Another incomprehensible temperature record has been set. Alaska set a statewide temperature record for December just days before the end of the year, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature for the state was recorded at 67 degrees, which is a number one for New York during non-doom times.
The daily temperatures in Alaskan locale were more alarming. The station's previous all-time high temperature was 9 degrees higher than the current one. According to the National Weather Service, the single-day record in Kodiak City was shattered by 20 degrees. In addition to setting the December record, the 65 degrees seen in Kodiak was the highest on record for any day in November, January, February, or March. Cold Bay, a small town in the Alaska Peninsula, beat its daily record by 18 degrees.
The rising heat has caused the state to get a lot of rain. The Washington Post reports that a storm dropped one of the top four heaviest two days of rain in the state. The water melted snow on the ground as the temperatures were still below zero, which caused ice to bond to the roads. The Department of Transportation in Alaska warns of dangerous driving conditions throughout the state.
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It has been a hot year in the U.S. and Alaska has set records. The map of heat records in the U.S. is like a scatterplot. This summer was the hottest on record since the 1936 Dust Bowl, with some of the most dramatic heat waves occurring.
Critical infrastructure and warped roads were melted by the heat in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest saw all-time heat records set. Montana, North Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming all have their own single-day December heat records. The National Weather Service estimated that as many as a third of the continental US experienced highs over 70 degrees in the first week of December.
The holiday conditions were downright absurd because of the record heat. Dallas, Houston, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Little Rock, and Memphis were all on the verge of matching their record highs on Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve, the temperature in the small town of Wichita Falls, Texas, hit 91 degrees.
