“Could this be the coldest July in history for Anchorage?” asks Alaska Dispatch.
Through the first 14 days of July, the average temperature in Anchorage was 53.1 degrees, making it the coldest first half of the month on record according to the National Weather Service in Anchorage.
Temperatures are running 5.3 degrees below average. Should this trend continue, it could threaten the record for the coldest July ever, which occurred in 1920 and had an average temperature of 54.4 degrees.
Meanwhile, Homer, Alaska is running 5 degrees below normal for the month thus far while Palmer is running 3.8 degrees below average.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/anchorage-experiences-coldest/68033
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/could-be-coldest-july-history-anchorage
Thanks to Dean Koehler, Bill Sellers, Marc Morano and Jason Hietanen for these links
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Record colds don’t count in Alaska. Nobody cares about Alaska in the lower 48. All of Alaska is a National Park. Untouchable for any new natural resources. Let the Alaska Pipeline run dry. That’s what the current administration wants.
And of course adding to that – they are still shoveling snow mounds in Anchorage from last winter. If this trend of low temperatures continue, the snow might last until October when new snowfall is expected again.
The trend has been there for a few years now,
http://www.dailytech.com/Alaskan+Glaciers+Grow+for+First+Time+in+250+years/article13215.htm
and the record snowfall of last winter and the present trend show that it is intensifying.
Had some great times in Alaska. As a Scot I can appreciate the irritation of being ignored by the administration to the south east of you! To the Brits the Highlands are a kind of Brigadoon meets the Yukon. Been unusually cool and wet for us too, so we know how it feels. All the best good buddies.
To add insult to injury, there is a significant probability that El Nino peaked in June and we are headed to either ENSO Neutral or La Nina territory. Some theorize that the negative PDO defeats most El Nino surges. There may be something to this. And on top of all this we have old Sol, having a very slow “day.”