Bitter cold in Alaska

Wow ... check out these temperatures across portions of central and north-central Alaska.  Extreme cold!!

INTERIOR
PARC Arctic Village  No Report         MM 100   Calm      29.46     0   3/4
PABT Bettles         BCFG             -50  MM   NW5       29.74   -68    10
PATW Cantwell        Not Available
PABI Delta Junction  MostlyClear      -41  MM   SE3       29.56   -55     9
PAIN Denali Park     Clear            -45  57   Calm      29.41   -45    10
PAEG Eagle           No Report         MM 100   MMMM      29.75    MM    MM
PAEI Eielson AFB     Freezing Fog     -51  MM   Calm      29.67   -51   1/2
PFYU Fort Yukon      MostlyClear      -60  MM   Calm      29.82   -60     4
PAFA Fairbanks       Freezing Fog     -51  MM   Calm      29.69   -51   1/4
PAFB Ft. Wainwright  Not Available
PAGA Galena          Fog              -56  MM   Calm      29.80   -56  21/2
PAHV Healy           Not Available
PAHL Huslia          Clear            -58  MM   Calm      29.77   -58  11/4
PAKV Kaltag          Haze             -53  MM   Calm      29.80   -53     6
PAMH Lake Minchumina Clear            -49  MM   Calm      29.61   -49     4
PAML Manley          Not Available
PAMC McGrath         MostlyClear      -40  MM   Calm      29.64   -40    10
PABN Nabesna         Not Available
PANN Nenana          Fog              -52  MM   Calm      29.68   -52  21/2
PAOR Northway        BRBCFG           -45  MM   Calm      29.58   -45     4
PADT Slana           Not Available
PATA Tanana          Clear            -56  MM   Calm      29.78   -56    10

Check out this public information statement by the NWS office in Fairbanks.

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.

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