Friday, February 28, 2014
EVENTS
COMMUNITY GUIDE Continued from 20
Schools of Fairbanks 18 International Friendship Day 31 Halloween at the Museum, UAF Museum of the North NOVEMBER 4 General election 30-Dec.1 Fairbanks Rookie Spiel 28-29 FNSB School District Thanksgiving holiday Date TBA Miracle of Lights
500 Second Ave. Fairbanks, AK 99701 Phone: 907-451-8222 Hours: daily, 10 a.m.-9 p.m., May 1-Sept. 30 Admission: $12/adults, $11/seniors and military, $6/children 6-12; free/ ages 5 and younger
WEATHER
Continued from 17 • Average snowfall — 8.1 inches • Record low temperature — 58 below on Feb. 3, 1947 • Record high temperature — 50 degrees on Feb. 24, 1943 March • Average high temperature — 25.4 degrees • Average low temperature — minus 2.5 degrees • Average mean temperature — 11.4 degrees • Average precipitation — 0.25 inches • Average snowfall — 4.9 inches • Record low temperature — 49 below on March 1, 1956 • Record high temperature — 56 degrees on March 31, 1994 April • Average high temperature — 44.5 degrees • Average low temperature — 20.6 degrees • Average mean temperature — 32.5 degrees • Average precipitation — 0.31 inches • Average snowfall — 2.9 inches • Record low temperature — 32 below on April 3, 1944 • Record high temperature — 76 on April 30, 2009 May • Average high temperature — 61 degrees • Average low temperature — 37.8 degrees • Average mean temperature — 49.4 degrees
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MUSEUMS
Continued from 21
DECEMBER 1 Fairbanks Rookie Spiel 4 Christmas in Ice. North Pole 6 Caroling and lighting at Creamer’s Field, Fairbanks 6-7 North Pole Winter Festival 19-20 Christmas Party for Children, Chatanika Lodge. 13 Sing-It-Yourself-Messiah, Fairbanks (3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church) 21 Winter Solstice Celebration, Fairbanks 23 FNSB School District winter break
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
• Aurora Ice Museum
56.5 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road P.O. Box 58740 Fairbanks, AK 99711 Phone: 907-451-8104 Daily Tours (year-round): 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. (9 p.m. tour offered seasonally) Admission: $15/adults (18 and up), $7.50/youth ages 6-17; free/children 5 and younger with adult
• Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Center 101 Dunkel St. Fairbanks, AK 99701
• Average precipitation — 0.60 inches • Average snowfall — 0.9 inches • Record low temperature — 1 below on May 9, 1964 • Record high temperature — 90 degrees on May 28, 1947 June • Average high temperature — 71.6 degrees • Average low temperature — 49.3 degrees • Average mean temperature — 60.4 degrees • Average precipitation — 1.37 inches • Average snowfall — 0 inches • Record low temperature — 29 degrees on June 4, 2006 • Record high temperature — 96 degrees June 15, 1969 July • Average high temperature — 72.7 degrees • Average low temperature — 52.3 degrees • Average mean temperature — 62.5 degrees • Average precipitation — 2.16 inches • Average snowfall — 0 inches • Record low temperature — 34 degrees on July 28, 1943 • Record high temperature — 94 degrees on July 11, 1974 August • Average high temperature — 65.9 degrees • Average low temperature — 46.4 degrees • Average mean temperature — 56.1 degrees • Average precipitation — 1.88 inches • Average snowfall — 0 inches • Record low temperature — 23 degrees
A rare 1921 Heine-Velox V-12 Sporting Victoria, foreground, is on display at the Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum. news-miner file photo Phone: 907-456-5774 email: info@morristhompsoncenter.org Winter hours (daily):
A thunderstorm moves looms behind the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute as a tractor pulls a disk in a field at the university’s experimental farm. news-miner file photo
on Aug. 30, 1947 • Record high temperature — 93 degrees on Aug. 5, 1994 September • Average high temperature — 54.6 degrees • Average low temperature — 35.1 degrees • Average mean temperature — 44.9 degrees • Average precipitation — 1.10 inches • Average snowfall — 1.8 inches • Record low temperature — 3 degrees
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Summer hours (daily): 8 a.m.-9 p.m. No admission fee
on Aug. 30, 1992 • Record high temperature — 84 degrees on Aug. 5, 1957 October • Average high temperature — 31.9 degrees • Average low temperature — 16.5 degrees • Average mean temperature — 24.2 degrees • Average precipitation — 0.83 inches • Average snowfall — 10.8 inches • Record low temperature — minus 28 on Oct. 26, 1935 • Record high temperature — 72 degrees on Oct. 1, 2003 November • Average high temperature — 10.9 degrees • Average low temperature — minus 5.7 degrees • Average mean temperature — 2.6 degrees • Average precipitation — 0.67 inches • Average snowfall — 13.2 inches • Record low temperature — 46 below on Nov. 30, 1990 • Record high temperature — 54 on Nov. 25, 1936 December • Average high temperature — 4.8 degrees • Average low temperature — minus 12.9 degrees • Average mean temperature — minus 4.1 degrees • Average precipitation — 0.64 inches • Average snowfall — 12.1 inches • Record low temperature — 62 below on Dec. 29, 1961 • Record high temperature — 58 degrees on Dec. 5, 1934