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Here are the records set during May-August 1992 in Chicago: 5/5/92: record low (32) 5/6/92: record low (30) 5/24/92: record low (34) 5/25/92: record low (32) 5/27/92: record low (33) 5/28/92: record low (33) 6/20/92: record low max (57) 6/20/92: record low (43) 6/21/92: record low (38) 6/26/92: record low (50) 6/27/92: record low (47) 6/28/92: record low (44) 7/23/92: record low max (64) 8/19/92: record low (51)

It's a bit chilly in Deadhorse, AK this morning. The temp is -40 with a SW wind at 12 mph....leading to a wind chill of -67. URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 449 AM AKST MON FEB 18 2013 AKZ206-190130- /X.EXT.PAFG.WC.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130219T1500Z/ NORTHEASTERN BROOKS RANGE- INCLUDING...ANAKTUVUK PASS...ATIGUN PASS...GALBRAITH LAKE... SAGWON...FRANKLIN BLUFFS 449 AM AKST MON FEB 18 2013 ...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY IN PASSES... THE WIND CHILL WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AKST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...IN PASSES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL TO 65 BELOW. * TIMING...LOW WIND CHILL CONTINUING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXPOSED FLESH CAN FREEZE IN A SHORT TIME RESULTING IN FROSTBITE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 MPH OR MORE ARE OCCURRING OR EXPECTED. IF OUTDOORS...COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO PREVENT FROSTBITE.

6th coldest November on record for Fairbanks...and it was -56 in Chicken earlier this week. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT　 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 　 727 AM AKST SAT DEC 1 2012 　 　 　 ..MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS ALASKA 　 　 NOVEMBER 2012 IN FAIRBANKS WAS EXCEPTIONALLY COLD WITH UNUSUALLY 　 LOW SNOWFALL. 　 　 COLD WEATHER WAS PERSISTENT BUT NOT EXTREME IN NOVEMBER 2012. 　 IN NOVEMBER 2012 THERE WERE NO RECORD TEMPERATURES ESTABLISHED...AND 　 ONLY THREE DAYS ALL MONTH HAD AN AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE ABOVE 　 NORMAL. THIS DIFFERS FROM NOVEMBER 2011 WHEN SIX DAILY RECORD LOWS 　 WERE TIED OR SET. FIVE DAYS THIS NOVEMBER WERE 20 DEGREES OR MORE 　 BELOW NORMAL...AND 17 DAYS HAD A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 20 BELOW OR 　 COLDER WITH ONLY NOVEMBER 1975 HAVING MORE SUCH DAYS. 　 　 OVERALL...AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AVERAGE HIGH 　 TEMPERATURE IN NOVEMBER WAS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO AND THE AVERAGE 　 LOW WAS 17.9 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF 8.7 　 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS 11.3 DEGREES COLDER THAN NORMAL AND MADE THIS 　 THE 6TH COLDEST NOVEMBER IN MORE THAN A CENTURY OF WEATHER 　 OBSERVATIONS. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH AT THE AIRPORT 　 WAS 22 DEGREES ON THE 10TH...WHILE THE LOWEST WAS 31 BELOW ZERO ON 　 THE 30TH. THE TEMPERATURE DIPPED INTO 40S BELOW IN A FEW OF THE 　 NORMALLY COLDER LOW LYING AREAS DURING THE LAST TWO DAYS OF THE 　 MONTH. IN CONTRAST...TEMPERATURES AT SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS DID 　 NOT DROP COLDER THAN 10 BELOW ANYTIME DURING NOVEMBER. 　 　 SNOWFALL WAS QUITE LIGHT IN NOVEMBER...AND ALL THE ACCUMULATING 　 SNOW FELL DURING THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF THE MONTH. THE MOST SNOW IN 　 ONE DAY AT THE AIRPORT WAS JUST 2.6 INCHES ON THE 10TH...AND THE 　 MONTHLY TOTAL WAS A MERE 4.2 INCHES. THIS IS ABOUT A THIRD OF 　 NORMAL. HOWEVER...THREE NOVEMBERS IN THE PAST 12 YEARS HAVE HAD 　 LOWER SNOWFALL. THUS FAR THIS WINTER ONLY 11.3 INCHES OF SNOW HAS 　 FALLEN...WHICH IS LESS THAN HALF OF NORMAL. SNOW DEPTH HAS BEEN 　 STEADY AT SIX INCHES SINCE MID-MONTH. THE LONG TERM AVERAGE SNOW 　 DEPTH AT THE END OF NOVEMBER IS ABOUT 11 INCHES. 　 　 SKIES WERE FREQUENTLY CLEAR AND WIND SPEEDS MUCH OF THE MONTH WERE 　 CHARACTERISTICALLY LOW...RESULTING IN EXTENDED PERIODS WITH VERY 　 STRONG INVERSIONS AND LOCALLY POOR AIR QUALITY IN THE FAIRBANKS 　 AND NORTH POLE AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS GUSTED TO 20 MPH OR MORE 　 FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH...WHICH HELPED CLEAR THE AIR AT 　 THAT TIME. THE FREQUENT CLEAR SKIES AT NIGHT ALLOWED FOR VIEWING 　 OF SEVERAL NICE AURORA DISPLAYS. 　 　 LOOKING AHEAD TO DECEMBER...AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SLOWLY FALL 　 DURING THIS DARKEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE 　 FALLS FROM 7 ABOVE ON THE FIRST TO 2 ABOVE ON NEW YEARS EVE. THE 　 AVERAGE LOW FALLS FROM 11 BELOW ON THE FIRST TO 16 BELOW ON THE 　 31ST. IN THE PAST 107 YEARS...DECEMBER TEMPERATURES HAVE VARIED BY 　 120 DEGREES IN FAIRBANKS...FROM A HIGH OF 58 ABOVE IN 1934 TO A 　 LOW OF 62 BELOW IN 1961. AVERAGE SNOWFALL IS 12 INCHES...BUT HAS 　 BEEN AS MUCH AS 50.7 INCHES IN 1984 TO AS LITTLE AS A TRACE IN 　 1969. POSSIBLE DAILY SUNSHINE FALLS TO THE ANNUAL MINIMUM OF 3 　 HOURS AND 42 MINUTES ON THE SOLSTICE BEFORE STARTING THE LONG 　 CLIMB BACK TOWARD THE MIDNIGHT SUN OF JUNE. 　 PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 　 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 　 153 PM AKST SAT DEC 1 2012 　 　 　 ..ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD MORNING IN INTERIOR ALASKA 　 　 CLEAR SKIES AND HIGH PRESSURE HAS RESULTED IN ANOTHER BITTERLY 　 COLD MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN INTERIOR OF ALASKA. MANY LOCATIONS 　 REPORTED OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES COLDER THAN 40 AND 50 BELOW ZERO. 　 TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED COLD DURING THE DAY AS WELL...WITH MOST OF 　 THE COLDER VALLEY LOCATIONS FAILING TO CLIMB ABOVE 40 BELOW ZERO 　 DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING MARKS THE THIRD DAY IN A ROW 　 THAT THE NWS OBSERVER IN CHICKEN HAS REPORTED TEMPERATURES COLDER 　 THAN 50 BELOW ZERO. 　 　 FURTHER WEST...TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN ABOUT 20 DEGREES WARMER IN 　 THE FAIRBANKS AREA...WHERE READINGS HAVE BEEN HOVERING BETWEEN 　 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO. AS USUAL DURING THE WINTER...A STRONG 　 TEMPERATURE INVERSION HAS ALLOWED THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS TO BE 　 CONSIDERABLY WARMER THAN THE VALLEYS. 　 　 HERE ARE SOME OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES OBSERVED IN THE INTERIOR: 　 　 CHICKEN...........................56 BELOW 　 TOK...............................55 BELOW 　 NORTHWAY..........................48 BELOW 　 COAL CREEK........................45 BELOW 　 EAGLE.............................45 BELOW 　 PORT ALCAN (US CUSTOMS)...........45 BELOW 　 CHISANA...........................43 BELOW 　 BIRCH CREEK.......................42 BELOW

I couldn't find any official wind chill readings lower than -50 in late January 1996...but I'll keep looking. In the meantime, there is always good old January 1982: Montana Glasgow, 1/6/1982: wind chill -55 (temp -35, wind 7 mph) http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KGGW/1982/1/6/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

Yep...I'll take a look. So far, I've focused on more recent decades, as the hourly temperature and wind speed data is more readily available on Weather Underground.

Thanks Hoosier...good catch.

Yikes...that is cold. That's a good idea to look at the Feb. 1899 cold wave.

Maine Frenchville, 1/16/2009: wind chill -47 (temp -30, wind 6 mph) http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KFVE/2009/1/16/DailyHistory.html

Good stuff...I never realized 1917-18 was such a cold winter in the Midwest/OV.

Florida Pensacola, 1/21/1985: wind chill -10 (temp 5, wind 10 mph) http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KPNS/1985/1/21/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

Wyoming Casper, 12/21/1990: wind chill of -55 (temp -30, wind 12 mph) http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCPR/1990/12/21/DailyHistory.html Not saying this is the coldest wind chill on record in WY...but it's what I've found so far.

Thanks...looks like Mason City IA had a wind chill of -54 at 4:00 AM on 2/2/1996....temp -29, wind 12 mph. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KMCW/1996/2/2/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

Nice find. The "-40F % column" in the table at the end of the paper highlights some good towns to focus on for wind chill records.

Alaska Deadhorse, 1/28/1989: wind chill -102F (temp -54F with a 36 mph wind)...on the new scale! That is insane. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhorse

Me too...and of course you piqued my curiosity with this. Looks like Bloomington, IL set an all-time record low on that date (-23F). Tulsa, OK had a high temp of 2F on 1/11/1918...about 45 degrees below the 1981-2010 normal.

Sounds like a lovely, brisk day. That may take the cake for the lower 48...unless somewhere in MT/ND came close...

Wow - that's very impressive for central Indiana.

Nice...it looks like La Crosse WI also had a -54F wind chill on 2/2/1996 (-34F with a 7 mph wind): http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KLSE/1996/2/2/DailyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

North Dakota Minot AFB, 2/1/1996: -66F (-35F with 17 mph winds)

**List has been updated several times...keeping it in 1st post for easy reference** It's difficult to find exact records on this topic...but I thought it would be fun to document the coldest wind chill ever recorded by state. Of course, wind chills are computed based on sustained winds, not wind gusts. I am basing this off the new wind chill formula that was created in 2001. Let the fun begin. NH: -107 (Mount Washington, 1/16/2004) AK: -100 (McGrath, 1/27/1989) NY: -84 (Whiteface Mountain, 2/13/2016) MT: -70 (Rogers Pass, 1/20/1954) UT: -69 (Peter's Sink, 2/1/1985) ND: -68 (Williston, 12/24/1983) MN: -66 (Duluth, 1/10/1982) WY: -66 (Riverside Ranger Station, 2/9/1933) IA: -64 (Waterloo, 12/24/1983) SD: -63 (Watertown, 1/10/1982) CO: -61 (Maybell, 2/1/1985) ID: -60 (Island Park, 1/18/1943) IL: -60 (Chicago, 1/20/1985) WI: -59 (Eau Claire, 1/10/1982) NE: -58 (Chadron, 12/21/1989) OH: -56 (Akron-Canton, 1/20/1985) IN: -55 (Muncie, 1/20/1985) OR: -54 (Seneca, 2/10/1933) MI: -54 (Ironwood, 1/6/2014) ME: -54 (Frenchville, 1/14/2004) MD: -53 (Frostburg, 1/21/1985) KS: -52 (Oketo, 12/24/1983) PA: -51 (Bradford, 1/21/1985) WV: -50 (Beckley, 1/21/1985) NV: -50 (San Jacinto, 1/8/1937) NM: -50 (Gavilan, 2/1/1951) MO: -50 (Kirksville, 1/10/1982) KY: -48 (Covington, 1/20/1985) VA: -48 (Hot Springs, 1/21/1985) WA: -48 (Mazama, 12/30/1968) OK: -47 (Medford, 2/10/2011) NC: -45 (Asheville, 1/21/1985) CA: -45 (Boca, 1/20/1937) MA: -43 (Worcester, 1/23/1976) TN: -41 (Knoxville, 1/21/1985) AZ: -40 (Hawley Lake, 1/7/1971) AR: -38 (Harrison, 1/20/1985) TX: -37 (Amarillo, 1/12/1963) GA: -28 (Atlanta, 1/21/1985) AL: -26 (Huntsville, 1/21/1985) MS: -19 (Corinth, 1/30/1966) LA: -16 (Minden, 2/13/1899) FL: -10 (Pensacola, 1/21/1985) HI: 15 (Mauna Kea, 1/5/1975)

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 718 PM AKDT THU MAR 22 2012 CORRECTION TO THE FIRST PARAGRAPH ...THE COLD MARCH CONTINUES AT FAIRBANKS... THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF MARCH THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS -1.0 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 9.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. MONTH TO DATE IT HAS BEEN THE COLDEST START TO MARCH SINCE 2007...AND MORE IMPRESSIVELY RANKS AS THE 3RD COLDEST START TO MARCH IN THE PAST 40 YEARS. ONLY TWO DAYS THIS MONTH HAVE HAD AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE THAT WAS ABOVE NORMAL. ON THE 6TH AND 7TH...THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS 25 ABOVE...AND THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO DAYS THIS MONTH WHEN THE LOW TEMPERATURE DID NOT DIP BELOW ZERO. SO FAR THIS MONTH THERE HAVE BEEN 8 NIGHTS WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 20 BELOW OR LOWER...WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE OF 3 NIGHTS. PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE...IN LARGE PART TO A STORM THAT AFFECTED THE AREA ON THE 5TH THROUGH 7TH WITH NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW. MONTH TO DATE...A TOTAL OF 13.6 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN WHICH IS 9.9 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. ONLY 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS NEEDED THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH FOR THIS TO BECOME THE SNOWIEST MARCH SINCE 1991. A WEATHER FRONT WILL LIKELY BRING A PERIOD OF SNOW TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT THAT WILL TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN CLOSER TO SEASONABLE LEVELS OVER THE WEEKEND...AND WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK. THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY IN FAIRBANKS IS 29 WITH A NORMAL LOW OF 1 ABOVE.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 1023 AM AKST SAT MAR 10 2012 ..UPDATED SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTALS AND SNOW DEPTH AROUND ALASKA THE 2011/2012 WINTER WILL GO DOWN INTO THE RECORD BOOKS AS ONE OF THE SNOWIEST SEASONS FOR MANY LOCATIONS AROUND THE STATE. HERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF OBSERVATIONS AROUND SOUTHCENTRAL. THE OBSERVATIONS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES AND FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER PROGRAM (COOP). ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE IN INCHES. PLEASE VISIT THIS WEBSITE TO VIEW AN INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC HTTP://TINYURL.COM/7U2Y5LG WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES STATION NAME, SEASON TOTAL, SEASON AVERAGE, RECORD, SNOW DEPTH ------------------------------------------------------------------ ANCHORAGE 126.0 74.5 132.8 34 BARROW 64.6 33.4 76.6 13 BETHEL 72.7 54.5 177.5 16 COLD BAY 79.1 65.3 115.9 16 FAIRBANKS 54.9 65.5 147.3 29 JUNEAU 128.6 95.3 194.3 1 KING SALMON 64.8 44.8 78.8 6 KODIAK 131.3 69.1 148.6 8 KOTZEBUE 78.1 53.1 106.7 57 MCGRATH 104.8 89.8 162.2 49 NOME 69.3 64.0 129.4 26 ST. PAUL 67.2 60.6 103.3 23 VALDEZ 424.1 276.6 550.7 92 YAKUTAT 301.2 163.0 403.2 87 THE COOP IS A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM. AT THE END OF EACH MONTH...OBSERVERS SEND IN THEIR MONTHLY TOTALS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF OBSERVATIONS AROUND SOUTHCENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH FEBRUARY 29. * INDICATES A NEW RECORD + INDICATES MISSING FEBRUARY DATA STATION SEASON TOTAL SEASON AVERAGE RECORD SNOW DEPTH (SEP-FEB) (SEP-APR) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ANCHORAGE AREA CAMPBL CRK SC CTR *112.5 81.0 103.6 43 FORT RICHARDSON + 76.4 62.8 110.5 34 GLEN ALPS + 163.0 170.9 249.0 71 RABBIT CREEK + 124.8 103.3 159.9 53 UPPER DEARMOUN + 149.0 123.2 208.0 50 ALYESKA 314.5 224.4 375.6 78 EAGLE RIVER AREA GAKONA CIRCLE *121.4 78.2 102.2 38 MILE 5 EGL RVR RD 92.0 64.6 122.1 47 EGL RVR NATURE CTR 110.3 64.1 123.0 38 EKLUTNA *80.6 45.9 76.9 36 MATANUSKA AND SUSITNA VALLEY AREA BUTTE *77.5 62.9 71.9 21 MATANUSKA FARM 70.1 48.9 97.4 6 LAZY MOUNTAIN 66.9 83.8 133.7 30 AMBER LAKE + *124.1 110.1 121.0 44 KENAI PENINSULA HOMER 8NW 186.5 112.0 200.5 61 SOLDOTNA 5SSW + 48.2 57.1 68.2 22 STERLING 6SW 68.4 NA NA NA PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AREA CANNERY CRK HTCHRY *287.5 149.1 253.7 99 CORDOVA NORTH *257.9 107.6 221.5 33 MAIN BAY HTCHRY *445.8 276.9 428.6 126 PORT SAN JUAN *181.7 112.1 174.2 60 WALLY NRNBRG HTCHRY 173.5 110.8 200.7 83 COPPER RIVER BASIN GLENNALLEN 48.7 52.3 94.0 14 KENNY LAKE 57.5 49.1 61.0 25 TONSINA 93.6 65.0 112.5 52 KODIAK 76.8 62.3 80.8 8 FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COOP PROGRAM...GO TO HTTP://PAFC.ARH.NOAA.GOV/COOP/COOP.PHP

Here is an Alaska weather blog...I thought you all might be interested: http://www.williwaw.com/ In particular, see today's post about the much above normal snowfall in various towns in Alaska: http://www.williwaw....aska-snow-race/

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AKST SAT MAR 3 2012 ..THIS WINTER IS NOW THE 3RD SNOWIEST ON RECORD FOR ANCHORAGE AS OF 3 AM SATURDAY MORNING THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL IN ANCHORAGE REACHED 121.8 INCHES. THIS PASSES THE 121.5 INCHES OF THE 1994-1995 SEASON THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN THIRD PLACE. THE 132.8 INCHES IN THE WINTER OF 1954-1955 IS THE MOST ON RECORD.

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.