Windy cities · Alaska
How windy is Fairbanks?
Fairbanks right now
15°FMist
- Today16°F / 10°FClouds and snow
- Tomorrow16°F / 9°FClouds
- Monday18°F / 11°FClouds
Fog. Very moody.
Live from OpenWeatherMap. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
Across a typical year, the wind in Fairbanks averages about 4.1 mph.
May is the windiest month, at about 6.1 mph, and December the calmest, at about 2 mph. There’s no wind at all about 37% of the time. That makes it the 2nd least windy of the 124 US cities we track.
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The strongest average wind in the forecast for the next 48 hours is about 4 mph.
Fairbanks averages about 4.1 mph and only about 2 in December, so the deep cold here arrives without a breath of wind.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The wind at a glance
| Average wind speed, all year | 4.1 mph |
|---|---|
| Windiest month | May, 6.1 mph |
| Calmest month | December, 2 mph |
| Hours with no wind at all | 37% |
Average wind speeds across every hour of a typical year, not gusts.
Cities with about the same wind
- Medford, Oregon: about 4 mph
- Chattanooga, Tennessee: about 4.9 mph
- Missoula, Montana: about 5.1 mph
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00026411. Average wind speed, not gusts.