Now THIS is cold!!

[WHAMPOM]

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Much of Alaska has been in a cold snap lately, but this place wins for the coldest place in the state.

Observed at 6:30am Feb 7.

Turks on the Tundra, Tok, Alaska (PWS)
Updated: 5 min 24 sec ago
-69.0 °F / -56.1 °C Haze
Humidity: 45%
Dew Point: -80 °F / -62 °C
Wind: Calm
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph / 0.0 km/h
Pressure: 30.31 in / 1026.3 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 6.0 miles / 9.7 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 1635 ft / 498 m


The coldest observed temperature ever recorded in Alaska is -80 F. Damn.

Is that when the CO2 crystals condense and form thr blue fog?

 

[Random Variable]

The lowest current temperature I can find is -53°F in Fort Yukon, AK.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: WHAMPOM

Originally posted by: giantpinkbunnyhead
Much of Alaska has been in a cold snap lately, but this place wins for the coldest place in the state.

Observed at 6:30am Feb 7.

Turks on the Tundra, Tok, Alaska (PWS)
Updated: 5 min 24 sec ago
-69.0 °F / -56.1 °C Haze
Humidity: 45%
Dew Point: -80 °F / -62 °C
Wind: Calm
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph / 0.0 km/h
Pressure: 30.31 in / 1026.3 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 6.0 miles / 9.7 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 1635 ft / 498 m


The coldest observed temperature ever recorded in Alaska is -80 F. Damn.

Is that when the CO2 crystals condense and form thr blue fog?

Ice fog... It usually starts around -35 or -40

It's not the CO2 that makes the fog, it's the moisture in the air. All the water vapor freezes. At -60 you can't see the car in front of you sometimes. You know you have to stop at the intersection because you can't see the light. Green lights penetrate the fog, red lights don't.

From my next to last winter in Alaska

That pic was taken around noon. For reference, the truck is about 30' away. The sign is about 100' away. The ice fog wasn't too bad that day. The longer it stays cold though the worse it gets. All the moisture kicked out by the car exhaust keeps building up.

Originally posted by: vi_edit
At that temp if you took a bucket of water and tossed the contents in the air would it be frozen before it hit the ground?

I've been exposed to around -20 temps and that makes your nostrils freeze shut almost instantly. I can't imagine another 40 degrees colder than that.

Actually, if it's hot water it all evaporates into steam before it hits the ground.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yeah, it's been cold here lately too. Low 40s at night and low 60s during the day...Brrrrr. I need to buy a sweater.

LOL I know.....damn cold Cali weather

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
In other news, Anandtech users have been spotted taking their PCs to Alaska in an attempt to set new records for air cooled CPUs.

Unfortunately no monitors work at that temp... I've tried.

CPU outside
Monitor and self inside

Exactly! Just set the box out in the porch, and run the cables inside. :thumbsup:

I took THIS PICTURE a couple of days ago. One online readout had my place at -54F this morning, but I wasn't about to go out just to take a picture of a temperature sign.

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: potato28

Originally posted by: gorcorps
Something seems amiss to me... those Fahrenheit/celcius temps aren't converted right. -69F is -20.6C... not 56C

:Q Did you fail math?

Nope, just made a mistake in my calculations. Good thing I'm human or that would have been really embarrassing. Seems I can do complex integrals and calculate the lattice parameters of a face-centered-cubic crystal structure but can't do simple algebra anymore

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
In other news, Anandtech users have been spotted taking their PCs to Alaska in an attempt to set new records for air cooled CPUs.

Unfortunately no monitors work at that temp... I've tried.

CPU outside
Monitor and self inside

Exactly! Just set the box out in the porch, and run the cables inside. :thumbsup:

I took THIS PICTURE a couple of days ago. One online readout had my place at -54F this morning, but I wasn't about to go out just to take a picture of a temperature sign.

Pfft... pussy.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
In other news, Anandtech users have been spotted taking their PCs to Alaska in an attempt to set new records for air cooled CPUs.

Unfortunately no monitors work at that temp... I've tried.

CPU outside
Monitor and self inside

Exactly! Just set the box out in the porch, and run the cables inside. :thumbsup:

I took THIS PICTURE a couple of days ago. One online readout had my place at -54F this morning, but I wasn't about to go out just to take a picture of a temperature sign.

Pfft... pussy.

It's not me I am worried about, it's my vehicle. Do you know how many vehicles I have seen stranded because they broke the beads on their tires by driving too fast before they got them rounded out?

Besides, I am not the one that ran away to Hawaii. :laugh:

 

[thetxstang]

Check out this amazing picture yesterday from Tok, Alaska! Can that truly be the actual air temperature?!

:Q

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
In other news, Anandtech users have been spotted taking their PCs to Alaska in an attempt to set new records for air cooled CPUs.

Unfortunately no monitors work at that temp... I've tried.

CPU outside
Monitor and self inside

Exactly! Just set the box out in the porch, and run the cables inside. :thumbsup:

I took THIS PICTURE a couple of days ago. One online readout had my place at -54F this morning, but I wasn't about to go out just to take a picture of a temperature sign.

Pfft... pussy.

It's not me I am worried about, it's my vehicle. Do you know how many vehicles I have seen stranded because they broke the beads on their tires by driving too fast before they got them rounded out?

Besides, I am not the one that ran away to Hawaii. :laugh:

LOL... 33 years... 27 in Fairbanks including the infamous winter of '89... I had nothing left to prove.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth

Originally posted by: Jugernot

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
In other news, Anandtech users have been spotted taking their PCs to Alaska in an attempt to set new records for air cooled CPUs.

Unfortunately no monitors work at that temp... I've tried.

CPU outside
Monitor and self inside

Exactly! Just set the box out in the porch, and run the cables inside. :thumbsup:

I took THIS PICTURE a couple of days ago. One online readout had my place at -54F this morning, but I wasn't about to go out just to take a picture of a temperature sign.

Pfft... pussy.

It's not me I am worried about, it's my vehicle. Do you know how many vehicles I have seen stranded because they broke the beads on their tires by driving too fast before they got them rounded out?

Besides, I am not the one that ran away to Hawaii. :laugh:

LOL... 33 years... 27 in Fairbanks including the infamous winter of '89... I had nothing left to prove.

Neither do I, especially considering that during one of our coldest winters I was working outside changing the radiator on my car.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: thetxstang
Check out this amazing picture yesterday from Tok, Alaska! Can that truly be the actual air temperature?!

:Q

Yes, there were reports coming in from some parts of Tok of -72F.

 

[thetxstang]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: thetxstang
Check out this amazing picture yesterday from Tok, Alaska! Can that truly be the actual air temperature?!

:Q

Yes, there were reports coming in from some parts of Tok of -72F.

If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

 

[TheKub]

Originally posted by: thetxstang
If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

Cold weather people disturb me. They watch as the temperature falls to ludicrous levels then pray that it get just a little bit colder.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yeah, it's been cold here lately too. Low 40s at night and low 60s during the day...Brrrrr. I need to buy a sweater.

LOL I know.....damn cold Cali weather

It's currently 47 degrees here and I'm thinking of riding my motorcycle to work today. I'd better bundle up though, it's still pretty chilly. Brrrrrr.

 

[zerocool84]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: zerocool84

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Yeah, it's been cold here lately too. Low 40s at night and low 60s during the day...Brrrrr. I need to buy a sweater.

LOL I know.....damn cold Cali weather

It's currently 47 degrees here and I'm thinking of riding my motorcycle to work today. I'd better bundle up though, it's still pretty chilly. Brrrrrr.

It was pretty warm today in LA, mid to high 70's

 

[Chaotic42]

If I could get a job, house, and a decent amount of stuff to do in town, I'd move to Alaska. It was hot outside today... like sweating hot.... in February.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: thetxstang
If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

Cold weather people disturb me. They watch as the temperature falls to ludicrous levels then pray that it get just a little bit colder.

Sounds like me! hehe

 

[thetxstang]

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: thetxstang
If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

Cold weather people disturb me. They watch as the temperature falls to ludicrous levels then pray that it get just a little bit colder.

Huh? Man, who lit the fuse on your tampon? Who said I was a "cold weather person" to begin with? Furthermore, I assure you I wasn't "praying that it get just a little bit colder."

Perhaps you should find some more pressing issues in this world to disturb you.

 

[Quasmo]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Neither do I, especially considering that during one of our coldest winters I was working outside changing the radiator on my car.

Who needs a radiator at those temps?

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: TheKub

Originally posted by: thetxstang
If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

Cold weather people disturb me. They watch as the temperature falls to ludicrous levels then pray that it get just a little bit colder.

Sounds like me! hehe

I just like to see the temp drop so I can brag about it here like it's a personal accomplishment

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Neither do I, especially considering that during one of our coldest winters I was working outside changing the radiator on my car.

Who needs a radiator at those temps?

Air cooling doesn't quite cut it, due to the engine design.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: Quasmo

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
Neither do I, especially considering that during one of our coldest winters I was working outside changing the radiator on my car.

Who needs a radiator at those temps?

Air cooling doesn't quite cut it, due to the engine design.

QFT... The belt that drove my water pump broke at -70 and my car over heated in the middle of nowhere. Had to drive it home a couple hundred yards at a time.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: thetxstang

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven

Originally posted by: thetxstang
Check out this amazing picture yesterday from Tok, Alaska! Can that truly be the actual air temperature?!

:Q

Yes, there were reports coming in from some parts of Tok of -72F.

If that temperature is correct, it's 7 degrees off from tying the all-time low temperature for Alaska, recorded at Prospect Creek, AK (-80 degrees), and 8 degrees away from tying the all-time low recorded on the North American continent (i.e., -81 degrees at Snag, Yukon). Wow!

Bear in mind that those temps are National Weather Service data... NWS thermometers bottom out at -84. (IIRC) During the winter of 89-90 there were towns where the NWS thermometers crapped out and non-NWS thermometers closed in on -90. I believe that Ft Yukon and McGrath were both claiming readings down to -87, -88...

 

[larciel]

off topic but would there be a short-term (1yr) job available? I want to live in Alaska just to see that it really exists.

stuck in CA and its traffic takes toll on you