reader “agimarc” writes: As with the Lower 48 states, spring is late and cold here in central Alaska. Fairbanks reported a record low of 2 degrees F above zero Sunday, breaking the previous record of 8 from 1924.
Here in Anchorage, looks like we are around 3 – 4 weeks late with ice of local lakes and snow off the ground. Winter was not particularly hard, but it all changed with a very cold April. And at this point it does not appear things will be warming up soon. So much for manmade global warming due to carbon dioxide emissions.![usak_yestlows_i5_points[1]](http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/usak_yestlows_i5_points1.png?quality=75)
Story here: http://www.adn.com/2013/04/29/2883299/interior-alaska-sees-record-breaking.html
Yes, have a look at the image at right.
Here is a complete list of record lows for Alaska in the past 7 days, 996 new record lows were set (click low temp and details tab):
http://wx.hamweather.com/maps/climate/records/7day/usak.html?cat=maxtemp,mintemp,snow,lowmax,highmin,
And the cold is now creeping into the USA, look at the difference between Denver and Kansas City:
Expect a whole new crop of record lows for the USA, and some serious issues to develop with agriculture in the nation’s breadbasket as a result.
This in contrast to last year at this time of 49% of the corn crop planted and the five year average of 31%
The Weather Channel picked the wrong year to name winter storms, the snow and cold may be their Achilles Heel (h/t to Steve Goddard):
Winter Storm Achilles: Snow and Cold Kick Off May | Weather Underground
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Come on Denier! Don’t you know this is what we always predicted with Global Derping?
It’s more than just Alaska. Here in Denver, on May 1st, it’s snowing outside as I write this. The trees are late leafing out this year. It’s going to be a short growing season for them.
Likewise in Europe. Its been way to cold for too long now. Winds coming from the north and north-east most of the time..
Thank god no hysteria on the Weather Channel… like the one day in April it broke 70 in Chicago an Al Roker was flailing around like Ron Jeremey on a money shot. Nope, snow in May… not even a mention beyond having to give it a name. Run out of Hurrican names… ARMAGEDDON! Run out of winter storm names… Meh. Of course it was a stupid idea to begin with.
Pierre Gosselin has links to snow in Spain and Saudi Arabia at http://notrickszone.com/2013/05/01/global-warming-now-leading-to-snowy-springs-snow-from-denver-to-saudi-arabia/
Missing: Spring, if seen please return it as it’s missed. .
Alaska has extended for a second time the deadline to remove studded winter snow tires to May 15. Now a month beyond the normal April 15th date.
Can someone expllain for non-Americans please? What does “2 degrees F above zero” mean? Is that 34F?
The linked article says “Sunday’s high temperature was 37” and “it was just 2 degrees above zero” which seems to imply “zero” means freezing, i.e. 32F.
Confused ;(
“agriculture at risk”
And it’s *warming* we’re supposed to be afraid of?
Yes, another snowstorm is headed into the UP of Michigan. The forecast is for up to 11″ of snow. The melt has been going on for days now, but there is still 1 to 3 feet of snow on the ground in the woods (and this area is mostly woods). March and April (now May) have been record-setting snow months.
2F is about -16C I think.
I knew this
I said this wd happen
What more can I do
It will get cooler still
In the decades to come
All they can do
Is move south
2 degrees F above zero simply means +2 F
34 F would not be much of a record for Alaska.
Like I keep telling folks . . . water freezes into ice when you heat it! /sarc
Alaska was supposed to be the canary in the kitchen (you know, if it get too hot get out…..). I also thought that 350ppm was the safe limit but now I learn that it’s now 450ppm!!! Maybe we have a 50% second chance now. There’s still hope, don’t head for the hills yet. 😉
Ric Werme says:
May 1, 2013 at 10:43 am
Pierre Gosselin has links to snow in Spain and Saudi Arabia at http://notrickszone.com/2013/05/01/global-warming-now-leading-to-snowy-springs-snow-from-denver-to-saudi-arabia/
The Saudi “snow” is actually a severe hailstorm. Just look at the pictures.
“Sunday’s high temperature was 37”
“The high temperature of 29 degrees at the Fairbanks airport”
“The temperature failed to climb out of the 20s across much of the Interior.”
“It was just 2 degrees above zero at Fairbanks International Airport on Sunday”
All the above are from the same report. Makes no sense to me.
“And it’s *warming* we’re supposed to be afraid of?”
That’s the thing that makes the whole issue worse than a bad joke isn’t it? Since when has warmer weather ever been a bad thing? When it comes to food supplies, cold weather is a lot more scary. We grow vegetables in our (UK) garden and it is a good thing that we have the supermarket to fall back on when things don’t grow as well as we hoped for. Three or four years ago we had a non-summer that was so cold that hardly anything grew. Last year it just didn’t stop raining so we just couldn’t get out to our waterlogged garden to tend it, the only things that did well were the spuds. This year everything is about a month late due to the cold spring. I can’t imagine that there are many gardeners or farmers who still buy into the idea that it is getting hotter.
It’s a little late in the year for records lows. 😉
@steveta_uk
The record low was 2 degrees F or -16.7C
37F would be 2.8C
37F probably was the high for the day.
“It was just 2 degrees above zero at Fairbanks” is unintelligible to most people in the world.
Could all of us perhaps move to a standard temperature scale?
It would be extremely useful.
I suppose we should get ready for $5 gasoline if the corn (ethanol mandate scam) crop is going to be hit this hard. Oh well, blame it on oil companies again as standard attack message number 52. That comes from rule number one of never taking responsibility for anything bad happening from policy decisions.
Tilo Reber says:May 1, 2013 at 10:36 am
Same goes for the western slope. Outside Carbondale I recorded .62″ of H2O overnight, first half was rain, then snow. I saw that the Loveland/Ft. Collins area got nearly 3X that amount:
http://data.cocorahs.org/cocorahs/maps/?country=usa&state=co
Tonight’s forecast is for a low 23°, that seems optimistic with highs today in the 40s.
I Want My Global Warming Back™
Funny thing about Denver is the high on Monday was nearly 80! The snow fall will be hard to measure since the ground is still warm.
@steveta_uk
The airport low and high for Sunday was 2F and 29F. The reported high of 37F must not be from the airport; maybe it was in Fairbanks proper or at the University. The Interior of Alaska is the vast area surrounding Fairbanks. It would seem that there is an urban heat island for Fairbanks.