Fairbanks: Powerful blanket of CO2 only allows five consecutive days with lows of -35F or colder

Record cold continues in Fairbanks

SATURDAY WAS YET ANOTHER RECORD SETTING DAY AT FAIRBANKS. THE HIGH OF 23 BELOW AT THE AIRPORT WAS ANOTHER RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE. THE OLD RECORD OF 22 BELOW WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1911. THE LOW OF 36 BELOW BROKE THE RECORD OF 33 BELOW FROM 1969.

SATURDAY MARKED THE 5TH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH A LOW TEMP OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER AT THE AIRPORT. THIS TIES WITH 1956…1969 AND 1989 FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER SO EARLY IN THE WINTER SEASON.

THE LOW TEMP HAS NOW BEEN 35 BELOW OR COLDER EACH OF THE LAST 5 DAYS. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE SO EARLY IN THE WINTER SEASON AT FAIRBANKS. THE OLD RECORD WAS ONLY 2 DAYS… RECORDED IN 1989.

THE HIGH TEMP HAS NOW BEEN 20 BELOW OR COLDER EACH OF THE LAST 4 DAYS. THIS BREAKS THE RECORD OF 3 DAYS IN 1989 FOR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMP OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER SO EARLY IN THE WINTER SEASON.