Fairbanks International Airport

PAFA · Alaska, United States

Climate Fairbanks International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Fairbanks International Airport (PAFA) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 79.0 66 70 96 92 73
February 75.2 82 63 69 73 88
March 86.1 89 94 78 79
April 90.5 88 98 94 74
May 94.7 92 89 98 98
June 91.8 94 79 99 87
July 84.6 96 59 92 91
August 76.2 66 84 63 83
September 77.5 69 74 84 80
October 74.5 71 78 67 76
November 71.1 73 70 77 77
December 77.9 75 63 62 93
Average 82.2 74.2 81.1 79.9 84.0 83.9

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 85.5 69 86 98 96 85
February 82.1 85 74 75 77 92
March 92.2 94 94 87 86
April 94.3 92 99 94 85
May 98.4 99 97 100 100
June 95.7 98 81 100 97
July 90.4 99 70 94 97
August 88.2 77 93 89 86
September 90.5 86 84 94 92
October 84.9 85 83 76 82
November 82.3 85 76 84 89
December 85.7 89 71 69 97
Average 89.0 77.4 89.8 85.8 90.6 91.3

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -18.5 -20 -14 -16 -14 -26
February -12.1 -11 -12 -12 -16 -14
March -4.2 -3 -2 -7 -6
April 5.8 1 6 5 5
May 17.1 17 15 17 19
June 22.4 22 24 23 21
July 23.9 25 24 25 21
August 19.6 21 21 19 21
September 13.8 12 14 13 14
October 3.4 1 2 3 3
November -9.0 -5 -9 -13 -12
December -14.7 -16 -13 -13 -13
Average 1.9 -16.7 4.2 5.1 3.6 2.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -27.9 -28 -21 -26 -22 -33
February -23.0 -23 -21 -23 -28 -27
March -18.7 -17 -17 -20 -17
April -7.4 -11 -9 -9 -5
May 4.9 5 4 6 6
June 11.0 11 11 12 11
July 12.9 14 12 13 11
August 10.4 12 10 11 11
September 4.1 4 5 2 5
October -4.0 -5 -5 -3 -6
November -17.6 -12 -16 -20 -21
December -22.3 -24 -21 -22 -22
Average -9.7 -26.1 -6.5 -6.3 -7.3 -8.6

58th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 20.6 25 28 7 11 33
February 27.6 5 46 41 36 11
March 17.9 16 10 35 31
April 12.7 23 9 12 28
May 6.2 7 9 3 5
June 7.2 9 1 6 14
July 7.3 7 7 6 14
August 15.9 9 10 29 10
September 15.2 18 12 10 19
October 22.4 21 27 21 28
November 29.7 24 31 36 24
December 23.3 29 41 38 11
Average 14.9 14.2 16.8 13.5 17.1 17.9

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.7 2 2 3 2 1
February 2.6 2 2 3 3 2
March 3.3 3 4 3 5
April 4.9 5 4 5 5
May 4.7 5 5 5 6
June 4.0 4 4 4 4
July 3.5 3 4 4 4
August 3.6 4 3 4 3
September 3.7 4 4 3 4
October 3.4 4 3 3 3
November 2.4 3 2 3 2
December 2.1 2 2 3 3
Average 3.4 2.1 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.6

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 029° 040° 023° 043° 012°
February 039° 042° 052° 034° 049°
March 311° 043° 210° 256°
April 028° 070° 018° 047°
May 209° 282° 031° 038°
June 208° 015° 192° 200°
July 217° 164° 234° 228°
August 194° 133° 231° 134°
September 182° 098° 036° 038°
October 329° 012° 090° 042°
November 009° 012° 029° 021°
December 025° 279° 333° 042°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.