tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post2218351747354422452..comments2024-03-27T04:17:21.221-08:00Comments on Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Out Colding FairbanksRickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03946704894714514716noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-37896200583089191702014-04-07T16:23:35.839-08:002014-04-07T16:23:35.839-08:00That is an interesting question. To answer it, dow...That is an interesting question. To answer it, downloaded the last 4 winter's of hourly observations and computed the wind chill for each hour of the day during the months of December, January, and February for Fairbanks, International Falls, and Bismark. Admittedly, this is a small number of stations over a small number of years but it is what was quickly accessible. Fairbanks had a lower wind chill than Bismark in all four years and a lower wind chill than International Falls for three of the four years. Therefore, it would be safe to assume that given the differential in average values, Fairbanks has, on average, a lower annual wind chill. That being said, places like Fargo might have a lower wind chill than the stations I selected.<br /><br />Winter --> 2010-2011, 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, Average<br />Bismark --> 0.7, 15.7, 7.7, -1.8, 5.5<br />Fairbanks --> -13.3, -9.9, -11.3, -4.1, -9.6<br />Intl Falls --> -1.6, 10.2, 2.1, -12.6, -1.2<br />Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-80918463744229049322014-04-07T14:12:13.958-08:002014-04-07T14:12:13.958-08:00What about wind-chill? The winds are much more sev...What about wind-chill? The winds are much more severe in northern North Dakota.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-16491134872569473572014-03-08T18:30:14.238-09:002014-03-08T18:30:14.238-09:00Thanks Richard. This year the Alaska 'winner&#...Thanks Richard. This year the Alaska 'winner' was Nuiqsut and it was 'only' 7°F colder than International Falls. Only 5 of the primary stations in Alaska beat all of the Lower 48 this year so my guess is that there is a Lower 48 station that has beat out all of Alaska some year or another.Climatologist49https://www.blogger.com/profile/04560505931210357679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-21342235615038027522014-03-08T15:01:50.324-09:002014-03-08T15:01:50.324-09:00Very nice, Brian. Good job highlighting Alaska...Very nice, Brian. Good job highlighting Alaska's supremacy in the matter of cold.<br /><br />It would be mildly interesting to see Alaska locations that have never been warmer than any lower 48 station in winter. But that could be quite a data processing job.Richard Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313902028896263276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572286363399496963.post-36051564304648578212014-03-08T08:42:13.001-09:002014-03-08T08:42:13.001-09:00Canada has had their share of this winter 2013-14....Canada has had their share of this winter 2013-14. Every time I've checked they've been cold. <br /><br />When the contiguous States receive some of that it's a major event in the news media (forget Canada, like Alaska they rarely exist to some). I'm sure it's been an unexpected burden for the unprepared and those with limited resources to avoid the difficulties. Now they'll be subject to flooding when it all melts.<br /><br />Meanwhile the Great Lakes continue to freeze:<br /><br />http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/<br />http://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/webdata/cwops/webdata/glsea2/glsea_cur.png <br /><br />Gary<br /><br /> NL7Yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874712728971005352noreply@blogger.com