F | 20°F | 0.4″ | 2.8″ | 358 hrs |
| May | 60°F | 34°F | 0.7″ | 1.0″ | 355 hrs |
| Jun | 69°F | 44°F | 2.1″ | — | 361 hrs |
| Jul | 70°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 63°F | 43°F | 3.3″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Sep | 54°F | 33°F | 1.9″ | 0.3″ | 199 hrs |
| Oct | 34°F | 17°F | 0.9″ | 8.3″ | 129 hrs |
| Nov | 14°F | -1°F | 0.9″ | 11.3″ | 92 hrs |
| Dec | 7°F | -9°F | 0.6″ | 10.9″ | 89 hrs |
Near Farmers Loop
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology