Badger weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Badger, Alaska: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fairbanks International Airport, 23 km from Badger; records cover 1904–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.7 in296 mm
- Snow a year
- 65 in164 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Sep 10
- Heating degree days
- 13,419
- Cooling degree days
- 68
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −43°−42° (heating, 99%) and 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Badger in January
Highs average 1°−17° and lows −17°−27°, with 0.61 in15 mm of precipitation and 10 in26 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 52°11° (2009)
- Record low
- −66°−54° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 2272
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in February
Highs average 12°−11° and lows −11°−24°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation and 10 in25 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 50°10° (1943)
- Record low
- −58°−50° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 1814
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in March
Highs average 25°−4° and lows −3°−20°, with 0.4 in10 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 56°13° (1915)
- Record low
- −56°−49° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 1682
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in April
Highs average 46°8° and lows 22°−6°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 76°24° (2009)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1911)
- Heating degree days
- 940
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in May
Highs average 62°17° and lows 39°4°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation and 0.9 in2.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1947)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1964)
- Heating degree days
- 455
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Badger in June
Highs average 72°22° and lows 50°10°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1969)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 147
- Cooling degree days
- 27
Badger in July
Highs average 73°23° and lows 53°12°, with 2.3 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1975)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 98
- Cooling degree days
- 33
Badger in August
Highs average 66°19° and lows 48°9°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1994)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 255
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Badger in September
Highs average 55°13° and lows 36°2°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1957)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in OctoberThis month
Highs average 34°1° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.76 in19 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 72°22° (2003)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1935)
- Heating degree days
- 1201
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in November
Highs average 12°−11° and lows −4°−20°, with 0.74 in19 mm of precipitation and 13 in32 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 54°12° (1936)
- Record low
- −50°−46° (1906)
- Heating degree days
- 1827
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Badger in December
Highs average 4°−15° and lows −13°−25°, with 0.57 in14 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1934)
- Record low
- −62°−52° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 2150
- Cooling degree days
- 0