![]() NOAA image, based on NCAR/NCEP Reanalysis data provided by ESRL Physical Sciences Division. The 500-millibar pressure level-the altitude at which the air has thinned enough to drop the pressure to 500 millibars-was more than a hundred meters taller than average during the period. A pressure level is the height above the surface at which the air pressure has fallen off to a given threshold, for example, 500 mb.)Ī dome of high pressure squatted over Alaska July 4–8, 2019, keeping temperatures high and skies cloud-free. (Atmospheric pressure generally declines with altitude. Over Anchorage, the average height of the 500mb pressure level in the atmosphere set a July record, and tied the July record in Fairbanks, according to Rick Thoman of Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy. What was going on in the atmosphere?Ī large dome of high pressure sat over the region for more than a week, keeping clouds away and allowing for much warmer than average temperatures to persist. There’s out of the ordinary, and then there is what has been happening in Alaska. And three of those days broke or tied the previous all-time record! The average high temperature from June 27 through July 8 was nearly 81☏, 5.5☏ higher than the previous 12-day record. In Anchorage, the highs have reached 80☏ for a record six consecutive days, doubling the previous record. ![]() Through July 10, Juneau saw the high temperature reach at least 70☏ for a record 17 consecutive days. Anchorage, Talkeetna (which saw a July record daily high of 93☏), and King Salmon also observed their warmest week on record.Īnd the anomalous Arctic heat has not been short-lived. The airport reached an astounding, for Alaska, 90☏, breaking the previous all-time record by 5☏! The average temperature in Anchorage during summer is normally in the mid-sixties. On July 4, all-time high temperature records were set in Kenai, Palmer, King Salmon, and Anchorage International Airport. Starting on the Fourth of July and lasting multiple days, temperatures across Alaska were 20 to 30 degrees above average in some locations. Temperatures cooler than 65☏ are shades of blue those warmer than 65☏ are yellow, orange, and red. You can share your weather pictures and videos with us anytime, anywhere, in our America's Weather Watchers community on Facebook, email them to or add the hashtag #FOXWeather to your post on your favorite social media platform.This animated gif shows the build-up of extremely high daytime high temperatures across Alaska from July 4–8, 2019. You can also watch FOX Weather wherever you go using the FOX Weather app at /live or on your favorite streaming service. Need more weather? Check your local forecast plus 3D radar in the FOX Weather app. San Antonio already has as much rain so far this year: 11.84 inches, than it received in all of 2022 (their second-driest year on record.).Reading, Pennsylvania only received 0.09 inches – their second-driest reading of any month since 1858. Philadelphia at 0.24 inches also had its driest May.They then received 0.89 inches on June 1 – the 10th wettest June 1 on record. Omaha, Nebraska had only 0.17 inches of rain in May – far and away their driest May, breaking the old record of 0.55 inches.(Crater Lake National Park / FOX Weather) Other Weather Wow-y Tidbits on a June 1 afternoon would be in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, I suspect you would have collected a handsome return.īurlington would go on to reach 96 degrees for the high, the warmest temperature the town has seen in two years and the earliest 96 degree reading on record.Ībout 70" of snow remains at Crater Lake on June 1, 2023. ![]() So if you had bet someone that the states with the hottest three temperatures in the U.S. Burlington, Vermont and Willinocket, Maine were a degree behind at 94. The Northeast endured some record-breaking heat this week, to the point where you could have booked a flight to Arizona to cool off… at least a little.Īt 3 p.m ET on Thursday, Lebanon, New Hampshire had the hottest temperature in the nation at 95 degrees. New Hampshire primary result surprises pundits (Iowa Environment Mesonet / Iowa State University / FOX Weather)Īgain, we see that rex block in play where storms were "stuck" in the western Plains and…oh my goodness, Nebraska, it’s drought and flood side-by side with the wettest and nearly driest in 133 years contained within the state borders. A value of 1 would indicate the wettest May since 1893 and 131 would be the driest. The map presents IEM estimated climate district precipitation ranks for May.
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