Fairbanks North Star Borough Severe Weather History
Fairbanks North Star Borough has recorded 0 severe weather events since 1950. Reported property damage totals $0.
Storm risk snapshot
FEMA National Risk Index · December 2025Forward-looking risk from FEMA's National Risk Index — a complement to the historical record below. About the NRI.
By hazard type
Federal disaster declarations
17 federal disaster declarations affecting Fairbanks North Star Borough (FEMA).
| Date | Incident | Type | Disaster # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2025 | Fire | FM | 5597 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Fire | FM | 5596 |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Fire | FM | 5473 |
| Mar 24, 2022 | Severe Storm | DR | 4648 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Biological | DR | 4533 |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Biological | DR | 4533 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | EM | 3446 |
| Jun 28, 2019 | Fire | FM | 5282 |
| Jan 23, 2014 | Severe Storm | DR | 4162 |
| May 22, 2011 | Fire | FM | 2909 |
| Sep 26, 2008 | Severe Storm | DR | 1796 |
| Jul 1, 2004 | Fire | FM | 2525 |
Before 1950: historical newspaper accounts
The structured government storm record for Fairbanks North Star Borough begins in 1950. Severe weather from earlier decades survives in first-hand newspaper reporting — eyewitness accounts, damage and casualties that predate the official database.
The Library of Congress's Chronicling America archive holds millions of digitized, public-domain newspaper pages from 1836–1949. Search it for storms in Fairbanks North Star Borough:
Search 1836–1949 newspapers for Fairbanks North Star Borough →Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (public domain). Opens on loc.gov.