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**213th** · 12-18-07, 11:32 PM

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Observed at:Nenana, AlaskaElevation:361 ft / 110 m

-35 °F / -37 °C
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Pressure:29.66 in / 1004 hPa (Rising) Visibility:6.0 miles / 9.7 kilometers UV:0 out of 16Clouds:Clear -
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Tonight
Mostly cloudy with patchy fog and flurries east of Salcha. Partly cloudy from Salcha westward. Lows 15 to 40 below...coldest west of Salcha. Light winds.

Wednesday
Decreasing clouds. Highs 15 to 30 below...coldest west of Salcha. Local northwest winds to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night
Mostly clear. Lows 25 to 45 below...coldest west of Salcha. Light winds.

Thursday
Mostly clear. Highs 15 to 30 below. Local southeast winds to 10 mph.

**Pudge** · 12-18-07, 11:38 PM

Hottub weather!

**ManImBored** · 12-18-07, 11:39 PM

Now thats cold! I was bitching cause it was 34 the other morning.

**mack** · 12-19-07, 12:21 AM

dayum, I was bitching cause I woke up in my truck and it was 19 degrees. (I was travelling and stopped when I got tired, no I wasn't drinking, lol)

**Illiy** · 12-19-07, 08:24 AM

Burrrrrrr!

That is COLD.... how do you move around in that weather and not freeze?

**213th** · 12-19-07, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Illiy

Burrrrrrr!

That is COLD.... how do you move around in that weather and not freeze?

It's now 1233L and -42. THe sun will set in about 3 hours. How do I move around and not freeze? By staying inside my house, heat on and with a blanket. lol. I'm SO glad I don't pay my heating bill

**Jenna** · 12-19-07, 04:42 PM

**213th** · 12-20-07, 05:25 AM

-40C and -40F are one in the same. I just took this for your benefit BTW

**jmur5074** · 12-20-07, 10:16 AM

Do you have a block heather on your vehicle?

If so, does it even matter at this point?

**bufford408** · 12-20-07, 10:24 AM

That is too cold!! It currently is 52 degrees here at my camp.

**KaiGywer** · 12-20-07, 01:11 PM

A friend of mine lives in Fairbanks, and she was telling me about the 40 below weather. Brrr....

**Jenna** · 12-20-07, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by 213th

-40C and -40F are one in the same. I just took this for your benefit BTW

I hope I never have to see that firsthand

**213th** · 12-20-07, 01:39 PM

Originally Posted by jmur5074

Do you have a block heather on your vehicle?

If so, does it even matter at this point?

I have a block heater, an oil pan heater, a battery heater, and a trickle charger for the battery. And my car does actually start when it's this cold. I'll start it daily and let it run for an hour or so even if I'm not going anywhere.

**hush29** · 12-20-07, 02:00 PM

How in the hell do you keep water pipes from freezing there? It was 5 below here and my pipes froze a couple weeks ago.

**213th** · 12-20-07, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by hush29

How in the hell do you keep water pipes from freezing there? It was 5 below here and my pipes froze a couple weeks ago.

The snow cover helps alot, when there is enough of it. We really don't see a lot of snow here normally. So far, every winter my sewer pipes have frozen. The well is directly underneath the house, so those pipes don't freeze. With the sewer, they usually drop a heating element into the sewer, and I think the pipes have heat tape wrapped around them, but they don't plug them in till they freeze.