Opposite ends of the state are experiencing record warm temperatures and near-record amounts of precipitation.
According to NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, both Barrow and Juneau had the warmest average temperatures on record for the first half of the year. The average temperature in Juneau from January to June 2015 was 42.9 degrees, making it the warmest on record in 68 years. Barrow’s average temperature through June of this year was 7.9 degrees, ranking the year’s first half as Barrow’s warmest in 91 years of record-keeping.
Precipitation records also show near record levels for those two towns. For the first half of the year, Juneau received 32.5 inches of precipitation, marking it as the third wettest in 68 years. Comparatively, Barrow only saw 2.83 inches of precipitation — but that also makes it the third wettest in 89 years.
The Lower 48 also had a warm month, with June 2015 being the second warmest on record in 120 years with an average temperature of 71.4 degrees — 2.86 degrees above the average for the previous century. The warmest June recorded since 1895 was June 1933 with an average temperature of 71.6 degrees.
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