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Along with the snow Alaska is having a cold winter as well.
http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2287406/anchorage-on-track-to-set-record.html
Also this was posted from the National Weather Service in Fairbanks this morning:
"PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
434 AM AKST SUN JAN 29 2012
...THE DEEP COLD CONTINUES...
...2ND 50 BELOW AT FAIRBANKS...
...POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD...
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DROPPED TO 51 BELOW. THIS IS THE
2ND DAY IN A ROW WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50 BELOW OR LOWER AT THE
AIRPORT.
YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) THE LOW OF 50 BELOW WAS THE FIRST TIME THE
TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO 50 BELOW AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY
27, 2006. THE HIGH YESTERDAY WAS ONLY 42 BELOW. THIS WAS THE
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 2, 2000.
THE LAST TIME THERE WERE BACK TO BACK 50 BELOW DAYS AT THE AIRPORT
WAS ON DECEMBER 30-31, 1999.
SO FAR THIS JANUARY THERE HAVE BEEN 15 DAYS WITH A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER. THIS TIES WITH 1972 FOR THE
MOST 40 BELOW DAYS IN JANUARY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. THE ALL-TIME
RECORD OF 21 SET BACK IN 1971 WILL REMAIN SAFE AS THERE ARE ONLY
TWO MORE DAYS IN THE MONTH (AFTER TODAY...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS STATEMENT).
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF -25.8 DEGREES IS 18.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE ARE ON PACE FOR THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE
1971...AND EASILY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST ON RECORD.
1906...1934...AND 1971 ALL HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER AND WILL NOT BE TOPPED THIS MONTH.
THE COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 1906 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF -36.4...HOWEVER...IN 1906 TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TAKEN AT THE
DOWNTOWN EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORD WERE NOT
TAKEN. HAD HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEEN TAKEN IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN
SOMEWHAT WARMER.
ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT THIS WILL END UP AS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTER
MONTHS ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. ONLY 4 TIMES DID THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER (1917...1933...1956 AND 1964) HAVE AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
THAT WAS COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY (MONTH TO DATE). ONLY 6 TIMES IN
JANUARY (1906...1909...1934...1966...1969...1971) WAS THE MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ANY COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY. NEVER HAS THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN
JANUARY 2012. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT THIS JANUARY WILL END JUST
WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST MONTHS EVER ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS."
http://www.adn.com/2012/01/27/2287406/anchorage-on-track-to-set-record.html
Also this was posted from the National Weather Service in Fairbanks this morning:
"PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
434 AM AKST SUN JAN 29 2012
...THE DEEP COLD CONTINUES...
...2ND 50 BELOW AT FAIRBANKS...
...POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD...
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE
FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DROPPED TO 51 BELOW. THIS IS THE
2ND DAY IN A ROW WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50 BELOW OR LOWER AT THE
AIRPORT.
YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) THE LOW OF 50 BELOW WAS THE FIRST TIME THE
TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO 50 BELOW AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY
27, 2006. THE HIGH YESTERDAY WAS ONLY 42 BELOW. THIS WAS THE
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 2, 2000.
THE LAST TIME THERE WERE BACK TO BACK 50 BELOW DAYS AT THE AIRPORT
WAS ON DECEMBER 30-31, 1999.
SO FAR THIS JANUARY THERE HAVE BEEN 15 DAYS WITH A LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER. THIS TIES WITH 1972 FOR THE
MOST 40 BELOW DAYS IN JANUARY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. THE ALL-TIME
RECORD OF 21 SET BACK IN 1971 WILL REMAIN SAFE AS THERE ARE ONLY
TWO MORE DAYS IN THE MONTH (AFTER TODAY...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN
ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS STATEMENT).
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF -25.8 DEGREES IS 18.5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE ARE ON PACE FOR THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE
1971...AND EASILY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST ON RECORD.
1906...1934...AND 1971 ALL HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER AND WILL NOT BE TOPPED THIS MONTH.
THE COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 1906 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
OF -36.4...HOWEVER...IN 1906 TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TAKEN AT THE
DOWNTOWN EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORD WERE NOT
TAKEN. HAD HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEEN TAKEN IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN
SOMEWHAT WARMER.
ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT THIS WILL END UP AS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTER
MONTHS ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. ONLY 4 TIMES DID THE MONTH OF
DECEMBER (1917...1933...1956 AND 1964) HAVE AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
THAT WAS COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY (MONTH TO DATE). ONLY 6 TIMES IN
JANUARY (1906...1909...1934...1966...1969...1971) WAS THE MONTHLY
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ANY COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY. NEVER HAS THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN
JANUARY 2012. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT THIS JANUARY WILL END JUST
WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST MONTHS EVER ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS."
