A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Fairbanks area and interior Alaska, with up to 23 cm (9 inches) of snow accumulation forecast for some parts between Thursday and Friday night, October 2 and 3, 2025. This comes just a few days after the region tied its record for earliest freeze of the season, and began seeing snow 2 weeks ahead of average.
Fairbanks experienced its third wettest day on record on Monday, October 21, 2024, receiving nearly 2 inches of rain as a winter storm swept through Alaska, breaking daily precipitation records across multiple locations.
On October 22, 2023, Fairbanks, Alaska experienced an uncommon surge in snowfall, with the National Weather Service (NWS) Fairbanks office recording 8.9 cm (3.5 inches) of snow on that day alone. The snow depth in the region has reached 22.9 cm (9 inches), pushing the seasonal total to a remarkable 36.3 cm (14.3 inches), which is nearly double the usual amount for this time of year.
Parts of Alaska experienced yet another round of June snow this week. The temperature in Fairbanks, the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, dropped to 2.2 °C (36 °F) on June 12, its coldest temperature so late in the season since 1960. Winter…
