Fairbanks, AK Weather Forecast
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fairbanks, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Fairbanks, AK at a glance
Fairbanks is home to about 31,856 people in Fairbanks North Star Borough, across 32 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 25 places in Alaska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is North Pole, 10 miles away.
- County
- Fairbanks North Star Borough
- Population
- 31,856 2023 est.
- Land area
- 32 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,003
- Forecast point
- 64.8365°N, 147.6517°W
How well can the network see Fairbanks?
The nearest Doppler radar is PAPD (Fairbanks, AK), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 770 ft above Fairbanks. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Fairbanks show up clearly. Fairbanks is closer to its radar than 91% of US cities.
The closest weather station is PAFB (Fairbanks/Ladd AAF). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fairbanks
- North Pole, AK10 mi
- Palmer, AK228 mi
- Wasilla, AK232 mi
- Houston, AK232 mi
- Anchorage, AK258 mi
- Valdez, AK263 mi
- Cordova, AK304 mi
- Kenai, AK316 mi
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