Cold Snow

It's never too cold to snow. However, sometimes the fact that it snows with extreme cold temperatures is a little surprising. Here is a list of the coldest daily average temperature for several snow thresholds. The amount of the threshold is in the far lefthand column. If there are two entries for that threshold, it means the first entry represents a questionable value. If the station name is hyperlinked, that means the scanned cooperative form will display when clicked. I QC'd all the forms and added some notes in the far right column. For example, the coldest daily temperature when over 3"+ of snow fell was in Nabesna on 1/28/1989. The daily average temperature was -42.0°F. I need to do some more research on the Trims Camp station. It is on the Richardson Highway near the Pipeline. Their season average for snow was 270".

Threshold	Station	Date	Max	Min	Ave	Precip	Snow	Notes
>=1.0"	ALLAKAKET	12/22/1911	-53	-59	-56.0	0.14	1.5	Rampart has a low of -48 that day.
>=2.0"	RAMPART	1/14/1906	-29	-58	-43.5	0.23	2.5	Univ. Exp. St. had low of -57 with 0.10 precip.
>=3.0"	NABESNA	1/28/1989	-36	-48	-42.0	0.3	3.5	Brutal cold snap.
>=4.0"	UNIVERSITY EXP STN	12/30/1974	-30	-51	-40.5	0.35	4.0	Fairbanks only recorded 0.1" but 4.0" on 12/31/74.
>=4.0"	CIRCLE CITY	1/29/1984	-34	-45	-39.5	0.32	4.0	Seems Reasonable
>=6.0"	STRELNA	1/24/1924	-22	-47	-34.5	M	6.0	No form available. Near Chitina. Most of Southeast received heavy snow. Questionable.
>=6.0"	DOT LAKE	12/25/1965	-28	-40	-34.0	0.5	6.0	Seems like a good observation. Very wet day in much of AK.
>=9.0"	TANANA CALHOUN MEM AP	1/9/1932	-21	-38	-29.5	0.36	10.0	Questionable. Holy Cross only other city over 2".
>=9.0"	TRIMS CAMP	3/3/1971	-20	-31	-25.5	1.47	19.5	Very cold and snowy period. High winds. Drifting? Station averages 270" per year.