Sunday, June 7, 2009

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.

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