North Pole at 85°F Several Heat Records Set in Alaska

The city of North Pole near Fairbanks was one of several locations in Alaska setting record daily high temperatures on Thursday (June 4). The National Climatic Data Center reported the following records in the state:

                PREV
RECORD  PREV    YEAR  LOCATION
85.0    84.0    1993  NORTH POLE
83.0    78.0    1958  ANNETTE WSO AP
82.0    80.0    1980  NORTHWAY AP
71.0    70.0    1997  ELFIN COVE  

The National Weather Service issued the following record report:

..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE INTERIOR 

FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS CLOSE...85 DEGREES, BUT 
NO RECORD TODAY...ALTHOUGH IT IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE SO 
FAR THIS MONTH AND YEAR. 

EAGLE...86 AND NORTHWAY...82 AIRPORTS BOTH BROKE THEIR RECORD  
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY. 

EAGLE AIRPORTS OLD TEMPERATURE WAS 84 SET IN 2007 AND NORTHWAY 
AIRPORTS 80 WAS SET IN 1980. 

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE TIED THEIR 1997 HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 85 
DEGREES. 

A HANDFUL OF REMOTE LOCATIONS LIKE GOOD PASTURE RIVER HIT 
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...THERE IS NO HISTORICAL RECORDS FOR  
THESE LOCATIONS.