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AlaskaStatewideClimateSummaryMarch2019

ThefollowingreportprovidesanoverviewoftheMarch2019weather.Thereportisbasedonpreliminary data from selectedweather stations throughout the state of Alaska. “Departurefromnormal”referstotheclimatologicalaverageoverthe1981-2010period.

TemperatureWarmairmassesfromthenorthernPacificandtheBeringSearesultedinanextremelywarmmonthofMarch2019.DuringthelatterhalfofFebruary,anOmega-typeblockingpatterndominatedthesynopticsituationoverAlaska.BetweencentersoflowpressureovereasternSiberiaandeasternCanada,ahighpressureridgeproducedwarmandsunnyconditionsinmuchoftheInterior.ThispatternpersistedintoMarch,butbegandisintegratingduringthefirstweekofthemonth.Thelargescalecirculationshiftedtoamorezonalregime,whichbroughtunsettledweatherandwarm,wetstorms,particularlytothesoutherncoastalregions.Aroundmid-MarchthepatternflippedagainandaverypersistenthighpressureridgedevelopedoverAlaskaandnorthwesternCanada,whereitremainedlargelystationaryforovertwoweeks,leadingtoaprolongedperiodofmostlysunny,verywarmweather.AnequallypersistentareaoflowpressurecenteredovertheBeringSeaproducedasouthwesterlyflowalongAlaska’swestcoast,pushingwarmairfromsouthernlatitudesfarintothepolarregions(Figure1).


Figure1:31day500hPageopotentialheightanomalies(March1-March312019),Source:https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd.HighpressureoverInteriorAlaskaandnorthwesternCanadadominatedthesynopticsituationduringmostofMarch.Newmonthly high temperature records were observed especially in the Interior and in thewestern and northern parts of Alaska (Figure 2). Among the selected stations, Kotzebuerecorded the highest deviation with 21.9 °F above normal temperature. Delta Junction,UtqiaġvikandFairbanksfollowwith18.9,18.5,and16.2°F,respectively.StationslocatedintheInteriorandinwesternpartofthestate,suchasBettles,McGrath,Gulkana,NomeandBethelreporteddeviationsfromnormallargerthan10°F.Southernstationsrecordedpositivebutlessextremedeviationsoverall.TheSoutheast,especiallyKetchikan(2.7°F)andJuneau(4.0°F),sawtemperatures closer to normal values. Monthly temperature deviations for all stations arelistedinTable1.Tenoftheselected19stationssetnewmeanmonthlytemperaturerecordsthismonth.InUtqiaġvikandKotzebue,March2019wasthewarmestinmorethanahundredyears.MeanmonthlytemperatureinUtqiaġvikreached5.9°F,whichis5.5°FwarmerthanthesecondwarmestMarchrecordedin1904.Kotzebuerecorded23.0°F,respectively7.4and9.5°Fwarmerthanthepreviousrecordsin1898andin1998.InBethel,NomeandDeltaJunction,meanmonthlytemperaturesforthismonthweremorethan1°Fwarmerthanthepreviousrecordsreportedin1981,1981and1965,respectively.Likewise,Bettles,Fairbanks,Homer,McGrathandTalkeetnaexperiencedthewarmestMarchonrecord.GulkanaandKingSalmonsawthesecondwarmest,Anchoragethethirdwarmest,andColdBay,Juneau,KodiakandYakutatthefourthwarmestmeanMarchtemperatureevermeasured.Figure3showstimeseriesplotsofMarchtemperaturedeviationsinFairbanks,KotzebueandUtqiaġvik.Atmanystations,multipledailytemperaturerecordswereset.AllvaluesanddatesarelistedinTableAintheappendix.Figure4showstemperaturedeviationsatalloftheselectedstationsforeachdayofthemonth.Consistentpositivedeviationsfromnormalindicateprolongedandunusuallypersistenthightemperaturesthroughoutthestate.StationslocatedintheSouthCentralandSouthEasternregion,suchasGulkana,Talkeetna,Yakutat,JuneauandKetchikan,recordedcoolerthannormaltemperaturesonlyatthebeginningofthemonth,andpersistentpositivedeviationsafterwards.SouthwesternstationslikeColdBay,St.PaulIsland,Bethel,andNomereportslightlycoolerthannormaltemperaturesforafewdaysinthemiddleofthemonthandpersistentlywarmconditionsotherwise.Notonlythefrequencyofdayswithwarmerthannormaltemperatureisexceptionallyhigh,themagnitudeofthedeviationsisalsonotablylarge,especiallyintheInterior(Bettles,DeltaJunction,Fairbanks,Gulkana,andMcGrath)andintheArcticregion(Utqiaġvik).Atmanylocations,MarchtemperatureswereclosertowhatcantypicallybeexpectedinApril,andwellabovethenormalrangeforMarch.FairbanksMarchtemperaturescomparedtotypicalApriltemperaturesareshownasanexampleinFigure5.


Table1:Meanmonthlyairtemperature,normal(1981-2010)anddepartureforselectedstationsthroughoutthestate,March2019.Station Observed(°F) Normal(°F) Departure(°F)

Anchorage 35.7 26.5 9.2Bethel 30.5 15.2 15.3Bettles 18.5 4.4 14.1ColdBay 35.6 30.1 5.5DeltaJunction33.0 14.1 18.9Fairbanks 27.6 11.4 16.2Gulkana 28.3 15.6 12.7Homer 38.8 29.9 9.0Juneau 37.8 33.8 4.0Ketchikan 40.6 37.8 2.7KingSalmon 35.8 24.1 11.7Kodiak 38.9 32.8 6.1Kotzebue 23.0 1.0 21.9McGrath 27.3 11.6 15.7Nome 23.8 10.3 13.5St.PaulIsland 31.4 24.9 6.6Talkeetna 33.6 24.9 8.7Utqiaġvik 5.9 -12.6 18.5Yakutat 38.5 32.0 6.5


Figure2:Monthlymeantemperaturedeparturefromnormal,March2019.


Figure3:TimeseriesofMarchtemperaturedeviationsfromthe1981-2010normalinFairbanks,KotzebueandUtqiaġviksince1950.March2019standsoutasexceptionallywarm.


Figure4:DailymeantemperaturedeparturesforeachdayinMarch2019,attheselectedstations.


Figure5:Fairbanksdailymeantemperatures(redline)inMarch2019,comparedtothenormal(1981-2010)temperaturerangeinMarch(bluearea)andApril(redarea).TheblacklinerepresentsMarchnormaltemperatures,thegreylinerepresentsAprilnormaltemperatures.

PrecipitationLikeinFebruary,MarchprecipitationpatternsweresplitbetweentheNorthandWestandthesouthernandsoutheasternpartsofthestate.ThePanhandle,somestationsofthesouthernInterior(DeltaJunction,Talkeetna,Gulkana),andAnchoragerecordeddrierthannormalconditions(Table2,Figure6).TherestofAlaskasawwetterthannormalweather,withrelativelylargedeviationsintheNorthandNorthwest(Table2,Figure6).Utqiaġvikwasthewetteststationthismonthinrelativetermswithalmost489%ofnormalprecipitation.Bettleswasalsoparticularlywet,recordingmorethan367%ofnormalprecipitation.Nome,KotzebueandKingSalmonfollowwith276.9,268.2and210%,respectively.DeltaJunctionrecordedthelowestrelativeprecipitationwithonly5.6%ofnormal,closelyfollowedbyAnchorageat10%andGulkanaat20%.InTalkeetna,Juneau,andKetchikanroughlyhalfofnormalprecipitationwasrecorded.ModeratetoseveredroughtconditionspersistinthesouthernPanhandle.Figure6showsthemonthlyprecipitationsumsateachstationininches.Itcanbeseenhowstronglyprecipitationvariesbetweenstationsnotonlyduringthepastmonthbutalsointheclimatologicalmean,duetothediverseclimatologicalconditionsthatcanbefoundinAlaska.Ketchikanexperiencedthelargestdeviationfromnormalinabsolutetermswithmorethan5inchesbelownormal(Figure7).


Table2:Monthlyprecipitationsum,normal(1981-2010)anddepartureexpressedasapercentageofthenormal(1981-2010)forselectedstationsthroughoutthestate,March2019.Station Precipitation(in) Normal(in) %ofnormalAnchorage 0.1 0.6 10.0Bethel 0.8 0.7 116.9Bettles 2.1 0.6 367.2ColdBay 4.6 2.7 171.1DeltaJunction 0.0 0.2 5.6Fairbanks 0.5 0.3 180.0Gulkana 0.1 0.3 20.0Homer 2.4 1.6 144.8Juneau 2.2 3.8 57.9Ketchikan 5.7 10.9 52.1KingSalmon 1.5 0.7 210.0Kodiak 7.0 5.5 126.6Kotzebue 1.2 0.4 268.2McGrath 0.9 0.8 107.4Nome 1.8 0.7 276.9St.PaulIsland 1.7 1.1 156.1Talkeetna 0.5 1.1 49.5Utqiaġvik 0.4 0.1 488.9Yakutat 9.5 11.0 86.4


Figure6:Monthlyprecipitationsumsexpressedaspercentofnormal(1981-2010),March2019.


Figure7:MonthlyprecipitationsumsforMarch2019attheselectedstationscomparedtothenormal(1981-2010),ininches.

SnowOverall,snowfallwasbelownormalthismonth.Althoughthespatialpatternisnotwelldefined,southernstationsshowthehighestreductionofsnowfallinrelativetermsornosnowfallatall.InYakutat,Juneau,Bethel,andKodiakzerosnowfallwasrecorded.Thismonth,allthesestationsreportedprecipitationlargerthanzero,andthelasttwostationsexperiencedevenlargerthannormalprecipitation(Figure6),indicatingthatallprecipitationfellasrain.AtColdBayandFairbanks,Marchsnowfallwasalsolowerthisyearwithrespectively50and57.1%ofnormal,whileKingSalmonandBettlesrecordedclosetonormalsnowfall.At285.7,220.2,159.3and128.3%ofnormal,Utqiaġvik,Nome,KotzebueandMcGrathsawgreaterthannormalsnowfallthisMarch(Table3).Table3:Monthlysnowfallsum,normal(1981-2010)anddepartureexpressedasapercentageofthenormal(1981-2010)fortheselectedstationsthatmeasuresnowfall,March2019.Station Snowfall(in) Normal(in) %ofnormalAnchorage 0.0 9.9 0.0


Bethel 0.0 8.2 0.0Bettles 10.6 9.3 114.0ColdBay 6.5 13.0 50.0Fairbanks 2.8 4.9 57.1Juneau 0.0 11.6 0.0KingSalmon 5.8 6.4 90.6Kodiak 0.0 11.3 0.0Kotzebue 9.4 5.9 159.3McGrath 14.5 11.3 128.3Nome 19.6 8.9 220.2St.PaulIsland 0.2 8.0 2.5Utqiaġvik 6.0 2.1 285.7Yakutat 0.0 28.4 0.0

ArcticSeaIceFigure8showstimeseriesofdailyArcticseaiceextentupdateduntilMarch28,2019.ArcticseaicelikelyreacheditsannualmaximumextentonMarch13th,whichisclosetothe1981to2010mediandateofMarch12.Thisyeartieswith2007astheseventhlowestannualmaximumofthesatelliterecord.The2019maximumextentis860.000squarekilometersbelowthe1981to2010averagemaximum(Figure8).Theseaicemeltseasonhasmostlikelystarted,andseaiceextentiscurrentlyjustroughly0.15squarekilometersovertheextentoficein2017(Figure8,magentaline),whichwasthelowestofallthetimeforthistimeofyear.Afterlastmonth’sdramaticreductioninseaiceassociatedwithhightemperaturesandverystormyconditions,thismonth,theBeringSeasetsanewrecordoflowestMarchseaiceextent.Themeanmonthlyseaiceextentisroughly282.437squarekilometers,morethan19.000squarekilometerslessthanthepreviouslowestrecordof2018.TheunprecedentedlowBeringseaiceincreasesfloodingriskonAlaska’sarcticcoasts,andimpactscrabbing,ice-fishing,andwalrushuntingconditions.Likewise,intheChukchisea,theseaiceextentisatitslowestmeasuredvaluewith828.694squarekilometers,roughly1500squarekilometerslessthanin1989.


Figure8:TimeseriesofdailyArcticseaiceextent.Thisyearsdata(yellow)areupdateduntilMarch28,2019.Themedianseaiceextentforthe1981-2010referenceperiodisdepictedinblue.Specificyearsarehighlightedincolours.PlotCompiledby:HowardJ.Diamond,PhD;ClimateScienceProgramManageratNOAA'sAirResourcesLaboratoryDataSource:NationalSnow&IceDataCenter(NSIDC;https://nsidc.org/).


Figure9:DailyArcticSeaIceconcentration,March31,2019,medianiceedgeforthe1981-2010referenceperiodinyellow.VerylowseaiceconcentrationintheBeringSea.Image:NSIDC(nsidc.org)

NewsworthyEventsSnowmeltinAnchoragewasthefourthearliestonrecord,behind2016,1980and1987.Snowdepthofunderoneinchisnormallyreachedaroundmid-April;thisyeartheoneinchthresholdwasreachedonMarch30th.Fairbanksisnotfarbehindwithasignificantlybelownormalsnowdepthof6inchesonMarch31st.FairbankssawconsecutivedayswithlowsabovefreezingduringthelastweekofMarch,thefirsttimethishaseverbeenrecordedinMarch.


Breakuponmanyriversisexpectedtooccurearlierthannormalthisyear,asis“green-up”day,definedbytheNationalWeatherServiceasthefirstdaytohave“leafbudsinbirchandaspenopenjustenoughtoproduceafaintbutdistinctgreenflushthroughtheforestcanopy”.TheNenanariverisreportedtobeflowingatNenanaandasmallicejamhasformedontheTananadownstreamoftheBoondox.TherehasbeensomespeculationthatbreakupoftheTananaatNenanamayoccurbeforetheIceClassicentryperiodends–thiswouldbeunprecedentedinthelonghistoryoftheevent. Anumberofsportingeventswereaffectedbytheunusuallywarmtemperaturesandlackofsnowandice:Mushersofthe2019IditarodTrailSledDogRacehadtodealwithstretchesofwetandsoggytrailandadjustedtheirrestschedulestodealwiththewarmweather.ThecourseoftheracewasmovedoverlandbetweenElimandGolovinbecauseofalackofseaice. Duetothethiniceassociatedwiththerecenthightemperatures,theSonotKkaazootNordicSkiRace,heldinFairbanksonSaturdayMarch23rd,wasmovedfromitsusualcourseontheChenaRivertoBirchHill.The40and50kmeventswerecombinedandshortenedto30kmandthe20kmeventwasshortenedto9.5km.Unexpectedlyhightemperatures,togetherwithheavyrainfalleventsandstrongwind,raisedavalancheriskinmountainousareas.TheAlyeskaResortinGirdwood(ChugachStatePark)shutdownmountainoperationsforfewdaysduetohighavalancherisk.OnMarch9thanavalancheonMadsonMountainclosetoMoosePass(KenaiFjordsNationalPark)killeda33-year-oldAnchorageresident.Asecondfatalitywasreportedinthesameweek:a34-year-oldwasburiedbyanavalancheonTakshanukMountainnearHaines.Bothincidentswererelatedtoweaklayersinthesnowpackassociatedwiththeunusualweather.ThisinformationconsistsofpreliminaryclimatologicaldatacompiledbytheAlaskaClimateResearchCenter,GeophysicalInstitute,UniversityofAlaskaFairbanks.Formoreinformationonweatherandclimatology,visitthecenterwebsiteathttp://akclimate.org.Pleasereportanyerrorstowebmaster@akclimate.org.AppendixTableA:Dailytemperaturerecords,March2019,sincethebeginningoftherespectivetimeseries.avgt=dailymeantemperature,mint=dailyminimumtemperature,maxt=dailymaximumtemperature.Station Date Element NewRecord Yearofold

recordOldrecord

Highrecords Anchorage 2019-03-16 avgt 39.5 1970 38.5Anchorage 2019-03-23 avgt 41 1965 40Anchorage 2019-03-24 avgt 42.5 2016 42Anchorage 2019-03-27 avgt 42 2015 41Anchorage 2019-03-29 avgt 40.5 1995 39.5Anchorage 2019-03-16 maxt 46 1984 45


Anchorage 2019-03-27 maxt 50 1996 48Anchorage 2019-03-29 maxt 49 1995 48Anchorage 2019-03-24 mint 37 1992 34Bethel 2019-03-04 avgt 36.5 1924 33Bethel 2019-03-10 avgt 36 1949 35Bethel 2019-03-23 avgt 39.5 1965 38.5Bethel 2019-03-25 avgt 39.5 1974 39Bethel 2019-03-21 maxt 44 1932 41Bethel 2019-03-04 mint 35 1943 32Bethel 2019-03-25 mint 34 1996 33Bettles 2019-03-17 avgt 33.5 1957 27Bettles 2019-03-26 avgt 32.5 1970 32Bettles 2019-03-17 maxt 44 1998 35Bettles 2019-03-31 maxt 43 1993 42Bettles 2019-03-09 mint 22 1965 20Bettles 2019-03-26 mint 28 1970 24ColdBay 2019-03-09 avgt 39.5 1962 39ColdBay 2019-03-25 avgt 40.5 1991 39.5ColdBay 2019-03-29 maxt 51 1981 47DeltaJunction 2019-03-16 avgt 39.5 1956 33.5DeltaJunction 2019-03-21 avgt 48 1987 39DeltaJunction 2019-03-22 avgt 46.5 1979 39.5DeltaJunction 2019-03-23 avgt 45 1998 39.5DeltaJunction 2019-03-24 avgt 45.5 1992 39DeltaJunction 2019-03-25 avgt 41.5 1998 39DeltaJunction 2019-03-21 maxt 56 1998 49DeltaJunction 2019-03-22 maxt 54 1999 51DeltaJunction 2019-03-23 maxt 57 1998 51DeltaJunction 2019-03-24 maxt 51 1998 48DeltaJunction 2019-03-28 maxt 51 1954 50DeltaJunction 2019-03-31 maxt 57 2016 56DeltaJunction 2019-03-17 mint 35 1970 33DeltaJunction 2019-03-18 mint 43 1981 37DeltaJunction 2019-03-21 mint 40 1987 35DeltaJunction 2019-03-22 mint 39 1949 34DeltaJunction 2019-03-24 mint 40 1992 34DeltaJunction 2019-03-25 mint 36 1994 35Fairbanks 2019-03-17 avgt 37 1981 33.5


Fairbanks 2019-03-21 avgt 37 1965 34.5Fairbanks 2019-03-22 avgt 40 1949 34.5Fairbanks 2019-03-23 avgt 40 1965 37.5Fairbanks 2019-03-25 avgt 38 1987 35.5Fairbanks 2019-03-26 avgt 39.5 1970 38Fairbanks 2019-03-17 maxt 48 1981 46Fairbanks 2019-03-21 maxt 53 1998 51Fairbanks 2019-03-22 maxt 50 1987 48Fairbanks 2019-03-23 maxt 52 1998 50Fairbanks 2019-03-22 mint 30 1949 24Fairbanks 2019-03-25 mint 34 1965 31Fairbanks 2019-03-26 mint 34 1965 31Gulkana 2019-03-17 avgt 38.5 1944 36.5Gulkana 2019-03-18 avgt 39 1947 36Gulkana 2019-03-24 avgt 40.5 1998 36.5Gulkana 2019-03-27 avgt 38 1910 37.5Gulkana 2019-03-28 avgt 39.5 2016 38.5Gulkana 2019-03-21 maxt 50 1915 47Gulkana 2019-03-22 maxt 50 2016 49Gulkana 2019-03-23 maxt 49 1998 47Gulkana 2019-03-26 maxt 51 1915 49Gulkana 2019-03-27 maxt 51 1910 50Gulkana 2019-03-28 maxt 54 1910 48Gulkana 2019-03-29 maxt 51 2016 49Gulkana 2019-03-30 maxt 52 1961 48Gulkana 2019-03-31 maxt 52 2016 51Gulkana 2019-03-17 mint 35 1944 31Gulkana 2019-03-18 mint 35 1970 31Homer 2019-03-16 avgt 42 2015 41.5Homer 2019-03-17 avgt 44 1944 41.5Homer 2019-03-21 avgt 44 1982 42Homer 2019-03-22 avgt 44.5 2016 43.5Homer 2019-03-20 maxt 50 1941 49Homer 2019-03-30 maxt 53 2016 51Homer 2019-03-16 mint 39 2015 38Homer 2019-03-17 mint 38 1998 36Homer 2019-03-21 mint 41 1982 39Homer 2019-03-22 mint 40 2016 38


Juneau 2019-03-16 avgt 41.5 1947 40.5Juneau 2019-03-17 avgt 47 1961 41Juneau 2019-03-18 avgt 49.5 1961 43Juneau 2019-03-19 avgt 45.5 1947 42.5Juneau 2019-03-21 avgt 43.5 2016 43Juneau 2019-03-22 avgt 43.5 2016 43Juneau 2019-03-23 avgt 44.5 1981 44Juneau 2019-03-17 maxt 51 1990 50Juneau 2019-03-18 maxt 59 1979 50Juneau 2019-03-19 maxt 59 1981 49Juneau 2019-03-26 maxt 57 1941 51Juneau 2019-03-27 maxt 55 1943 54Juneau 2019-03-28 maxt 57 2011 52Juneau 2019-03-29 maxt 53 1958 51Juneau 2019-03-31 maxt 59 2016 58Juneau 2019-03-16 mint 38 1947 37Juneau 2019-03-17 mint 43 1995 38Juneau 2019-03-18 mint 40 1961 39Ketchikan 2019-03-17 avgt 46.5 1966 45.5Ketchikan 2019-03-18 avgt 48.5 1961 46Ketchikan 2019-03-18 maxt 60 1966 53Ketchikan 2019-03-19 maxt 62 1914 61Ketchikan 2019-03-20 maxt 66 1915 61Ketchikan 2019-03-16 mint 42 1933 40Ketchikan 2019-03-17 mint 45 1928 42KingSalmon 2019-03-25 avgt 45 1974 43.5KingSalmon 2019-03-30 maxt 52 1995 50KingSalmon 2019-03-31 maxt 54 2016 52Kodiak 2019-03-16 avgt 43.5 1988 42Kodiak 2019-03-17 avgt 43.5 1935 43Kodiak 2019-03-27 avgt 42.5 1948 41.5Kodiak 2019-03-26 maxt 52 1979 50Kodiak 2019-03-16 mint 42 1984 39Kodiak 2019-03-17 mint 41 1983 39Kodiak 2019-03-27 mint 40 1983 39Kotzebue 2019-03-05 avgt 27 2013 25.5Kotzebue 2019-03-09 avgt 29.5 1984 23.5Kotzebue 2019-03-25 avgt 34.5 1965 33.5


Kotzebue 2019-03-26 avgt 34 1965 32Kotzebue 2019-03-27 avgt 31.5 1904 26.5Kotzebue 2019-03-28 avgt 31 1987 28Kotzebue 2019-03-29 avgt 31.5 1973 30.5Kotzebue 2019-03-30 avgt 37 1936 26Kotzebue 2019-03-31 avgt 35 1961 30.5Kotzebue 2019-03-25 maxt 37 1979 36Kotzebue 2019-03-26 maxt 37 1965 36Kotzebue 2019-03-27 maxt 35 1973 33Kotzebue 2019-03-30 maxt 39 1938 33Kotzebue 2019-03-31 maxt 42 1961 38Kotzebue 2019-03-05 mint 25 2013 23Kotzebue 2019-03-09 mint 26 1987 18Kotzebue 2019-03-26 mint 31 1965 28Kotzebue 2019-03-27 mint 28 1904 23Kotzebue 2019-03-28 mint 28 1987 22Kotzebue 2019-03-29 mint 28 1898 22Kotzebue 2019-03-30 mint 35 1936 22Kotzebue 2019-03-31 mint 28 1961 23McGrath 2019-03-25 avgt 40.5 1965 39.5McGrath 2019-03-30 maxt 49 1961 48McGrath 2019-03-25 mint 35 1965 33Nome 2019-03-22 avgt 34 1965 32.5Nome 2019-03-22 maxt 40 1983 37Nome 2019-03-04 mint 27 1938 25St.PaulIsland 2019-03-26 avgt 36.5 1981 36St.PaulIsland 2019-03-27 avgt 37 1979 36St.PaulIsland 2019-03-29 avgt 39.5 1996 37St.PaulIsland 2019-03-27 maxt 41 1981 39St.PaulIsland 2019-03-29 mint 37 1967 33Talkeetna 2019-03-16 avgt 38.5 1944 36.5Talkeetna 2019-03-17 avgt 39.5 1998 38.5Talkeetna 2019-03-18 avgt 42 1981 41.5Talkeetna 2019-03-22 avgt 43.5 1965 41.5Talkeetna 2019-03-24 avgt 40 1987 38.5Talkeetna 2019-03-25 avgt 39 1970 38.5Talkeetna 2019-03-28 avgt 39.5 1940 39Talkeetna 2019-03-29 avgt 39.5 1926 38.5


Talkeetna 2019-03-18 maxt 49 1981 48Talkeetna 2019-03-30 maxt 53 1936 51Utqiaġvik 2019-03-05 avgt 17 2018 13Utqiaġvik 2019-03-06 avgt 18 2003 10Utqiaġvik 2019-03-26 avgt 24.5 1904 21Utqiaġvik 2019-03-27 avgt 24 1904 20Utqiaġvik 2019-03-28 avgt 25.5 1954 23Utqiaġvik 2019-03-30 avgt 27 1954 17.5Utqiaġvik 2019-03-06 maxt 22 2018 21Utqiaġvik 2019-03-27 maxt 31 1904 26Utqiaġvik 2019-03-28 maxt 30 1954 29Utqiaġvik 2019-03-30 maxt 33 1934 31Utqiaġvik 2019-03-05 mint 12 2018 4Utqiaġvik 2019-03-06 mint 14 2003 1Utqiaġvik 2019-03-26 mint 17 1979 12Utqiaġvik 2019-03-27 mint 17 1904 14Utqiaġvik 2019-03-28 mint 21 1954 17Utqiaġvik 2019-03-30 mint 21 1954 14Yakutat 2019-03-16 avgt 41.5 1981 40.5Yakutat 2019-03-17 avgt 44 1981 40Yakutat 2019-03-18 avgt 46 1981 43Yakutat 2019-03-19 avgt 47.5 1998 40Yakutat 2019-03-20 avgt 46.5 1998 41.5Yakutat 2019-03-21 avgt 47.5 1981 44Yakutat 2019-03-22 avgt 47.5 1981 43.5Yakutat 2019-03-23 avgt 43.5 2016 42Yakutat 2019-03-19 maxt 60 1918 53Yakutat 2019-03-20 maxt 58 1981 54Yakutat 2019-03-21 maxt 57 1998 53Yakutat 2019-03-26 maxt 60 1940 57Yakutat 2019-03-27 maxt 53 1941 51Yakutat 2019-03-31 maxt 59 2016 57Yakutat 2019-03-16 mint 39 1947 37Yakutat 2019-03-17 mint 40 1932 37Yakutat 2019-03-18 mint 44 1961 37Yakutat 2019-03-22 mint 43 1931 39Yakutat 2019-03-23 mint 41 1931 40

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