PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1156 AM AKST MON JAN 27 2014 ...ALL-TIME JANUARY HIGH TEMPERATURES SET IN NORTHERN ALASKA... A RECORD WARM AIRMASS HAS RESULTED IN MANY LOCATIONS TYING OR SETTING RECORD DAILY TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN ALASKA THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SOME LONG TERM STATIONS HAVE BROKEN ALL-TIME JANUARY HIGH TEMPERATURES...INCLUDING DENALI NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS AND NOME. JANUARY RECORDS WERE LIKELY SET AT SOME OTHER LOCATIONS BUT THEY EITHER LACK A LONG PERIOD OF RECORD OR OBSERVED TEMPERATURES. ON SUNDAY THE 26TH THE TEMPERATURE CLIMBED TO A SCORCHING 52 DEGREES AT DENALI NATIONAL PARK HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT THE PARK HEADQUARTERS IN JANUARY DURING THE PAST 92 YEARS OF OBSERVATIONS. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MONTH WAS 51 DEGREES SET ON JANUARY 21ST 1961. FOR REFERENCE...52 DEGREES IS THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN MID MAY AT THE PARK HEADQUARTERS. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR JANUARY 26TH IS 11 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. AT NOME...THE TEMPERATURE HAS SOARED TO 48 DEGREES THIS MORNING. THIS IS WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER OBSERVED IN JANUARY AT NOME SINCE RECORDS BEGAN IN 1906. THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY WAS 46 DEGREES SET ON JANUARY 7TH 1942. FOR REFERENCE...48 DEGREES IS THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURE IN LATE MAY AT NOME. THE NORMAL HIGH FOR JANUARY 27TH IS 13 DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. IT IS POSSIBLE THE RECORD COULD BE FURTHER BROKEN TODAY. $$ EWP