Anchorage Sets New Record for Longest Snow Season

[BrianK]

Anchorage Sets New Record for Longest Snow Season

232 days - it took over 30 years for Anchorage to set a new record for the longest snow season on record.
The National Weather Service measured 2/10ths of an inch just after 9 p.m. Friday and 1/10th Saturday morning - breaking the old record of 230 days set in 1981-1982.
Anchorage police responded to 22 crashes, 4 with injuries and 37 vehicles in distress between midnight and noon Saturday. Police say roads were wet and not icy midday and "motorists should use caution if the temperatures drop below freezing.
Other parts of the city had much higher amounts of snow, however official measurements must be consistent and observed at the Sand Lake forecast office. The recent snowfall also broke the daily record for liquid precipitation, lowest maximum temperature for May 17, and a host of other records.
NWS says Saturday evening's forecast calls for "mostly cloudy with isolated snow showers in the evening...then partly cloudy after midnight - lows in the upper teens to mid 20s and north wind to 15 mph."
For Sunday, the forecast will be mostly sunny, highs in the 40s, and light winds, according to NWS.
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[BrianK]

We're expected to be in the low 80s here in west central PA through mid week.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

That is a long, long winter for sure!

Today we had our first 90 degree day of 2013.

 

[granpajohn]

Some many AK records I can't decide which to post. But...
....get a look at that Denali Park one. That's the high temp at 31, (low was 14), so on May 18 they never got above freezing. 18 hours of daylight and they can't beat 32f.


PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK
1254 PM AKDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...COLD WAVE SETS A NUMBER OF NEW RECORDS FOR INTERIOR ALASKA...

ON THE HEELS OF A COLD FRONT THAT SWEPT SOUTHEAST OVER THE
INTERIOR FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY...A NUMBER OF LONG STANDING
TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED.

RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY MAY 17TH:

DELTA JUNCTION................34 (OLD RECORD 37 SET IN 1964)
DENALI PARK VISITOR CENTER....31 (OLD RECORD 35 SET IN 1989)
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE........36 (OLD RECORD 37 SET IN 1964)
GALENA........................34 (OLD RECORD 35 SET IN 1964)
NORTH POLE....................40 (OLD RECORD 41 SET IN 1992)
TANANA AIRPORT................34 (OLD RECORD 38 SET IN 1964)
UAF COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.......36 (OLD RECORD 40 SET IN 1992)

RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ON SATURDAY MAY 18TH:

BETTLES AIRPORT...............10 (OLD RECORD 25 SET IN 1975)
DELTA JUNCTION................19 (OLD RECORD 22 SET IN 1992)
DENALI PARK VISITOR CENTER....14 (OLD RECORD 23 SET IN 1979)
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE........23 (OLD RECORD 30 SET IN 1996)
FAIRBANKS AIRPORT.............24 (OLD RECORD 27 SET IN 1943)
NORTH POLE....................26 (TIED OLD RECORD 26 SET IN 1992)
NORTHWAY......................23 (OLD RECORD 26 SET IN 1966)
TANANA AIRPORT................18 (OLD RECORD 22 SET IN 1935)
UAF COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.......21 (OLD RECORD 25 SET IN 2003)

 

[bogydave]

 

[nate379]

.020"?
We got 3-4"