Fairbanks/Ladd AAF
Weather station · 64.8°N 147.6°W · 137 m above sea level
ICAO PAFBStation data since 1988
Record high
22.2°C
in 1997
Record low
−13.3°C
in 1992
Average high
10.9°C
all years on record
14.9°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 7.3°C against 22.2°C in 1997. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
37.8°C
- Date
- Sunday, 15 August 2010
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Fairbanks/Ladd AAF, United States
- Position
- 64.84°N 147.61°W · 137 m
Highest highest in available records since 1988. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−48.9°C
- Date
- Sunday, 29 January 2012
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Fairbanks/Ladd AAF, United States
- Position
- 64.84°N 147.61°W · 137 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1988. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Fairbanks/Ladd AAF is
64.84°N 147.61°W
Fairbanks/Ladd AAF
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps- 1
Fairbanks/Ladd AAF has dropped below freezing on 6998 nights since 1988. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1988. - 2
Today is colder than 52% of all days recorded here since 1988.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1988. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 76.5°C colder than Fairbanks/Ladd AAF. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Fairbanks/Ladd AAF has ever recorded, −48.9°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
New facts every day. Report an error.
Every year on record
1988 to 2023
Annual average · °C
Trend over 24 years with data: +0.11 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
10.6°
−48.9°
Feb
8.9°
−46.7°
Mar
17.8°
−42.8°
Apr
27.2°
−30.6°
May
33.9°
−11.7°
Jun
35.0°
−6.1°
Jul
36.1°
−2.2°
Aug
37.8°
−5.0°
Sep
26.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 7.3°C | 01:55 UTC | 0.7°C | 06:55 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 7.5°C | 22:55 UTC | 3.0°C | 17:10 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1988 to 2023 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |