Weather Summary for August 2018

August was relatively cool and unusually wet in Fairbanks. Mean monthly temperature was 55.5°F, which was 0.6°F below normal. The observed maximum temperature was 72.0°F on the 12th and the minimum temperature was 37.0°F on the 31st of the month.
The total monthly precipitation was 4.2", which was 2.3" above normal. The highest daily rainfall was 1.0" on the 5th.

From the Alaska Climate Center

Kept waiting for the Aug. warm spell, there's usually a week or so of near 80°, but didn't happen. Maybe we'll get some nice Indian summer weather this month. Since I've put off most of the summer projects until now, it'd be great to have the extra time to work outdoors in decent weather.