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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Peter Sinclair: Alaska all time high temperatures for this date -- warmer than Alabama

by Peter Sinclair, Climate Denial Crock of the Week, January 29, 2014




On the graph above, orange and red stuff is warmer than average, “average” being defined as the average on this date between 1979 and 2000. Blue/purple stuff is colder.


…ALL-TIME JANUARY HIGH TEMPERATURES SET IN NORTHERN ALASKA…
A RECORD WARM AIRMASS HAS RESULTED IN MANY LOCATIONS TYING OR
SETTING RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS. SOME LONG TERM STATIONS HAVE BROKEN ALL-TIME
JANUARY HIGH TEMPERATURES…INCLUDING DENALI NATIONAL PARK
HEADQUARTERS AND NOME. JANUARY RECORDS WERE LIKELY SET AT SOME
OTHER LOCATIONS BUT THEY EITHER LACK A LONG PERIOD OF RECORD OR
OBSERVED TEMPERATURES.
ON SUNDAY THE 26TH THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A SCORCHING 52
DEGREES AT DENALI NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT THE PARK HEADQUARTERS IN JANUARY
DURING THE PAST 92 YEARS OF OBSERVATIONS. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR
THE MONTH WAS 51 DEGREES SET ON JANUARY 21ST 1961. FOR
REFERENCE…52 DEGREES IS THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MID MAY
AT THE PARK HEADQUARTERS. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR JANUARY 26TH IS 11
DEGREES ABOVE ZERO.
AT NOME…THE TEMPERATURE HAS SOARED TO 48 DEGREES THIS MORNING.
THIS IS WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED IN JANUARY AT NOME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1906. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY WAS 46 DEGREES SET ON JANUARY 7TH 1942. FOR REFERENCE…48 DEGREES IS THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LATE MAY AT NOME. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR JANUARY 27TH IS 13 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. IT IS POSSIBLE THE RECORD COULD BE FURTHER BROKEN TODAY.

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