Wet Week in Fairbanks

In the past week, Fairbanks airport received 1.54" of rain, the highest weekly precipitation total since late July 2010.  The long-term history tells us that Fairbanks sees a week this wet (or wetter) about once every other year, on average.

The year-to-date precipitation chart below shows that approximately half of the summer precipitation deficit has been made up with the recent change to wet weather.