Deep Freeze
We’re in the midst of a big time cold spell. It hasn’t been this cold for this long in quite some time. We’ve been at 20 below for the past several days - fortunately, we’re warming up to zero for a few hours during the daylight. But as soon as it gets dark, the temperature sinks like a rock.
However, we’re nothing compared to interior Alaska where the temperatures are hovering between 60 and 70 below. The Daily News article below gives a run down of our current ice box temps:
Interior deep-freeze approaches minus 70
The Associated Press
Published: February 6th, 2008 05:19 PM
Last Modified: February 6th, 2008 05:20 PMFAIRBANKS - Even for Alaska’s Interior, this is cold.The National Weather Service reports the coldest spot in the state Wednesday morning was minus 67 at O’Brien Creek, a spot on the Taylor Highway nearly 200 miles east of Fairbanks.
There was also an unofficial reading of minus 70 in Tok, but residents were treating it as just another winter day.
“We’re generally close to this temperature at this time of the year,” said Sgt. Freddie Wells of the Alaska State Troopers post in Tok.
But troopers are placing a priority on responding to calls from stranded motorists, and there is heightened concern for the community’s older residents. Otherwise, Wells says, it seems people are staying inside more.
Readings of minus 50 to minus 60 were common throughout the Interior overnight, including minus 65 at Chicken, a tiny community on the Taylor Highway east of Fairbanks. Chicken also holds the distinction of having the last official temperature in the state of minus 70 or colder - 72 below on Jan. 1, 2000.
The state’s second-largest city also wasn’t immune from the cold. The noontime high Wednesday in Fairbanks was minus 45.
There doesn’t appear to be any warming in immediate sight; the Weather Service says the extreme cold should stick around until early next week.
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