>The official NWS reporting station at Huslia, Alaska had a low temperature of -44 F this morning, and a “high” of -35 degrees yesterday. Here’s a look at low temperatures this morning:

24-HOUR MINIMUM TEMPS 11/17/09 (MESOWEST)

Other extremely cold locations this morning included -44 at Norutak Lake, AK, -42 at Arctic Village, AK and -40 at Beaver, AK.

Bettles, Alaska (the coldest reporting station I could find that we have climate data for) also had a low temperature of -44 F this morning, and a “high” of -27 yesterday. Now, this is Alaska and it’s normally cold there this time of year, but usually just either side of zero at that station (-9 and +5 respectively). While it doesn’t usually get that cold in the middle of November, the temperatures are certainly not unprecedented… Bettles dropped to -46 last December and -52 in January.

Check out Jesse’s full blog post here>> http://www.accuweather.com/mt-news-blogs.asp?partner=accuweather&blog=Weathermatrix&pgurl=/mtweb/content/Weathermatrix/archives/2009/11/just_a_day_in_alaska_50_degrees_186_mph_winds.asp