Alaska Climate Research Center

The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center

Fairbanks October 2016


Highlights

October’s mean monthly temperature for Fairbanks was 26.7°F, 2.5°F above the normal of 24.2°F. The highest temperature for the month was 59°F on the 1st, while the coldest was -2°F on both the 23rd and 24th.

Snowfall was a mere 0.8”, just 7% of the 10.8” normally expected. This is the second lowest amount in over a hundred years with the record being just 0.07" measured in 2013. The average wind speed was 3.7 mph while the highest wind speed was 36 mph from a northeasterly direction on the 17th.