Posted 11:59 PM by pamela

"The mean temperature in Fairbanks this January of -9.0 degrees F was just a few tenths of a degree above normal, however the mean daily temperature departures ranged from +40 degrees F to -34 degrees F. The high for the month of 33 degrees F was reported on the 6th and the low of -47 degrees F occurred on the 12th. There were 5 days with a low temperature at or below -40 degrees F and ice fog blanketed the area during the second week of the month. The precipitation total was high with 17.8 inches of snowfall, 7.2 inches more than normal, and 1.17 inches of water equivalent precipitation, over twice the normal amount." Quote from the Alaska Climate Research Center.

Posted 10:58 PM by pamela

"With an average temperature of -15.9 degrees F this January, which was 6.2 degrees F cooler than normal, Fairbanks had a second straight month of below normal temperatures. The low for the month of –46 degrees F was recorded on three consecutive days from the 17th to the 19th and the high of 14 degrees F was hit a few days later on the 22nd. There were only 2 days during the month with an average temperature above 0 degrees F. Precipitation was light with a total water equivalent of 0.31 inches, which was 55% of normal. Snowfall totaled 8.5 inches and 18 inches of snow on the ground was reported at the end of the month." Quoted from the Alaska Climate Research Center.

Posted 10:18 PM by pamela

"The average temperature of -3.0 degrees F in Fairbanks was almost 7 degrees above normal for the month, despite a few days of well below normal temperatures in early January. A significant feature in the temperature pattern has been the persistence of warmth. Since September, the average temperature has been above normal and the September through January average ranks the warmest since 1906. The highest temperature for the month of 27 degrees F was reached on the 4th, while only 3 days later a low of -39 degrees F occurred on the 7th. Precipitation totaled 0.26 inches water equivalent, representing only 46% of normal. Snowfall totaled 6.9 inches, largely due to an event on the 4th that left Fairbanks with 4.3 inches of new snow. January ended with 9 inches of snow officially on the ground." Quoted from the Alaska Climate Research Center.

Posted 2:53 AM by pamela

I took a photo on the shortest day of the year. I'll post it in the December blog as soon as I get caught up with this.

Posted 2:42 AM by pamela

We now have over six hours of daylight.

Posted 5:24 PM by pamela

Sunday afternoon, I drove along Farmer's Loop taking photos of the snow. Some trees were hanging over the power lines causing outages.

Recorded at the Fairbanks Airport
Temperatures:
High: 0 F.
Low: - 10 F.

Record Temperatures:
High: 39 F.
Low: -56 F.

Sunrise: 10:35 a.m.
Sunset: 3:24 p.m.
Daylight: 4 hours and 49 minutes

Posted 7:14 AM by pamela

The first week of this month we were in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Oceanside, California.  We enjoyed the warm weather, but I'm glad to be home.

I've decided to make separate blogs for each month rather than have to update the template every month. I can already see that I'm not going to be able to keep up with that!