Alaska is the coldest state of USA, but heat records have shattered across the state this week. Deadhorse, which is located close to the coast of the Arctic Ocean, shot up to a record temperature of 85°F this Wednesday.
As per weather experts, it is the warmest temperature ever recorded in that region. The average high temperature at this time of year in Deadhorse is 57°F.
According to NOAA, the heat wave trails a freakishly warm beginning to the year in Alaska. It was the warmest winter, spring and first six months of the year. So far in 2016, the state recorded average temp as 30.4°F, some 9 degrees higher than the normal. While the all-time high temperature in Alaska is 100°F, recorded on June 27, 1915 in Fork Yukon.
The warmth in northern and central Alaska is not projected to last, with a dramatic cool down likely by the weekend and the following week temperature could drop to as much as 20 degrees below normal and some freezing rain is also probable in Barrow.
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