Fairbanks Sea Temperature in October

Looking to find out what the average sea water temperature in Fairbanks is for October? Find out what the lowest, highest, and average water temperatures are for Fairbanks over the past 10 years.

Average water temperature in Fairbanks for October

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Fairbanks in October.

8.38° C

(47.09° F)

highest: 12.35° C (54.23° F)
lowest: 4.56° C (40.21° F)

This water is very cold and can cause pain. We don't recommend you swim in this temperature for anything other than very short swims of 5 to 10 minutes unless you are a very experienced cold water swimmer.

Water temperature range by day in October in Fairbanks

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of October in Fairbanks.

Water temperatures for October in Fairbanks in recent years

Day	2024	2023	2022	2021
1	0° C	10.38° C	10.93° C	9.39° C
2	0° C	10.09° C	10.86° C	9.18° C
3	0° C	9.83° C	10.68° C	9.14° C
4	0° C	9.5° C	10.56° C	8.94° C
5	0° C	9.27° C	10.39° C	8.82° C
6	0° C	8.66° C	10.35° C	8.72° C
7	0° C	8.85° C	10.16° C	8.59° C
8	0° C	8.73° C	9.98° C	8.45° C
9	0° C	8.36° C	9.84° C	8.2° C
10	0° C	8.3° C	9.72° C	8.09° C
11	0° C	8.27° C	9.65° C	8.25° C
12	0° C	7.61° C	9.28° C	8.52° C
13	0° C	6.75° C	8.79° C	8.5° C
14	0° C	7.31° C	8.59° C	8.27° C
15	0° C	7.42° C	8.35° C	8.07° C
16	0° C	7.25° C	7.73° C	7.93° C
17	0° C	7.24° C	7.69° C	7.85° C
18	0° C	7.25° C	7.64° C	7.84° C
19	0° C	7.17° C	8° C	7.78° C
20	0° C	6.89° C	7.45° C	7.67° C
21	0° C	6.66° C	7.12° C	7.36° C
22	0° C	6.42° C	6.85° C	7.2° C
23	0° C	6.16° C	6.31° C	7.1° C
24	0° C	6.03° C	6.01° C	7.16° C
25	0° C	5.94° C	5.82° C	7.05° C
26	0° C	5.55° C	5.5° C	6.94° C
27	0° C	5.44° C	5.5° C	6.68° C
28	0° C	5.26° C	5.42° C	6.72° C
29	0° C	5.16° C	4.98° C	6.62° C
30	0° C	5.04° C	4.79° C	6.57° C
31	0° C	5.07° C	4.71° C	5.93° C

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Fairbanks comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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