New record set

[Scalphunter]

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOME AK
700 AM AKST FRI JAN 6 2012

...NOME REACHES 40 BELOW ZERO FOR FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 13 YEARS...

...NEW YEAR'S COLD WAVE CONTINUES FOR TENTH CONSECUTIVE DAY...

JUST AFTER 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING, NOME FELL TO 40 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY 1, 1999 (WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
DROPPED TO 41 BELOW), NEARLY 13 YEARS AGO.  THURSDAY'S LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 40 BELOW ALSO TIED A RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR
JANUARY 5TH SET BACK IN 1917. 

WITH TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING FIRMLY IN THE 30S BELOW ZERO, TODAY
BECOMES THE TENTH CONSECUTIVE DAY WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 30S
BELOW OR COLDER.  THIS HAS BEEN THE LONGEST SEVERE COLD WAVE IN
DURATION SINCE THE EPIC, RECORD-BREAKING COLD OUTBREAK OF JANUARY
15-30 IN 1989 THAT LASTED 16 DAYS AND FEATURED TWO DAYS WITH NOME'S
ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE OF 54 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. 

*  NOME HAS NOT BEEN ABOVE ZERO DEGREES SINCE DECEMBER 23, 2011. 

*  NOME HAS DIPPED TO -30 OR COLDER FOR TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS. 

*  THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THE COLD WAVE WILL CONTINUE TWO OR
THREE MORE DAYS BEFORE A DISTURBANCE FROM THE SOUTH USHERS WARMER AIR
ACROSS THE NORTON SOUND REGION NEXT WEEK. 

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE LOW TEMPERATURES FROM DECEMBER 28, 2011 THROUGH
JANUARY 6, 2012: 

DECEMBER 28   -30
DECEMBER 29   -32
DECEMBER 30   -31
DECEMBER 31   -32
JANUARY 1     -35
JANUARY 2     -35
JANUARY 3     -37
JANUARY 4     -38
JANUARY 5     -40
JANUARY 6     -37 THUS FAR...

HERE ARE RECORDS BROKEN AND RECORDS TIED DURING THE NEW YEAR'S COLD
WAVE OF 2011-2012

TWO NEW RECORDS FOR LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE

JANUARY 3     -30     OLD RECORD:  -18 FROM 1917
JANUARY 4     -32     OLD REDORD:  -20 FROM 1943

TWO NEW RECORDS FOR LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

JANUARY 3     -37     OLD RECORD   -34 FROM 1949
JANUARY 4     -38     OLD RECORD   -34 FROM 1917

ONE RECORD TIED FOR LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE

JANUARY 5     -40     OLD RECORD   -40 FROM 1917

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JWA JAN 12