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Typical September weather

Fairbanks

Alaska · September

Gold everywhere, dark nights back, and no bugs left.

55° days
36° nights

maybe one snowy day · 13 hours of daylight

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What September feels like

September is birch turning all at once — the hills above town go yellow in about a week and then the wind takes it. Aurora season is properly underway and the tour vans start running again; the first snow usually shows on the ridges before the month is out.

Winter is doing its thing: 2.3 in of snow in a typical September, with fresh snow on maybe one day. about 9 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high55°
Typical low36°
Days with snow1
Rain and melted snow1.4 in
Snowfall2.3 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:14 am / 8:17 pm

How September compares

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