Mean monthly temperature was 15.6°F, which was 4.2°F above normal. The observed maximum temperature was 40.0°F on the 13rd of the month, the minimum temperature was -29.0°F on the 1st of the month. The total monthly precipitation was 0.5", which was 0.3" above normal. Snowfall measured 9 in for the month and the end of month snowpack was still near 30 in.
From: http://climate.gi.alaska.edu
In other weather news, we'd been noticing an odd pattern on the weather radar here in Fairbanks, almost the same looking screen would appear on clear days this winter.
Andy and I joked about how it looked like the old TV test pattern that stations used to broadcast back in the day. So maybe the weather bureau was saving money by not turning on the radar some days? But the NWS folks at Alaska Weather told us that it was due to the radar waves bouncing off the low temperature inversion layer that often forms in the atmosphere during the winter. So there you go, you still can learn something new most every day.
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