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It was on March 1. Possibly it was only a brief spike of heat, when I wasn't outside, because the BOM observations show that it was back to 29°C at 3pm, and I went out around 2-3pm on that day I think.
In Melbourne on the other hand it was a real 48-hour heatwave and truly felt like desert heat (21-22 Feb), until a cold front made the temperature plummet to only 18-19°C in a couple of minutes. Truly a fascinating climate. I was there for only 4 days and wanted to experience the legendary variability, and I wasn't disapppointed
And we had less rain today than some areas in Arizona. In reality, every place in the world gets weather that is unusual. It's not worth creating a new thread every time this happens.
I forgot to add that even L.A. was above average today. The heat has not gone anywhere. The temps are more unusual on the part of Anchorage than L.A.
More than 60 years ago it reached 100 in the Tanana Valley of Alaska, north of Anchorage. At the time of the solstice 82/28C would not be at all unusual.
More than 60 years ago it reached 100 in the Tanana Valley of Alaska, north of Anchorage. At the time of the solstice 82/28C would not be at all unusual.
It only ever reached 100 degrees once in Alaska, and that was on the Yukon river, north of the Arctic circle at Fort Yukon, and that reading is questionable. For sure it can hit the high 90s in the Fairbanks area and up on the Yukon river. The highest temperatures ever recorded were 98F, first in June 1969 and then again in June of 2013.
My favorite story was wheen I took my family from Alaska in January for a vacation to Florida and Florida had a winter storm the same time Alaska had a freak winter warm spell. For a portion of a day Fairbanks AK (which is wicked cold in the winter) had the same high temperature as wherever I was in FL. 55F.
Alaska has weather all over the place. I've worn t shirts in January and been snowed on in july. Much the same with the rest of the world.
And we had less rain today than some areas in Arizona. In reality, every place in the world gets weather that is unusual. It's not worth creating a new thread every time this happens
True. There was one day when Seattle was the hottest major city in the US
I was watching the golf live in Seattle earlier.. The grass was pure yellow. I have a feeling that the weather over there is giving us our trough of disastrous "summer"
I wonder what will happen this winter.
It has rained ~5 times in the last 50 days (less than 1")
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My favorite story was wheen I took my family from Alaska in January for a vacation to Florida and Florida had a winter storm the same time Alaska had a freak winter warm spell. For a portion of a day Fairbanks AK (which is wicked cold in the winter) had the same high temperature as wherever I was in FL. 55F.
Alaska has weather all over the place. I've worn t shirts in January and been snowed on in july. Much the same with the rest of the world.
High 90s is quite rate. It almost never hits 95 degrees in Alaska.
The interesting thing about Alaska, say like Fairbanks, is how warm the nights are! The average low temperature in June and July in Fairbanks is warmer than the average low temperature in Kelowna, BC, which is one of the hottest cities in all of Canada. We even commercially grow melons, grapes, peaches, apricots, etc. in Kelowna despite the fact we are colder on average at night in June and July than Fairbanks!
High 90s is quite rate. It almost never hits 95 degrees in Alaska.
The interesting thing about Alaska, say like Fairbanks, is how warm the nights are! The average low temperature in June and July in Fairbanks is warmer than the average low temperature in Kelowna, BC, which is one of the hottest cities in all of Canada. We even commercially grow melons, grapes, peaches, apricots, etc. in Kelowna despite the fact we are colder on average at night in June and July than Fairbanks!
I've heard that YLW gets colder low temperatures than the rest of Kelowna though
I've heard that YLW gets colder low temperatures than the rest of Kelowna though
That is true. The airport doesn't get much wind, so inversions set in most nights.
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