Alaskan Heat Wave (climate, hot, warm, records)

[nei]

Thought it was worth of its own thread, especially since just over a month Alaska was getting record cold.

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Baked Alaska: 98° Reading Ties All-Time State Heat Record | Weather Underground

[nei]

via Cambium, temperatures yesterday:

[nei]

Some records via wunderground.com:

96° at Talkeetna (previous record 91°F on June 14, 1969 and June 26, 1953 as well as last Sunday, June 16)

94° at McGrath (previous record 90° on June 15, 1969 as well as last Sunday June 16)

90° at Cordova (previous record 89° on July 16, 1995)

90° at Valdez city site (previous record 87° on June 25 and 26, 1953)

88° at Seward (previous record 87° on July 4, 1999)

86° at Nome on June 19th. (June monthly record and ties all-time record of 86° on July 31, 1977 and July 9, 1968. Previous June record was 83° on three occasions, the latest being June 7, 2004)

Weather Extremes : Alaska Bakes with All-time Heat Records | Weather Underground

Article claims an upper level high pressure system is fixed over the state.

[patrix542]

its funnt how these hot red temperatures end just on Canadian border lol

[RWood]

And surprise surprise - those who found their part of the planet colder than normal in May were not in the dominant situation:

State of the Climate | Global Analysis - May 2013

[ChesterNZ]

Fairbanks has a week of 65 F lows and 90 F highs ahead. Wouldn't mind being there right now.

Barrow had 72 F forecasted but is only sitting on 45 F at noon.

[FVWinters]

This extraordinary heat is caused by an unusually strong and persistent ridge of high pressure over the Gulf of Alaska. The polar jet that usually brings shots of rain to the Alaskan coast has been driven south and is now sending that moisture into the Pacific Northwest. We need the rain, but I'd just as soon not have it so persistently nor for the duration it is predicted to be.
The ridge shows no sign of going anywhere in the next week to ten days and we in western Oregon and Washington are progged to have a very soggy start to summer....

[Caleb Yeung]

Wow. Maybe this proves global warming (if not what?)

[Siberian High]

Originally Posted by FVWinters

The polar jet that usually brings shots of rain to the Alaskan coast has been driven south and is now sending that moisture into the Pacific Northwest. We need the rain, but I'd just as soon not have it so persistently nor for the duration it is predicted to be.
The ridge shows no sign of going anywhere in the next week to ten days and we in western Oregon and Washington are progged to have a very soggy start to summer....

Yes, we are having a chilly, wet start to summer indeed. It's been raining heavily all afternoon, and now your breath is visible. Tomorrow is solstice, and it's already getting dark. The temps are OK, but I'd like some sun to kick off Summer.

[CairoCanadian]

Inland locations not quite as surprising but the locales by the Bering Sea must be very surprised indeed.