Highlights

Fairbanks' mean temperature for December was near normal at -4.5°F, just 0.4°F below the expected mean of -4.1°F. Temperatures started cold for the month, warmed up, then fell colder again, repeating this pattern for the month. The warmest observed temperature was on the 8^th and the 9^th, with 32.0°F recorded. The lowest temperature for the month was a cold -41°F on the 26^th.

0.78" of precipitation was recorded, which was 0.14" above normal. 14.3" of snow was observed for December, which was 118% of the normal of 12.1". 4.8" of this total was measured on the 22^nd, which set a daily record for the day for both precipitation (0.25" water equivalent) and snowfall, both earlier records were set in 1989. The average wind speed for the month was 3.2 mph, while the fastest wind speed was 36 mph recorded on the 12^th, from an easterly direction.