Record cold in Fairbanks, Alaska

kokonut · 11-18-2011, 04:56 PM

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For the second time in three days, Fairbanks set a new low temperature record on Thursday. A temperature of 41 degrees below zero — the first 40 below temperature of the season — was recorded at Fairbanks International Airport at 6:29 a.m., according to the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. That broke the old record of 39 below set in 1969.

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Fairbanks set a new record of 35 below on Tuesday and the temperature bottomed out at 39 below on Wednesday, two degrees shy of the record.

Thursday’s record low of 41 below marked the sixth earliest 40-below temperature recorded by the National Weather Service in Fairbanks since 1904. The earliest it’s ever hit 40 below in Fairbanks was Nov. 5, 1907, when it hit 41 below.

The last time Fairbanksans saw 40-below temperatures in November was in 1994, when temperatures of 45, 43 and 45 below were recorded on Nov. 24, 25 and 30, respectively.

The bitter, early season cold had Interior residents wondering if somebody turned the calendar ahead a month or two.

“This sort of thing is certainly more common in December and January than November,” meteorologist Dan Hancock at the National Weather Service in Fairbanks said. “We can go through an entire winter and not get this cold.”

Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Record Fairbanks cold continues air quality warnings issued

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Record Fairbanks cold continues air quality warnings issued

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 05:27 PM

Oh no....hope this not come here!!!! This pretty close me. Yuck....hate -40s.

**sequoias** · 11-18-2011, 05:47 PM

Wirelessly posted (sent from a smartphone. )

Brrrrrr!!!!!! My cousin lives there. She lives in a cute house in the forest.

jillio · 11-18-2011, 06:17 PM

Yeah, no extremes in temps going on around here, lol. Global warming, anyone.

**shel90** · 11-18-2011, 06:18 PM

-40? Wow

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 06:19 PM

Oh dear, I do hope this isn't a repeat of his ironies of ironies thread.

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Oh no....hope this not come here!!!! This pretty close me. Yuck....hate -40s.

with no wind chill? That's damn cold. I remember that Richmond Va was -35 with windchill. it was a record too.

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by shel90

-40? Wow

Record temp my town -63C.

Brr.

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by deafskeptic

with no wind chill? That's damn cold. I remember that Richmond Va was -35 with windchill. it was a record too.

Plus windchill. This why I hate winter! We spend 4-5 months colder -35c.

posts from hell · 11-18-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Record temp my town -63C.

Brr.

This is roughly -80F for you Americans.

posts from hell · 11-18-2011, 06:23 PM

For you guys who are curious... -40c is -40f.

posts from hell · 11-18-2011, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Plus windchill. This why I hate winter! We spend 4-5 months colder -35c.

I have to ask... have you licked a metal pole during that time, ever?

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by posts from hell

I have to ask... have you licked a metal pole during that time, ever?

Nope! Saw Rainbow do it.

posts from hell · 11-18-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Nope! Saw Rainbow do it.

how'd that turn out?

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by posts from hell

how'd that turn out?

Bloody. She have huge tongue nearly full week. Look very painful.

posts from hell · 11-18-2011, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Bloody. She have huge tongue nearly full week. Look very painful.

oh damn.

kokonut · 11-18-2011, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Record temp my town -63C.

Brr.

Holy moly, where is that town?

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Holy moly, where is that town?

Canada.

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Plus windchill. This why I hate winter! We spend 4-5 months colder -35c.

4 or 5 months with -35? Now i want to crawl back into my bed! I had to endure -35 for one night only..

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by posts from hell

For you guys who are curious... -40c is -40f.

opps. I was thinking f not c.

FadedRose · 11-18-2011, 07:29 PM

I've a brother who lives in alaska...
I do not know how he takes the cold.
brrrr....

personally I think he's nuts.

kokonut · 11-18-2011, 07:30 PM

I think it'd be cool to spend some time up there just for the experience.

**Jiro** · 11-18-2011, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

I think it'd be cool to spend some time up there just for the experience.

you're closer there than most of us. let us know how was it.

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaspheth

I've a brother who lives in alaska...
I do not know how he takes the cold.
brrrr....

personally I think he's nuts.

I think so too.

jillio · 11-18-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

I think it'd be cool to spend some time up there just for the experience.

And, jsut think! You could see Russia from your back yard.

**sequoias** · 11-18-2011, 08:42 PM

That makes -20°F look like childs play here in Iowa during Jan.

kokonut · 11-18-2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sequoias

That makes -20°F look like childs play here in Iowa during Jan.

Yeah, I experienced -18 F in Idaho while as a grad student walking back to my apartment. Wouldn't want to breathe in extreme cold air! Certainly not at -81 F!

**sequoias** · 11-18-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by kokonut

Yeah, I experienced -18 F in Idaho while as a grad student walking back to my apartment. Wouldn't want to breathe in extreme cold air! Certainly not at -81 F!

Yeah, it is difficult to breath in that temp for real. I had to hold my breath as much as possible, not fun.

**deafskeptic** · 11-18-2011, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunshine

Record temp my town -63C.

Brr.

I'm glad I do't live where YOU live!

Sunshine · 11-18-2011, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by deafskeptic

I'm glad I do't live where YOU live!

Aw is not so bad. Unless you mind be 4 hours drive to next town. Or not having any malls, walmarts, clothing stores, shoe stores, bookstores, restaurants, or grocery stores that charge less than $7 for 4L milk.

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