Tag Archives: Fairbanks
Was that a Monday?
Sometimes you open a can of worms and find a nest of snakes. That’s how my Monday went.
Beware of the Winter Jokes
A friend of mine posted an obscene, apocalyptic headline Sunday night:
“Winter has come…”
I’m thinking, “What the hell is wrong with you?”, but I refused to be baited, tried my best to ignore the comment altogether, and had a beer out on the deck in the sunshine.
Turns out that Sunday night was the start of a new “Game of Thrones” season.
It was probably for the best that I refrained from commenting.
Happy Fourth!
A July 4th pillow fight, Fairbanks, Alaska 1917
Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska – Fairbanks Archives
Weathering
From Sunday morning to Monday afternoon, my rain gauge totaled 1.9″. That’s a fair amount of precipitation for us in the Interior.
On Friday, we saw the mercury rise to 90 degrees, on Tuesday morning, I found a layer of ice on my truck’s bed cover. ICE!
One never knows what’s around the corner up here. Which, of course, is half the fun.
Mercury Rising
On Friday, as reported, the temps in Interior Alaska were in the 90’s. On Saturday, the high at my cabin was 80F, and by Sunday things had cooled down to a 54 degree high. A cool-off of 36 degrees since Friday. At the cabin, .7″ of rain fell through Sunday afternoon, which was needed.
On January 18th of this year, the low in Fairbanks was -52F. That makes a 142 degree swing this year alone, from year low to high. 142 degrees, so far…
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