PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
530 AM AKST SAT JAN 3 2009
...LOWEST MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THIS DECADE RECORDED
YESTERDAY IN ANCHORAGE...
THE OFFICIAL MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF -16 DEGREES IN ANCHORAGE ON
JANUARY 2ND IS THE LOWEST RECORDED THIS DECADE. THE LAST TIME
ANCHORAGE WITNESSED A TEMPERATURE THIS LOW WAS FEBRUARY 8, 1999.
ADDITIONALLY, THE LOWEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE THIS DECADE ALSO
OCCURRED YESTERDAY WITH A HIGH OF -7 DEGREES OBSERVED AT THE NWS
OFFICE. THE LAST TIME ANCHORAGE OFFICIALLY WITNESSED A DAILY MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE THIS LOW WAS FEBRUARY 4, 1999.
THE CITY OF ANCHORAGE HAS ALSO NOW FAILED TO OFFICIALLY REACH ZERO
DEGREES FOR FOUR STRAIGHT CALENDAR DAYS (DECEMBER 30TH - JANUARY
2ND), WHICH ALSO SETS A NEW MARK FOR THIS DECADE. THE LAST TIME A
STREAK AS LONG AS FOUR DAYS WITH BELOW ZERO READINGS OCCURRED WAS A
SEVEN-DAY STRETCH FROM JANUARY 30TH-FEBRUARY 5TH, 1999.
TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED TO IMPROVE SIGNIFICANTLY
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT WEEK.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment