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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 512 AM AKST TUE JAN 31 2012 ...A COLD JANUARY FOR JUST ABOUT ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA... ALL OF NORTHERN ALASKA WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A PERSISTENTLY COLD AIR MASS THIS JANUARY. WHEN THE TEMPERATURE RECORDS GET CALCULATED AT THE END OF THE MONTH SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WILL HAVE THEIR COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL LIKELY OCCURRED ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR WHERE THE SKY WAS MORE PERSISTENTLY CLEAR...WHICH ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN VERY LOW FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. AT NOME...THIS JANUARY WILL LIKELY END UP AS THE COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -15.4 DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY MAKES THIS THE COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD. TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT NOME DATE BACK TO 1907. AT KOTZEBUE...THIS JANUARY LOOKS TO END AS THE 2ND COLDEST SINCE 1929. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -21.9 DEGREES IS THE COLDEST SINCE 1934 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS -27.7 DEGREES. CONTINUOUS TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT KOTZEBUE DATE BACK TO 1929. AT BARROW...THIS JANUARY IS EXPECTED TO END UP AS THE COLDEST SINCE 1990 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -20.1 DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY. THE MONTH WILL NOT END UP AS ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST. CONTINUOUS RECORDS AT BARROW DATE BACK TO 1921. AT GALENA...THIS JANUARY WILL BE THE COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -33.5 DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY WILL EASILY ENSURE THAT THIS JANUARY SURPASS THE -31.4 DEGREES THAT WAS OBSERVED IN 1971. WEATHER RECORDS AT GALENA DATE BACK TO 1942. AT BETTLES...THIS JANUARY WILL END UP AS THE COLDEST ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -35 DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY WILL SURPASS THE OLD RECORD OF -34 DEGREES ALSO IN 1971. THE RECORDS AT BETTLES DATE BACK TO 1951. AT FAIRBANKS...THIS JANUARY WILL LIKELY GO DOWN IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS THE 5TH COLDEST ON RECORD WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -26.7 DEGREES THROUGH YESTERDAY. TEMPERATURE DATA AT FAIRBANKS DATES BACK TO 1904. IT IS LIKELY THAT MANY COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN ALASKA...AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR HAD THEIR COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD. THERE WILL BE MORE DETAILS ON THE COLD JANUARY EARLY NEXT MONTH.

Unfortunately... PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 252 PM AKST MON JAN 30 2012 ...CLARIFICATION OF TEMPERATURES FROM JIM RIVER DOT CAMP... TEMPERATURES THIS PAST WEEKEND AT THE ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION JIM RIVER MAINTENANCE CAMP AT MILE 138 DALTON HIGHWAY...STATION JMTA2...HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS LOW AS 79 BELOW. THE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT CORRECT. THE WEATHER STATION IN USE AT THE JIM RIVER DOT CAMP IS A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION THAT IS NOT RATED FOR TEMPERATURE COLDER THAN 40 BELOW. THE UNREALISTICALLY LOW TEMPERATURES ARE BELIEVED TO BE A FUNCTION OF THE BATTERY FAILING AT VERY LOW TEMPERATURES. THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STANDARD... TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS AT JIM RIVER DOT CAMP.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 434 AM AKST SUN JAN 29 2012 ..THE DEEP COLD CONTINUES ..2ND 50 BELOW AT FAIRBANKS ..POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT THIS MORNING THE TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT DROPPED TO 51 BELOW. THIS IS THE 2ND DAY IN A ROW WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 50 BELOW OR LOWER AT THE AIRPORT. YESTERDAY (SATURDAY) THE LOW OF 50 BELOW WAS THE FIRST TIME THE TEMPERATURE HAD DROPPED TO 50 BELOW AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 27, 2006. THE HIGH YESTERDAY WAS ONLY 42 BELOW. THIS WAS THE COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT SINCE JANUARY 2, 2000. THE LAST TIME THERE WERE BACK TO BACK 50 BELOW DAYS AT THE AIRPORT WAS ON DECEMBER 30-31, 1999. SO FAR THIS JANUARY THERE HAVE BEEN 15 DAYS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 40 BELOW OR COLDER. THIS TIES WITH 1972 FOR THE MOST 40 BELOW DAYS IN JANUARY IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. THE ALL-TIME RECORD OF 21 SET BACK IN 1971 WILL REMAIN SAFE AS THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE DAYS IN THE MONTH (AFTER TODAY...WHICH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IN THIS STATEMENT). THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF -25.8 DEGREES IS 18.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. WE ARE ON PACE FOR THE COLDEST JANUARY SINCE 1971...AND EASILY ONE OF THE TOP TEN COLDEST ON RECORD. 1906...1934...AND 1971 ALL HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF 30 BELOW OR COLDER AND WILL NOT BE TOPPED THIS MONTH. THE COLDEST JANUARY ON RECORD WAS 1906 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF -36.4...HOWEVER...IN 1906 TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE TAKEN AT THE DOWNTOWN EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORD WERE NOT TAKEN. HAD HOURLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEEN TAKEN IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT WARMER. ANY WAY YOU SLICE IT THIS WILL END UP AS ONE OF THE COLDEST WINTER MONTHS ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS. ONLY 4 TIMES DID THE MONTH OF DECEMBER (1917...1933...1956 AND 1964) HAVE AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY (MONTH TO DATE). ONLY 6 TIMES IN JANUARY (1906...1909...1934...1966...1969...1971) WAS THE MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE ANY COLDER THAN THIS JANUARY. NEVER HAS THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS COLDER THAN JANUARY 2012. THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT THIS JANUARY WILL END JUST WITHIN THE TOP TEN COLDEST MONTHS EVER ON RECORD AT FAIRBANKS.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 249 PM AKST SUN JAN 29 2012 ...SECOND DAY OF WIDESPREAD 50 TO 65 BELOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE INTERIOR... TEMPERATURES PLUMMETED AGAIN OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD 50 TO 65 BELOW TEMPERATURES INTO THE INTERIOR OF ALASKA. HERE ARE VALUES FROM COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND WEATHER STATIONS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AS OF NOON SUNDAY: FORT YUKON CO-OP..............65 BELOW KANDIK RIVER CO-OP............64 BELOW FORT YUKON AIRPORT............62 BELOW* BETTLES.......................60 BELOW** HUSLIA........................60 BELOW MANLEY HOT SPRINGS............60 BELOW NORTH POLE/WOODSMOKE CO-OP....60 BELOW CHICKEN CO-OP.................59 BELOW GALENA AIRPORT................58 BELOW TANANA........................58 BELOW CIRCLE HOT SPRINGS CO-OP......58 BELOW DELTA 20 SE CO-OP.............58 BELOW COLDFOOT......................57 BELOW EAGLE CO-OP...................57 BELOW KALTAG........................56 BELOW GOLDSTREAM CREEK CO-OP........55 BELOW ARCTIC VILLAGE................54 BELOW NENANA........................54 BELOW SALCHA........................54 BELOW FAIRBANKS AIRPORT.............51 BELOW DELTA JUNCTION/FT GREELY......50 BELOW LAKE MINCHUMINA CO-OP.........50 BELOW MCGRATH.......................50 BELOW *TIED DAILY RECORD LOW OF 62 BELOW SET IN 1909 **EXCEEDS DAILY RECORD LOW OF 58 BELOW SET IN 1989

Yep...the Fort Yukon airport hit -62F. Incidentally, Fort Yukon holds the all-time AK high temp (100F).

As cold as it has been during the past month in Alaska, it's getting even more intense now. Here are some current temps as sunrise nears...just amazing: Huslia -62 Tanana -59 Bettles -58 Fort Yukon -56 Galena -56 Kaltag -55 McGrath -52 Noatak -51 Selawik -51 Nenana -50 Fairbanks -48 Lowest current wind chill: -74 in Shungnak (-49 with a southeast wind at 8 mph)

Some ridiculous cold during the first 4 days of January in McGrath, AK (SW of Fairbanks). And they have 38" of snow on the ground...great stuff. Check this out: DY MAX MIN AVG DEP HDD CDD WTR SNW DPTH SPD SPD DIR MIN PSBL S-S WX SPD DR ================================================================================ 1 -36 -53 -45 -39 110 0 0.00 0.0 38 0.0 5 300 M M M 1 6 310 2 -37 -50 -44 -37 109 0 0.00 0.0 38 0.0 3 310 M M M 1 3 310 3 -45 -53 -49 -42 114 0 0.00 0.0 38 0.0 3 280 M M M 1 3 150 4 -33 -55 -44 -37 109 0 T T 38 0.0 5 320 M M M 1 5 280 ================================================================================ SM -151 -211 442 0 T T 0.0 M M ================================================================================ AV-37.8-52.8 0.0 FASTST PSBL % M MAX(MPH) MISC ----> # 5 320 6 310 ================================================================================ NOTES: # LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES COLUMN 17 PEAK WIND IN M.P.H. PRELIMINARY LOCAL CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (WS FORM: F-6) , PAGE 2 STATION: MCGRATH MONTH: 01 YEAR: 2012 LATITUDE: 62 58 N LONGITUDE: 155 37 W [TEMPERATURE DATA] AVERAGE MONTHLY:-45.3 DPTR FM NORMAL:-38.5 HIGHEST: -33 ON 4 LOWEST: -55 ON 4

Valdez finished with 152.2" of snow for the month of December, breaking the old record of 137.1" set in December 1991. Then, an additional 10" of snow fell in the first 4 days of January 2012. On top of that, here is their latest NWS forecast...just incredible: AKZ131-061400- /X.CON.PAFC.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120106T1800Z/ NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 400 PM AKST THU JAN 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST FRIDAY. * SNOW...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION 20 TO 30 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL LET UP BRIEFLY DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND THEN BECOME HEAVY AGAIN BY LATE EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND DIMINISH BY MID MORNING FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE SEVERELY LIMITED IN HEAVY SNOWFALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ FPAK51PAFC_AKZ131 ----------------- AKZ131-061400- NORTHEAST PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND- INCLUDING...VALDEZ...THOMPSON PASS 400 PM AKST THU JAN 5 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM AKST FRIDAY... .TONIGHT...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE PASS. SNOW ACCUMULATION 18 TO 25 INCHES. LOWS AROUND 20 EXCEPT AROUND 10 ABOVE THROUGH THE PASS. LIGHT WINDS EXCEPT EAST 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE PASS. .FRIDAY...SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION 4 TO 8 INCHES. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. VARIABLE WIND TO 15 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 10 ABOVE EXCEPT AROUND ZERO THROUGH THE PASS. VARIABLE WIND TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...SNOW. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. NORTHEAST WIND 5 TO 20 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW. LOWS 15 TO 25. EAST WIND TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 30. .SUNDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS IN THE MID TEENS. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 20. .MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 5 TO 15 ABOVE. HIGHS 20 TO 25. .TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25. HIGHS 25 TO 30. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 10 TO 15. HIGHS AROUND 20.

From NWS Fairbanks: INTERIOR...A MODERATELY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT TODAY INTO TONIGHT WILL ONLY VERY SLOWLY BEGIN TO RELAX WEDNESDAY. A VERY COLD AIRMASS ALOFT WILL VERY SLOWLY MODERATE THE NEXT TWO DAYS. 500 MB HEIGHTS BOTTOMED OUT AT 490 DM WITH AN 850 MB TEMP OF -30.5C AT FAIRBANKS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT 00Z. THIS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER ALOFT THAN LAST WEEK. IT WAS A GOOD THING THAT THE UPPER LOW PASTED TO THE WEST OF THE INTERIOR AND ALLOWED SOME CLOUDS AND WEAK OVERRUNNING TO HELP TEMPER THE COLD. TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE THE 500 MB HEIGHT OF 490 DM IS AN ALL-TIME RECORD LOW 500 MB HEIGHT AT FAIRBANKS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. AT MCGRATH...THE 500 MB HEIGHT OF 483 DM BREAKS THE ALL-TIME NOVEMBER RECORD OF 490 DM. THE 850 MB TEMPS ARE IN THE TOP 5 PERCENTILE...BUT NOT RECORDS. Also, some lovely -70 wind chills in Atigun Pass, on the new wind chill scale. That would be very impressive in January, much less November! NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 412 AM AKST TUE NOV 22 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST WEDNESDAY AT ATIGUN PASS... .TODAY...CLOUDY. FLURRIES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH PASSES WITH LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES STEADY FROM 25 TO 40 BELOW. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 35 MPH IN PASSES WITH WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW AT ATIGUN PASS. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH PASSES WITH LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITY. TEMPERATURES 25 TO 40 BELOW. NORTH WINDS AROUND 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN PASSES WITH WIND CHILL TO 70 BELOW AT ATIGUN PASS.

That's great...I hope you enjoy the upcoming cold weather too!

Yes they are...about a foot in the past week, with 10" on the ground currently. A nice early start to winter in Anchorage!

I have a B.S. in Meteorology and an M.S. in Math...I was a math instructor for a few years at a university, and I now work at an insurance company. Not sure if my Met. degree helped me get my current job...and unfortunately I hardly use my degree at all.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 330 PM AKST MON NOV 7 2011 ...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT... A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING STORM LOCATED ABOUT 600 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SHEMYA THIS AFTERNOON WILL INTENSIFY INTO ONE OF THE MOST SEVERE BERING SEA STORMS ON RECORD AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. THE STORM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINDS OF 40 TO 55 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE WEST COAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE CHUKOTSK PENINSULA AND IN AREAS NEAR KOTZEBUE. WINDS OF 60 TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER ST LAWRENCE ISLAND AND THE BERING STRAIT COAST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH HURRICANE FORCE OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA AND NORTHERN BERING SEA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GENERATE SEAS TO AS HIGH AS 20 FEET OVER THE CHUKCHI SEA...AND TO 15 TO 25 FEET OVER THE NORTHERN BERING SEA. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PUSH LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER INTO NORTON SOUND...RAISING SEA LEVELS TO AS HIGH AS 8 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH SEA LEVELS COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVES WILL PRODUCE SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN SHORES OF NORTON SOUND AND ALONG THE BERING STRAIT COAST. HIGH WATER LEVELS WILL PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF NORTON SOUND. STRONG WINDS AND WAVE ACTION MAY PUSH ICE IN NORTON BAY ON SHORE. MODERATELY ELEVATED SEA LEVELS AND HIGH WAVES WILL CAUSE SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST FACING COASTS OF ST LAWRENCE ISLAND TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALONG THE CHUKCHI SEA COAST FROM CAPE KRUSENSTERN NORTHWEST... SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO A HIGH AS 70 MPH WILL PRODUCE HIGH WAVES AND SOME ELEVATION OF SEA LEVELS...RESULTING IN SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING. THE VILLAGE OF KIVALINA WILL BE HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY BEACH EROSION AND COASTAL FLOODING. THE STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE WEST COAST TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST AND IN PARTS OF THE INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA. AGAIN...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING STORM WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE WORST ON RECORD OVER THE BERING SEA AND THE WEST COAST.

Great! Is that your first sticking snow of the season?

Teammobeu - welcome to the board!

They're dancing in the streets in Barrow PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 240 PM AKDT MON SEP 12 2011 THE TEMPERATURE AT BARROW...THE NORTHERNMOST CITY IN ALASKA... HAS NOT BEEN BELOW FREEZING...32 DEGREES...SINCE JUNE 29TH. THIS 74 DAY STREAK IS BY FAR THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS THAT BARROW HAS EVER HAD WITHOUT THE TEMPERATURE DROPPING BELOW FREEZING. THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68 DAYS WAS SET TWO YEARS AGO. THE TEMPERATURE IS NOT EXPECTED TO GO BELOW FREEZING AT BARROW FOR AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS.

Approximately how much daylight are you losing per day? Here in the Chicago suburbs at 42N latitude, we're losing about 2 or 2.5 minutes per day. I can even notice that, but that's nothing compared to your daylight loss this time of year.

Those are beautiful pictures...thanks for posting. I was in Whitehorse in June 2007...the long days were amazing. Even as I'm a cold lover, the picture of your thermometer on that day in January 2011 makes me shiver.

Welcome to the board! It's wonderful having a poster from Whitehorse.

Thanks for starting this thread...good stuff. I hope you're both enjoying life in Alaska.