The whole month of April in the Fairbanks area had not seen an official temperature of +50 F, in fact- it was warmer on March 30 vs every other day to date...seems like the northern hemisphere is on a reverse polarity trend going from January, February, March, October, October again as maybe this area will finally see a week of April and a week of May before June arrives.
This spring season has not produced any spring normal temperatures for this area, although the 3rd week of April thru today had seen mostly daytime above freezing temperatures however there is still a lot of snow on the ground for Fairbanks and the thawing process has been real slow, although all the plowed unpaved roads and paved roads have been totally clear of snow and ice throughout the month of April.
Fairbanks weather forecast is calling for intermittent snowfall for the next 3 days with nighttime temperatures to remain below freezing...
Central, Fort Yukon and Circle areas just north of Fairbanks are expecting 6 to 8 inches of snow today as well.
Yesterday on Friday morning May 03 :
Yesterday evening at 900pm Friday May 03 as surface thawing is finally kicking in as I almost got permanately stuck in my 2WD truck trying to cut thru my driveway, but the winter siped tires that I still have installed saved me from stuckville (which normally they get swapped out with the summer tires by mid April) :
75 percent of this chunk of snow that fell off the roof should be melted away on average at this time of year, snow fell off the roof on April 24 (April 08 is average timeframe)
The last time I remember this significant amount of ground snow here in early May was during the record snowfall season of the 1992 winter.
As far as not cashing in my 401k again, it became too cold this year to do so (last year it was too warm)...my 401k is located in Nenana where the tripod stands on the Tanana River that has a $300,000 plus jackpot.
It will be two years in a row I did not hit the same day of when the ice goes out in Nenana, this year I covered April 27 thru May 06 on my 10 tickets I purchase every year (1 day per guess).
All I know is the ice has not gone out any later than a 379 day interval in the past 30 years, as May 07 will represent day 380.
