Warm In Alaska

It is rather hot here today in the Denver area - temperatures are flirting with 90 degrees. So I got to thinking hmmm....I bet it feels nice in Alaska.

The first placed I clicked was Fairbanks and it shocked me to see a high today expected in the 70s to near 80 degrees!

Afternoon temperatures in the 70s are also expected around Anchorage and Bettles. Now there is still a little cold to be found up past the Arctic Circle with low to mid 30s on the northern coast of Alaska around Barrow today.

Here is a public information statement fro Fairbanks on the 80-degree weather.

AT 626 PM ON WED. 5/26 - THE TEMPERATURE HIT 80 DEGREES AT THE FAIRBANKS


INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THIS TIED THE RECORD HIGH THAT WAS LAST SET

IN 2002. IT IS ALSO THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR THAT THE HIGH

TEMPERATURE HIT 80 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT.



ON AVERAGE...THE FIRST 80 DEGREE DAY DOES NOT OCCUR UNTIL JUNE

12TH...AND THE TEMPERATURE ONLY REACHES 80 DEGREES IN FAIRBANKS

DURING THE MONTH OF MAY ON ABOUT ONE OUT OF FOUR YEARS.



ON AVERAGE...THERE ARE 11 DAYS EACH YEAR WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE

OF 80 DEGREES OR WARMER AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

LAST SUMMER THERE WERE 19 DAYS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 80

DEGREES OR WARMER...AND BACK IN 2006 THE 80 DEGREE MARK WAS ONLY

HIT ON 2 DAYS ALL SUMMER.