Myth: |
Summers in
Alaska are always cool. |
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A visitor takes a break from skiing to "chill" for a while
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Fact: |
The Interior Region of Alaska enjoys warm summers. Ft.
Yukon holds the state's high temperature record: 100 F in June,
1915! Fairbanks often has summer temperatures in the 80s and
occasionally gets up into the 90s. |
Myth: |
The Far North of Alaska (Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Kaktovik)
is the coldest part of the state. |
Fact: |
The Northern Interior (along Brooks Range) holds the record
for the lowest temperature, where the mercury fell to -79.8° F
(-62° C) at Prospect Creek in 1971. |