Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, February 3, 1947
Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy
tonight and continued cold Tues
day. Lowest temperature tonight
—30, highest temperature Tues
day, —15.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m today:
Precipitation last 24 hours, trace.
Total precipitation this month,
trace.
Temperatures last 24 hours-1
highest —8, lowest —31.
Sunrise at 8:37 a.m., sunset a:
3:53 p.m.
Comparative data:
Temperatures one year ago to- j
day: highest —15, lowest —24.
Extreme temperatures on th s
day since 1907: lowest —36 in
1924, highest 38 in 1913.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —45 Clear
Point Hope —30 Clear
Kotzebue —33 Partly Cloudy
Shishmaref —31 Clear l
Wales —28 Clear
Gambell —16 Snow
Nome —31 Partly Cloudy
Unalakleet —23 Partly Cloudy
Bethel —37 Clear
McGrath —62 Clear
Anchorage —37 Clear
Fairbanks —57 Clear
Juneau 0 Snow
Whitehorse —56 Partly Cloudy
Ketchikan 28 Snow
Edmonton —25 Partly Clouc'y
Seattle 36 Cloudy
San Francisco 52 Clear
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WEATHER SUMMARY
FOR JANUARY 1947
The mean temperature for Jan
uary was —9.4
There were two Januarys in
which the mean temperature was
lower: in 1917 with a mean tem
perature of —11.3 and 1934 with a
mean temperature of —10.5.
Although it is not indicated in
the mean temperature for the
month, this past January was the
longest cold spell since 1907 the
beginning of U. S. Weather Bureau
records at Nome.
The cold spell began on the 11th
and continued until the end of the
month, with no indications that it
will break shortly.
The lowest temperature for the
month was —37, occurring on the
15th; the highest temperature for
the month was 32, occurring on the
3rd and the 4th. This month was
also characterized by unusually
strong winds, the highest wind re
corded was 72 miles per hour on
the 9th. This is the strongest wind
ever recorded for the month of
January. There were also six other
days during the month in which
^velocities exceeding 50 miles per
hour were recorded.
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Cold Wave
Racing Over
Central U. S.
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(By The Associated Press)
A new cold wave, probably the
severest and most prolonged yet
this winter, was racing down
across the northern great plains
from western Canada today with
prospects that it would carry as
far southward as the Texas Pan
handle and Ohio River valley by
tomorrow.
"Temperatures are falling at an
astounding rate in the storm area,”
the Chicago weather bureau re
ported. At Dickinson, N. D., the
mercury had skidded from a high
of 41 yesterday to 15 below zero'
this morning and was still falling.
Miles City, Mont., basked in 55
degree weather yesterday but had
a —7 this morning, while the mer
cury slipped 25 degrees in six
hours at Bismarck, N. D., to —13.
The storm borne along by a |
strong northwest wind, was blow
ing up a mixture of dust with the
drifting snow at Fargo, N. D., the
weather bureau said.
The forecasters said the frigid
wave, expected to be of three days
length would hit the midwest to
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ACS. Anyone wishing any infor
mation from the Commissioner’s
office should contact the Clerk of
the Court, Norvin Lewis.
night, accompanied by strong
shifting winds and snow.
The temperatures in northern
Minnesota were expected to hit 30
below by Tuesday morning with'
northern Wisconsin low at —15.
Southeastern Wisconsin, sti 111
reeling from the efects of last
week’s blizzard, could expect a
drop to —5. Heavy blowing and
drifting snow was predicted for
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Chicago’s temperature was zero
to 5 below.
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