Beth-
You're from Chicago? Do you know a friend of mine who lives...?
Yeah, the association of Alaska and temperatures doesn't live up to the
expectations of most of those in 'the lower 48'...states that is...Alaska gets
shorted in map projections most often used to provide a more 'proper
proportion' to the contiguous US. When Alaska is 'moved', or superimposed onto
the contiguous US, Alaska's land mass extends beyond the US at it's four
corners.
Such a large land mass with extensive land/sea interface (another superlative
for Bob!) has significant variation in temperature and climatic conditions.
Juneau as you say has a land/sea interface (buffered by the many islands that
dot much of SE Alaska's coastline), and the maritime influence does
significantly influence the temperatures. Less buffered by protective islands,
Valdez, just a few hundred miles north, had 6' of snow fall in a 24 hour storm
last week. Not uncommon, one of the problems this causes is the sinking of
untended sailboats in Valdez harbor.
Inland, a more continental weather pattern is noted, with Fairbanks in the
interior receiving low's in the -30 to -50 degree range in the dead of winter,
and exceeding 100 degrees occasionally in the summer.
Once out of Southeast Alaska, much of Alaska is technically a desert, based on
effective rainfall...sublimated snow cover ('evaporates' into atmosphere)
doesn't count.
TADIA, it's said...Things Are Different In Alaska...(common bumper sticker
highlights this lack of 'normality'..."Alaska, where the odds are good
(referring to the low women to men ratio), but the goods are odd!"
-Don
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:02:02 -0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ENTS] Nation's Low Temperture
To: [email protected]
Bob,
Thank you for the info. A drinking buddy of mind thought that Juneo, Alaska was
cold. I tried to tell her about the Japaness Current (aka the Gulf Stream of
the Pacific). But alas, she wouldn't believe me.
Beth
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On Dec 21, 2009, at 10:32, [email protected] wrote:
Beth,
I thought you'd never ask. I don't know the answer to that question, but here
are some temperatures from traditional cold spots and some of my favored haunts
around the U.S. (lower 48. Don's neck of the woods doesn't count.). I'm going
to confer with Ernie about the traditional cold spots and track them in earnest
starting in January.
Bob
Station
State
Current temp
Florence
MA
29
Charlemont
MA
22
Shelburne Falls
MA
25
Chester
MA
24
Thetford
VT
21
Berlin
NH
12
Claremont
NH
24
Mount Washington
NH
7
Caribou
ME
19
Embarrass
MN
20
Tower
MN
20
Ely
MN
18
Stanley
ID
31
Pocatello
ID
36
West Yellowstone
MT
30
Pinedale
WY
19
Big Piney
WY
15
Jackson
WY
35
Riverton
WY
27
Alamosa
CO
14
Maybell
CO
3
Fraser
CO
26
Durango
CO
27
Hunter
NY
24
Lake Placid
NY
32
Devils Lake
ND
4
Elko
NV
12
Maybell
CO
3
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth" <[email protected]>
To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 9:48:56 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [ENTS] Nation's Low Temperture
Bob, Lee, Erinie, ENTS,
what was the low temperture for the US this morning?
Beth
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