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Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Middle Tanana Valley, Alaska
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill December 18, 2022 – December 23, 2022 · Middle Tanana Valley, Alaska
What the National Weather Service wrote
Temperatures fell into the 30s below zero in Fairbanks. for an extended period of time between the 18th and the 23rd. The high temperature on both the 20th and 21st failed to climb above -30 degrees (F) at the Fairbanks airport. The coldest official temperature at the Fairbanks airport during this period was -39 degrees; however, other stations in the area fell below -40. While the temperatures during this period were not record setting, they did result in the death of one person. A 55 year old homeless man died of exposure in west Fairbanks.
The wider storm
An Arctic airmass brought well below normal temperatures to Interior Alaska December 18th to the 23rd.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1062224. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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