Late-summer heat wave breaks 84-year-old record in Fairbanks

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"FAIRBANKS -- The late-summer heat wave spreading across Alaska pushed the temperature into the 90s in Fairbanks on Sunday for only the fifth time in August since 1904.

The high temperature of 91 recorded Sunday at the Fairbanks airport easily beat the previous mark of 86 degrees for Aug. 15 in 1926.

The record temperature was a result of "a very warm air mass" that moved into the region. Temperatures all across the eastern Interior, from Northway to Bettles, were at or near records."

http://www.adn.com/2010/08/16/1411872/late-summer-heat-wave-breaks-record.html

My sister lives in Fairbanks and she has beautiful red peppers on the vine, the first time ever. Her team dogs' hair is falling out in clumps. She's been there about 25 years, and she says the effects of global warming are obvious and people like the Al Gore Ice Sculpturist are increasingly regarded as nutcases.

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1. Now it's 46.6F in Fairbanks! Damn weather! n/t