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Excluding Alaska and Hawaii…
I have taken so much time away from WordPress, that I was locked out of the site. Oddly, it happened one device at a time. The two previous posts were done with the last device standing: The cell phone.
My email was not recognized, nor was my username. I moved on, enjoying summer in Interior Alaska.
But autumn is on the immediate horizon and WordPress offered me an opening. They wanted me to upgrade services and suddenly a path opened to get me back between the Circles.
After midnight sunsets
Thursday night’s sunset in Fairbanks happened after midnight. Making it the first of the summer where the sun set the next day.
I absolutely love Fairbanks summers.
QOTD
“All over Alaska, moose are sucking in new leaves like whales inhaling plankton.”
—The Juneau Empire
Summer ’22 Wrap-up
The Lower 48 remains caught up in the heat of summer, but autumn has taken hold in Alaska. The seasonal graphic that AlaskaWx puts together is a review that I always enjoy, so I’m sharing it here.
Weather-wise, Alaska was all over the map this past summer. Fairbanks had one of our driest summers on record, while Anchorage had a top three driest June, only to then see a top three wettest August.
Toolik Lake had snow in July, while Denali Park saw the white stuff accumulate in August.
The Southeast had an early heatwave, and Cold Bay saw a record early first freeze.
Overall, Alaska has seen 3.11 million acres burn to wildfire, which is the seventh largest burn season since 1950.
The end of civil twilight
The period of civil twilight+ came to an end in Fairbanks late last week. It was a run of 75 days of constant light. Basically, one can do anything outside without the use of artificial lights during civil twilight. Including baseball games!
It’s all downhill from here until December 21st.
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