Friday, October 19, 2012

Fairbanks Temperature Update

After a mild start, October temperatures having been running below normal mid-month. Here's the 2012 plot of daily standardized temperature anomalies for Fairbanks through Thursday, October 18th.

2 comments:

  1. Just curious, did those below normal temperatures start with the establishment of the winter time snow pack? Of course its kind of a chick or the egg thing, which came first.
    Matthew K

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  2. Hi Matthew,

    Temperatures cooled off several days before the snow came, which was good, as the roads were cold when it did snow. As a result, driving conditions were not nearly as slick as during the the usual "first snow". I'll put up a post about the establishment of the snow pack later today (been quite hectic here of late).

    Rick

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