Fairbanks, Alaska to be below -50 degrees tonight

[Dan Druff]

-42 right now at 5pm there, forecasted to fall to -53 by 11pm.

This will be one of the coldest temperatures they've had in a long time, and I believe the coldest of the 2010s.

If you dump a bucket of boiling water out the window of a tall building, it will be ice by the time it hits the ground.

[Lord of the Fraud]

Would love to experience extreme cold weather like that some day.



And no need for tall buildings at those temperatures. Toss a mug of boiling water in the air and it lands as ice.

[MumblesBadly]

Back in the academic day, I interviewed for a tenure-track position at U of Alaska-Fairbanks. I'm super glad I had another option!

[chinamaniac]

[LarryLaffer]

-42 right now at 5pm there, forecasted to fall to -53 by 11pm.

This will be one of the coldest temperatures they've had in a long time, and I believe the coldest of the 2010s.

If you dump a bucket of boiling water out the window of a tall building, it will be ice by the time it hits the ground.

there's tall buildings in Alaska!

[Texter]

Lived near Fairbanks when I was 3, my older siblings liked the summers because it never got dark but the winter not so much...they say if it was below -10 degrees they didn't get to go outside for recess

[DirtyB]

I experienced 16 below, air temp, not wind chill, in Bimidji MN in the middle of the day. It's nuts. Any exposed skin immediately starts to hurt. I can't even imagine -50.