
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
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.
December 19th, 2019 at 1:57 AM
We are in for at least four cold nights, so we shall see.