Cold Last Month/ You Think?
Never More Than Eight Below
Only one day with
a temperature record
ed above zero between
Jan. 16. and Feb. 4
that’s Seldovia’s re.r
cord for the current
cold spell that has
shattered records of
many years for Alas
kan cold weather.
Along with tlie re
cord-breaking cold in
Seldovia has been the
record - establishing
appearance of ice in
the bay. For several
days last week it ap
peared that the city’s
pride in the asser
tion "only year-round
port on Cook Inlet,"
might stumble over a
solidly frozen bay at
any moment.
Ice on the upper
side of the Anderson
Dock to the head of
the bay locked in
fishing boats and pi
led ice about the
timbers of the slough
bridge.
Seldovians expect
ed daily fo awaken to
see the entire bay
capped with ice frotim
shore to shore.
But thatTs all
past history now.
However the day to
day weather records
of Mrs. Steve Zawis
towski offer some in
teresting information
—_—.—■ —
on the cold spell,
lirs. Zawistowski has
been recording weath
er information daily
for many years. Her
readings on the cold
snap, which were ta
ken each day between
8 and 9 o’clock in
the morning, tell the
history ' o‘f the- - ;cd!d)
this way: .
^Jan. 16-- ' Zero. -
North wind blowing.
Jan. 17-- -2. Ne
ver above zero all
day.
i Jan. lb-- zero.
Strong wind and some
snO'.'x all.
Jan. 19-- Zero.
Suvny day.
Jan 20-- -8. -Gold 4 .
sunny day. , J i
Jan. 21-- 6 above.
V’arm during the day*
but colder »in the .ev'rV
ehing.
; Jap. 22-- t2. Never
above zero allrday.
Jan. 23-- -2. Stor
my. Ice all ove'rt.*the,
bay.
Jan. 24-- -2. d B$*
low zero all day.
Jan ; 2 5 - - >*7 -. N ont h
wind. > • ... ' / ••
Jan. 26-- -4. Zero
or below all day. (
Jan. 27-- Zero.
North breeze all day.
Jan: 28-- -2. North
breeze.
Jan. 29-- -2. Beau
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tiful, cold day. Bay
iced in below Estes, d
Jan. 30-- -6. Nice
day.
Jan. 31-- -4. Nice
day.
Feb. 1-- -5. Nice
day.
Feb. 2-- -7. Sun
shine all day.
Feb. 3-- -7. Cold,
sunny day.
Feb. 4-- -6. Nice
day.
> Feb. 5-- 6 above.
Temperature climbed to
12 during the day.
Feb. 6 -- 16 above.
Some ra^.n during day.
In comparison with
last year!s records,
Mrs. Zawistowski found
that when the cold
weather set in this
year, it was snowing
and above 32 in Sel
.dpvia . in 1946(. How
ever, ’’/when 1}he pre
sent cold spell ended
on Feb. 5, last
year f s temperatures
were beginning to
give indication of a
dr/op.
Temperatures were
identical on Feb. 6
for both years, but
‘the nsxt day the mer
cury dropped in 1946,
^nb .a., week of cold
weather followed.
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