Monday, May 13, 2013

Fastest-warming place on Earth update: Record-shattering mid-May cold for Interior Alaska

Record low temperatures recorded over Interior Alaska - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
FAIRBANKS - Just when you thought summer was finally peeking its head out from under the melting snow.
Fairbanks set a new record low temperature of 22 degrees on Monday at Fairbanks International Airport. That broke the old record of 26 degrees in 1938.
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The cold air mass resulted in record-low temperatures in other locations besides Fairbanks.
The low of 22 degrees at Eielson Air Force Base broke the record of 26 set in 1965. Bettles had a low of 10 degrees to shatter the old record of 20 degrees in 2007.

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