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Offline TomSea

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Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« on: July 07, 2019, 07:18:32 pm »
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Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
By: CNN Newsource

Alaska's heat wave continued through Independence Day, and in Anchorage, the temperatures shattered an all-time record.

The temperature at the airport was 90 degrees Thursday, besting June 14, 1969, for the highest mark ever recorded in the city, according to the National Weather Service.

Across south Alaska, the mercury was expected to rise to record or near-record levels on the nation's 243rd birthday and continue at above-average levels through next week, the National Weather Service reports .

Read more at: https://www.theindychannel.com/news/national/anchorage-alaska-was-90-degrees-on-july-4-breaking-all-time-record

Widely reported, not just CNN.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2019, 07:29:43 pm »
meh.

So what?
24hr sun tends to do that.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2019, 08:04:14 pm »
According to records kept by the National Weather Service (NWS), Alaska is no stranger to the 90s. In fact, way back on July 28, 1919, Fairbanks made a run at 100 when the mercury topped out at 99. Fairbanks has experienced 90-degree heat on several other occasions, most recently on Aug. 5, 1994, when it recorded a 93-degree temperature.

Other spots in Alaska have hit the 90s too, including McGrath, which had a 94-degree temperature as recently as June 17, 2013. Alaska has seen triple-digit heat at least once since record keeping began: In 1915, Fort Yukon, which is situated in central eastern Alaska, recorded a temperature of 100 degrees.

I don't think I'll panic just yet, it sounds like ...............weather.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2019, 08:10:21 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 07, 2019, 07:29:43 pm
meh.

So what?
24hr sun tends to do that.

Breaking News.....    Summer is hot

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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2019, 08:18:44 pm »
Quote from: GtHawk on July 07, 2019, 08:04:14 pm
According to records kept by the National Weather Service (NWS), Alaska is no stranger to the 90s. In fact, way back on July 28, 1919, Fairbanks made a run at 100 when the mercury topped out at 99. Fairbanks has experienced 90-degree heat on several other occasions, most recently on Aug. 5, 1994, when it recorded a 93-degree temperature.

Other spots in Alaska have hit the 90s too, including McGrath, which had a 94-degree temperature as recently as June 17, 2013. Alaska has seen triple-digit heat at least once since record keeping began: In 1915, Fort Yukon, which is situated in central eastern Alaska, recorded a temperature of 100 degrees.

I don't think I'll panic just yet, it sounds like ...............weather.

FACTS?

They don't want no steenkin' facts!!
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2019, 08:23:01 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on July 07, 2019, 08:10:21 pm
Breaking News.....    Summer is hot


Believe it or not, because of the 24hr sun parts of Alaska have a better growing season than we do down here in the PacNW.

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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2019, 08:51:50 pm »
My niece is spending part of the summer in Juneau. There have been some cold, wet days, and now there are some hot days. C'est la vie, it's all weather.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2019, 09:37:23 pm »
Quote from: roamer_1 on July 07, 2019, 08:23:01 pm
Believe it or not, because of the 24hr sun parts of Alaska have a better growing season than we do down here in the PacNW.
I believe it. I've heard of vegetable gardens in Alaska where the produce gets absolutely HUGE because of how much sunlight they get in the late spring and early summer.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2019, 09:44:40 pm »
Oh Noes!  Global Warming!  We are all going to die!


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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2019, 09:46:16 pm »
The uninformed will blame global warming. The Meteorologist will point the finger at strong high pressure sitting just north of Anchorage drawing warm air currents from the south. A High that is slowly moving east, bringing Anchorage back to normal July temps.  Enjoy it while it last.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2019, 12:45:15 am »
Two back-to-back cold springs in the CONUS is weather.

One day of 90 in the summertime in Alaska is global warming.
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Re: Anchorage, Alaska, was 90 degrees on July 4
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2019, 01:09:22 am »
Quote from: jmyrlefuller on July 07, 2019, 09:37:23 pm
I believe it. I've heard of vegetable gardens in Alaska where the produce gets absolutely HUGE because of how much sunlight they get in the late spring and early summer.

That's right. Add to that, that the way the mountains stay so cool is because of night - We will drop forty degrees at night in the summer time, here in the MT Rockies...

But without that night, the rocks of the mountains just keep heating up...

It's a funny thing, because it makes late spring and early summer their hot time of the year, whereas down here, our heat comes in August. By August, AK is far enough away from the solstice, that with their more oblique angle of sun, they are actually cooling off more than us.

The same with winter. While we generally enter winter at close to the same time, once they hit eternal night, it gets stupid cold up there, because we still get sun for 8 hours a day giving us some heat.
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