Fairbanks Approaches Record For Warm, Dry July

The Fairbanks, Alaska, office of the National Weather Service reported on Monday that this month is well on the way to setting a record for warm temperatures and lack of precipitation. As of noon local time today, the temperature at Fairbanks was already 77°.

JULY OF 2009 IS WELL ON TRACK TO BECOMING THE DRIEST  
JULY ON RECORD...WITH ONLY 0.04 INCHES OF RAIN BEING  
RECORDED AT THE FAIRBANKS AIRPORT SO FAR THIS MONTH.  
JULY 1927 IS CURRENTLY THE DRIEST JULY ON RECORD  
WITH 0.12 INCHES OF RAINFALL.  
  
THIS JULY HAS BEEN NOTABLE FOR THE PERSISTENCE OF  
NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND A COMPLETE  
ABSENCE OF ANY COOL PERIODS. SO FAR THIS JULY...  
THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN  
78.6 DEGREES...THE AVERAGE DAILY MINIMUM 53.7 AND   
THE MEAN TEMPERATURE 66.2.  
  
THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 78.6 IS 0.2 DEGREES  
ABOVE THE RECORD AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM IN JULY OF 78.4 DEGREES  
WHICH OCCURRED IN 1915.  
  
EVERY SINGLE DAY SO FAR IN THIS JULY HAS HAD A  
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 70 OR HIGHER. THIS HAS HAPPENED  
IN ONLY ONE OTHER YEAR...1927...IN WHICH THE LOWEST  
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 70. SO FAR THIS MONTH...  
THE LOWEST DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN 71.  
HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 OR HIGHER ARE EXPECTED  
AT FAIRBANKS FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS...AND THE HIGH  
FRIDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 75. SO THERE IS A GOOD  
CHANCE THAT THE AVERAGE DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR  
THIS MONTH WILL BREAK THE OLD RECORD.