FREQUENCIES OF SELECTED LOW TEMPERATURES IN ALASKA*

• Main Authors: James E. Caskex, Fernand Depercin, Sigmund Falkowski
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1955
• Subjects: Arctic; Fairbanks; Yukon; Barrow; Barter Island; Brooks Range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.394.7594; http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/084/mwr-084-06-0207.pdf

This report presents in detail the frequency of selected low temperatures at 33 stations in Alaska. Daily maximum temperatures at or below 0 " F. may be expected over 50 percent of the days in January at interior stations and extreme northern coastal stations, but do not occur at stations exposed to the moderating influence of the ocean. The greatest frequency of maximum temperatures at or below "40 " F. occurs at Umiat, where 15 percent of the days in January record this value. Minimum temperatures of-65 ' F. or less are recorded at only four of the interior stations. During July, maximum temperatures at or below 68 ' F. occur least frequently at interior stations (13 percent of the days at Fort Yukon, 31 percent of the days at Fairbanks) and 75 to 100 percent of the time at stations exposed to maritime influence. Daily minimum temperatures at or below 32 " F. in July are rare at all stations south of the Brooks Range. On the Arctic coast, in July, Barter Island and Barrow have freezing temperatures 39 and 41 percent of the time, respectively. 1.