High noon in Alaska’s Interior
It’s going to be an active Solstice, with a Full “Cold Moon”, and the Ursid meteor shower. The American Meteor Society expects peak activity to be around 11 sporadic meteors per hour just before dawn in the mid-Northern Hemisphere. With the full moon, they may be a tad difficult to spot.
Also early Friday morning, Mercury and Jupiter can be seen in the southeast sky just before dawn at only .9 degrees apart, which is about two moon-diameters.
The Fairbanks Weather Almanac:
Details for Dec 20, 2018
Low Temp………….. -24F
Avg Low………….. -13F
Record Low……….. -48F
High Temp……………- 7F
Avg High…………….+ 5F
Record High………….+40F
Wind……………….. 0 mph
Sunrise……………. 10:59am
Sunset…………….. 2:41pm
Length of Day………. 3 hours, 42 minutes; which was NO LOSS from the previous day!
December 21st, 2018 at 8:13 PM
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December 24th, 2018 at 7:42 PM
-7 or -24 I still miss Fairbanks and my home up North, thanks for letting me vicariously still enjoy my old home….
Merry Christmas
December 25th, 2018 at 7:12 AM
It’s a privilege to have to come along on the journey. Merry Christmas, Pete