Is this weather normal in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area?

The last 12 months

• September 2026 ran +2° warmer than usual: the 24th warmest September of 102 on record.
• Top-10 warm months this past year: October 2025 (3rd warmest), August 2026 (9th warmest).
• Top-10 cold months this past year: December 2025 (7th coldest), March 2026 (coldest on record), July 2026 (7th coldest).
• 4 of the last 12 months were warmer than usual.

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1925.

Every year since 1925

• Warming about 0.6° per decade since 1970.
• Warmest year: 2016 (28.9°). Coldest: 1956 (19.4°).
• 3 of the 10 warmest years came in the last 10.

Rain and drought

• 23.1 inches in the last 12 months, against a usual 19.0 (122%).
• September brought 2.89 in (usual 2.03): the 17th wettest of 102.

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

Towns in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area

• Eagle
• Deltana
• Mentasta Lake
• Dot Lake
• Northway
• Dry Creek
• Tok
• Chicken
• Tanacross
• Tetlin
• Healy Lake
• Eagle Village
• Dot Lake Village

Nearby counties

• Fairbanks North Star Borough
• Copper River Census Area
• Denali Borough
• Matanuska-Susitna Borough
• Chugach Census Area
• Anchorage Municipality
• Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
• Yakutat City and Borough