Extreme negative temperatures out-number extreme positive temperatures on the planet today, with a spread of over 100ºF. Eagle airport in upper Alaska on the Yukon River is one such example:
Source: http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/PAEG.html
No word yet on whether this is a new record low temperature. And there’s more… From this list at CoolWx, which seems to be behind in reporting (h/t Ryan Maue):
0 stations reporting temperature -55°C or colder
0 stations reporting temperature -50°C to -54°C
2 stations reporting temperature -45°C to -49°C
- CYOC: Old Crow Airport, Canada [-45°C, -49.0°F]
CYOC 261900Z 00000KT 20SM IC PRFG FEW010 M45/M49 A3029 RMK ST1 FROIN VIS NE 5/8 SW 5/8 WND ESTD SLP314
- PAEG: Eagle, Eagle Airport, AK, United States [-45.°C, -49.0°F]
PAEG 261932Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT026 M46/ A3018 RMK AO2 T1456 TSNO
14 stations reporting temperature -40°C to -44°C
- CWEU: Eureka, NT, Canada [-43°C, -45.4°F]
CWEU 261800Z 00000KT 15SM SKC M43/M45 A2974 RMK SLP074
- CYLK: Lutsel KE, NT, Canada [-40°C, -40.0°F]
CYLK 261600Z 07004KT 15SM VCFG FEW100 M40/M43 A3002 RMK AC1 SLP203
- CYUS: Shepherd Bay, NT, Canada [-40°C, -40.0°F]
CYUS 261900Z AUTO 17005KT CLR M40/ A2966 RMK SLP055
- CYVQ: Norman Wells, NT, Canada [-43°C, -45.4°F]
CYVQ 261700Z 00000KT 5SM IC BR FEW090 SCT270 M43/M47 A3028 RMK AC2CI1 SLP269
- PABI: Delta Junction/Ft Greely, Allen Army Airfield, AK, United States [-40°C, -40.0°F]
PABI 261708Z 00000KT 5SM BR CLR M40/M42 A2994 RMK AO2
- PABT: Bettles, Bettles Airport, AK, United States [-43°C, -45.4°F]
PABT 261925Z 00000KT 10SM FEW001 M43/ A3020 RMK AO2 PNO
- PAEI: Fairbanks, Eielson AFB, AK, United States [-42°C, -43.6°F]
PAEI 261713Z AUTO 16003KT 2 1/2SM R32/3500FT BR CLR M42/ A3004 RMK AO2 VIS 2 1/2V4 $
- PAGA: Galena, Edward G. Pitka Sr. Airport, AK, United States [-41.°C, -41.8°F]
PAGA 261858Z AUTO 00000KT 1 1/2SM BR CLR M42/ A3018 RMK AO2 SLP230 T1417 FZRANO PNO $
- PAML: Manley Hot Springs, Manly Hot Springs Airport, AK, United States [-44°C, -47.2°F]
PAML 261755Z 00000KT 5SM BR FEW000 M44/ A3013 RMK FEW000 NW-NE NOSPECI
- PANN: Nenana, Nenana Municipal Airport, AK, United States [-42.°C, -43.6°F]
PANN 261934Z AUTO 00000KT 3/4SM BR VV002 M43/ A3006 RMK AO2 T1428 TSNO
- PAOR: Northway, Northway Airport, AK, United States [-40.°C, -40.0°F]
PAOR 261553Z 00000KT 5SM BR BCFG BKN011 BKN065 M40/ A2991 RMK AO2 SLP256 T1400
- PARC: Arctic Village, Arctic Village Airport, United States [-41°C, -41.8°F]
PARC 261916Z AUTO 00000KT 2SM CLR M41/ A3003 RMK AO1
- PATA: Tanana, Calhoun Memorial Airport, AK, United States [-41.°C, -41.8°F]
PATA 261752Z 00000KT 10SM CLR M41/ A3015 RMK AO2 SLP225 T1411 11400 21417 53007
- PFYU: Fort Yukon, Fort Yukon Airport, AK, United States [-43°C, -45.4°F]
PFYU 261739Z 00000KT 3SM BR FEW002 SCT006 M43/ A3026
0 stations reporting temperature 55°C or warmer
0 stations reporting temperature 50°C to 54°C
0 stations reporting temperature 45°C to 49°C
3 stations reporting temperature 40°C to 44°C
- SARL: Paso De Los Libres Aerodrome, Argentina [40°C, 104.0°F]
SARL 261800Z 32010KT 9999 SCT030 FEW045CB 40/22 Q1007
- SBSM: Santa Maria Aero-Porto, Brazil [40°C, 104.0°F]
SBSM 261900Z 19006KT 9999 FEW040 40/14 Q1007
- SUSO: Salto, Uruguay [40°C, 104.0°F]
SUSO 261900Z 01010KT 9999 SCT030 40/18 Q1005
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The warm is turning . . . .
Oops – Fahrenheit vs. Celcius confusion. The Eagle airport temps are degrees F.
That’s Incredible!
(Now, who do we know that has a super-suit?)
Sometimes you can’t make things up. While reading this post about record low temperatures my placed advertisement was for Maker’s Mark Bourbon.
With that in mind a toast to our host.
I like to check out the webcam at Nenana, Alaska which will soon show the tripod on the ice for the “Nenana Ice Classic” but today is at -45F with a light, freezing fog! Yesterday’s “high” at -37F was 42F below average so the ice should be good and thick this year so hopefully the breakup will exceed last year’s record.
Forgot the website link: http://www.borealisbroadband.net/vid-nenanamega.htm
Dang nabit, I’m doing MY part, burning as much fossil fuel as I can. People need to get off their butts and take a more environmentally concious role in keeping the world warm!
“a spread of over 100ºC”
This fact alone makes a farce of the sensitivity of the earth’s biosphere for temperature rises as claimed by the environmentalists and it shows how moronic the spending of billions of dollars to curb a non existing increase in average temperatures to prevent a imaginary Thermogeddon really is….
-50 F is brutally cold. Can someone tell me how such temperatures are possible on a “warming” planet??? /sarc
At Eagle Airport:
They are looking for a heat wave all the way up to -46 today. That ought to help.
Oh, “frozone” isn’t a retro look at those blaxploitation films like Blacula. Nevermind.
Don’t think it was a record. For this to happen this early in the season is not a good sign, as we normally get our worst cold in Jan – Feb. But it has happened before. Winter 2011 was pretty cold very early in the interior:
https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/9192
Winter of 1989 was terrible. High pressure built to the point where pilots could not adjust their altimeters and air traffic was shut down in parts of the state for a while. I got to see the cold on the Front Range of Colorado, when the cold air from AK oozed down the front range. It was warmer in the mountains than on the plains. Cheers –
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/recalling-frigid-1989-alaska-winter
Frozone was WAY cooler than the Silver Surfer! (silver surfer always looked like some second place Oscar Trophy)
http://bestgamewallpapers.com/files/incredibles/frozone.jpg
http://marvel.wikia.com/Annihilation_Silver_Surfer_Vol_1_4?file=Annihilation_Silver_Surfer_Vol_1_4.jpg
@ur momisugly Richard Carroll
At -40°, both Celsius and Fahrenheit are the same. So they are very close in this table. It’s not a mistake.
Eagle Alaska is located on the Yukon river in I guess you would call it East Central Alaska right up against the border with the Canadian Yukon territory. I think even Sgt. Preston of the Canadian Mounted Police would be keeping his butt inside today. Yes I know I’m dating myself to the prehistoric times when the only TVs folks had were black & white.
Mark Bofill says: @ur momisugly December 26, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Dang nabit, I’m doing MY part, burning as much fossil fuel as I can. People need to get off their butts and take a more environmentally concious role in keeping the world warm!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Not to mention making the trees happy.
MAKE A TREE HAPPY – BURN COAL!
Carbon starvation in glacial trees…
wws says:
December 26, 2013 at 12:48 pm
“Frozone was WAY cooler than the Silver Surfer! (silver surfer always looked like some second place Oscar Trophy)”
Wrong comparison. Frozone is a rip-off of Mr. Freeze, immortalized by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Freeze
RAH says:
December 26, 2013 at 1:04 pm
Eagle Alaska is located on the Yukon river in I guess you would call it East Central Alaska right up against the border with the Canadian Yukon territory. I think even Sgt. Preston of the Canadian Mounted Police would be keeping his butt inside today. Yes I know I’m dating myself to the prehistoric times when the only TVs folks had were black & white.
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You’re a regular Yukon King.
Alan Robertson, I immediately thought about this guy: http://froknowsphoto.com/about/
The Fro Knows!
Minus 50 might be cold, but without global warming it would be a bone chilling -50.7
They don’t call this month Decem Brrrr! for nothing.
And that huge blob of cold air is about to slide southeastward into the CONUS
Alan Robertson says: You’re a regular Yukon King.
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Actually your closer than you might have imagined. I was in the 10th SFG . back when their AO was Europe. Spent 8 1/2 years on Alpine and extreme cold weather teams. But the only time I went to Alaska was to Burrow during the winter of 1981-82 to test a version of the cold weather clothing package that the Army still uses today. 10th Grp. did a lot of testing of equipment for Natick Labs since they were a short distance away from Ft. Devens, MA where the group HQ and 2nd and 3rd Bn. were back then. So though I have not ever stepped foot in the Yukon I have spent more than my fair share of time living and operating outside in some very snowy and very cold places.
[Barrow? Mod]
“Wrong comparison. Frozone is a rip-off of Mr. Freeze, immortalized by Arnold Schwarzenegger.”
Wrong. Frozone was a rip-off of Iceman from Marvel’s X-Men. Iceman would slide around on ice in the comics, but it was most evident in the TV cartoon “Spider-Man and his amazing friends” (1981-1986).
Anyway, these temps aren’t very meaningful w/o context. Which are records? How many new records (both hi and lo)? How long have records been kept in those regions?
DrTorch says:
December 26, 2013 at 1:48 pm
“Wrong. Frozone was a rip-off of Iceman from Marvel’s X-Men.”
I stand corrected.