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malaise

(267,784 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 09:18 AM Jun 2013

''Baked Alaska'': 90-95° temps shatter all-time records

http://www.katu.com/blogs/weather/All-time-record-heat-in-Alaska-has-locals-sweltering-211932651.html
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Many people head to Alaska to visit the snow-capped mountains and awe-inspiring glaciers.

Monday, sitting on a glacier might not have been a bad idea.

A major ridge of high pressure brought intense heat to south-central Alaska with four towns experiencing heat never before felt in their record-keeping history.

* Talkeetna hit 96 degrees (Old record: 91, set three dates, most recently... Sunday)
* Cordova hit 90 (Old record: 89, set July 16, 1995)
* Valdez also hit 90 in the city (Old record: 87 set on back-to-back days of June 25-26 in 1953)
* Seward hit 88 degrees, breaking the old record of 87 set on July 4, 1999.

Remember air conditioning is in extreme short supply there, if not non-existent.
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A sweltering day in Valdez, Alaska when the high temperature hit 90 degrees on June 17, 2013 -- breaking their all-time record high temperature. (Photo courtesy: NOAA)



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''Baked Alaska'': 90-95° temps shatter all-time records (Original Post) malaise Jun 2013 OP
'Perfectly normal.' nt onehandle Jun 2013 #1
LOL malaise Jun 2013 #3
It's so hot Sarah Palin's IQ soared to 75. marmar Jun 2013 #2
Spitting coffee malaise Jun 2013 #4
DUZY!!! femmocrat Jun 2013 #9
Second on the DUzy! truebluegreen Jun 2013 #10
Awesome! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #12
haha! Whisp Jun 2013 #13
On a clear day malaise Jun 2013 #14
Third on the DUzy! meow2u3 Jun 2013 #18
wow. amazing. nt xchrom Jun 2013 #5
U. East Anglia Emails! No Warming In 12 Years! Fake Hockey Stick! Al Gore! Freedumb! hatrack Jun 2013 #6
You sure did malaise Jun 2013 #7
LOL proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #8
+100 truebluegreen Jun 2013 #11
It's been hot since early June. Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #15
It's gotta be because a change in the ocean currents.... WCGreen Jun 2013 #16
I don't know about Japan and Siberia, Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #21
Siberia's all fucked up: heat waves followed by snowstorms NickB79 Jun 2013 #22
82 degrees in Anchorage at 11:00 Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #23
I know how you feel - was thinking of you when I read this malaise Jun 2013 #17
I love the bottom pict in op. sun day, call in sick! uppityperson Jun 2013 #19
I did notice that the moms and kids appeared to be more lucky malaise Jun 2013 #20
Talkeetna is said to be the model for Cicely in Northern Exposure KamaAina Jun 2013 #24
Yesterday in Anchorage topped out at 79 - 15F above average , , , hatrack Jun 2013 #25
I hope you're right. Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #29
Wow after acclimating felix_numinous Jun 2013 #26
dayam, I spent 4 years there 72 thru 76 onethatcares Jun 2013 #27
I just called our time & temp (844) Blue_In_AK Jun 2013 #28
Yep you're breaking records this week malaise Jun 2013 #30
This will affect the climbing season on Denali jimlup Jun 2013 #31
Last summer sucked in Anchorage or at least it seemed like it to me. neverforget Jun 2013 #32
Obviously climate change is a good thing. L0oniX Jun 2013 #33
That's weather. Edim Jun 2013 #34

hatrack

(59,436 posts)
6. U. East Anglia Emails! No Warming In 12 Years! Fake Hockey Stick! Al Gore! Freedumb!
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 09:26 AM
Jun 2013

There, I think I covered it . . . .

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
15. It's been hot since early June.
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:35 PM
Jun 2013

It's completely bizarre , especially since we just came off our longest snow season on record, with the last snowfall in Anchorage May 18 ... And in significant amounts. We went on vacation to SE Alaska the last two weeks in May and were amazed that we had sun the whole time, when Juneau and Sitka are usually drizzly. While we were gone, we read that temps up here in Southcentral were in the 70s. Since we came back on May 30, it's been sunny and hot, unheard of for here. I can count the number of 80-degree days in previous years on one hand (I've been here since 1975), but we've had several in a row now. Yesterday was 82 at 4:30 p.m. And it was already 75 this morning at 8:30.

This is much, much too hot for most of us. I'm just staying inside where the fan is going and it's a little cooler. It's too hot to garden.

WCGreen

(45,558 posts)
16. It's gotta be because a change in the ocean currents....
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:41 PM
Jun 2013

I know the Gulf Stream really determines the weather for the east coast of the US and Western Europe...

What's the weather like in Japan and Siberia. I wonder.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
21. I don't know about Japan and Siberia,
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:11 PM
Jun 2013

Last edited Tue Jun 18, 2013, 03:08 PM - Edit history (1)

but I did read recently that Hawaii has been experiencing reduced trade winds, making it much more muggy than usual.

NickB79

(19,109 posts)
22. Siberia's all fucked up: heat waves followed by snowstorms
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 02:42 PM
Jun 2013
http://www.wtvy.com/news/headlines/Late-spring-snowfall-in-Siberia-after-heatwave-211784951.html

Hot summer ended abruptly for the residents of the Siberian town of Nadym on Friday (June 14) as heavy snow blanketed the streets after days of hot tropical weather.

Shocked Russians took it to the social media websites to post videos and express their surprise, as just a day ago the temperatures reached +30 Celsius in Nadym.

People in Siberia are well used to living in snow, but not in June which usually offers some respite from cold winter months.

Nadym residents tweeted photos of themselves in shorts and sunglasses, which they donned preparing for a long hot summer, seating amid piles of snow. Snow continued to fall throughout the day covering streets, cars, parks and an airport with a thick layer.


I would be shitting bricks if that happened here!

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
23. 82 degrees in Anchorage at 11:00
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 03:10 PM
Jun 2013

Last edited Tue Jun 18, 2013, 03:54 PM - Edit history (2)

I'm melting.



84 at 11:50 Shall we try for 90? According to Wikipedia, the highest temperature ever recorded in Anchorage was 86 on June 25, 1953.

malaise

(267,784 posts)
17. I know how you feel - was thinking of you when I read this
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 01:51 PM
Jun 2013

My oldest sister lives in Denmark and can't bare the temperatures in Florida
Stay cool!!!

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
24. Talkeetna is said to be the model for Cicely in Northern Exposure
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 03:51 PM
Jun 2013

I can just picture everyone in town trooping into Dr. Fleishman's office with heat stroke! (not to mention Shelly Tambo in short shorts )

hatrack

(59,436 posts)
25. Yesterday in Anchorage topped out at 79 - 15F above average , , ,
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 04:50 PM
Jun 2013

Overnight low was 7F above average, though it's cooling down a bit for the remainder of the week.

http://www.weather.com/weather/yesterday/Anchorage+AK+USAK0012:1:US

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
29. I hope you're right.
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:51 PM
Jun 2013

It's 87 here now, and we don't even get our hottest temperature until late afternoon. I don't feel like doing anything, and I've got so much work to do.

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
26. Wow after acclimating
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:07 PM
Jun 2013

70 degrees feels like 90 for people at that latitude... I was there for 9 years and we used to lay out and go swimming in 40 degree water when temperatures reached 70, that was our summer.

I can't even imagine what 90 feels like to these people.

onethatcares

(16,130 posts)
27. dayam, I spent 4 years there 72 thru 76
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:18 PM
Jun 2013

and temps like that happened in late july, early august in Fairbanks. Never had that in Anchorage.

I meant to say warm temps, like 85 in mid summer.

How badly do you think this is hurting the wildlife and permafrost?

BTW, I couldn't imagine swimming in that glacial water, brrrrrrrrr.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
28. I just called our time & temp (844)
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:50 PM
Jun 2013

which reports that it's now 87 degrees. I've never, ever seen anything like this here, especially for such an extended period. I can't speak for the wildlife, but my bleeding hearts are not happy. Beans and tomatos, however, are thrilled. It's hotter here than it is in Denver or LA where two of my daughters live. It's gotta be a first.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
31. This will affect the climbing season on Denali
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 10:00 PM
Jun 2013

I don't know how exactly but this will open up the crevasses on the glaciers. And the snow will be soft and mussy. Hope it doesn't freeze hard later as that makes climbing much more dangerous. I would love to give this climb a try but don't have the finances to try it.

This is likely due to the irregular jet stream which is probably related to the dramatic melting of the arctic ice sheet in recent years. The melting far exceeds even the most pessimistic scientific models so that means we don't entirely understand it.

neverforget

(9,433 posts)
32. Last summer sucked in Anchorage or at least it seemed like it to me.
Tue Jun 18, 2013, 10:07 PM
Jun 2013

I was there from mid May to mid August and it seemed like it was always windy and if wasn't windy, it was rainy and windy. But there was definitely some beautiful days up there and those days were awesome.

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