Climate change in Fairbanks, Alaska
Climate change is affecting locations like Fairbanks in a variety of ways. In summer, these impacts include more frequent fire weather, hotter summers, and drought.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Fairbanks are at risk in a warming world.
Fairbanks' climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Fairbanks in summer
More record heat
Daily heat records have outnumbered daily cold records in recent years.
More fire weather
Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.
Hotter summers
Hotter summers bring more dangerous heat, higher energy bills, and worse wildfire.
Worsening drought
Warmer, thirstier air worsens drought
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