18 December 2019

Temperature Inversions

By icefogger

Still open water on the Chena River, downtown Fairbanks

One of the endearing quirks of Fairbanks is the temperature inversions we experience every winter.

On Monday morning, the bottom of Goldstream Valley was -15F, while the top of Cleary Summit was +27F.

That’s a 42F degree differential from two places only 15 road miles apart, but a 900′ elevation gain.

Temps around Fairbanks Monday morning; Map credit: @AlaskaWx

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Just a basic, down to Earth, laid back type of guy here, who loves the outdoors, the indoors, jazz on the turntable, a fire in the woodstove, the northern lights blazing across the sky, and the company of good friends. View all posts by icefogger

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 18th, 2019 at 9:10 AM and tagged with Alaska, B&W, chena river, cold, Fairbanks, ice, temperature inversion and posted in photography. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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2 responses to “Temperature Inversions”

• Pete
  December 18th, 2019 at 9:43 PM

  I’ll bet that open water on the Chena gets a coating of ice this week when the temps hit -30 for a few days.

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  • icefogger
    December 19th, 2019 at 1:57 AM

    We are in for at least four cold nights, so we shall see.

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