Kan Kil floats face-first in the cool waters of Campbell Creek, near Lake Otis Parkway, while beating the heat on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Anchorage broke a record on Tuesday for hitting 70 degrees or more for the 14th straight day. (AP Photo/Anchorage Daily News, Bill Roth)
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — Anchorage has set a record for the most consecutive days over 70 degrees during this unusually warm summer, while Fairbanks has tied its own seasonal heat record.
The National Weather Service said Alaska's largest city topped out at 70 degrees at 4 p.m. Tuesday, making it the 14th straight day the thermometer read 70 or higher. That breaks a record of 13 straight days set in 2004. The record streak was extended to 15 days on Wednesday with a high of 72 degrees.
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In Fairbanks, temperatures Wednesday reached 80 or higher for the 30th day this summer. This ties 2004 for the most 80-degree days in a year.
To put it in perspective, Fairbanks has an average of 11 days a summer when temperatures reach the 80-degree mark.
Alaska's second-largest city usually has three days a summer of 85 degrees or hotter. This year it's been 85 degrees or warmer on 12 days, breaking the record of 10 days that was set in 1987 and tied in 1990.
Temperatures are projected to cool off a bit this weekend into next week, but there's still no rain in the forecast.
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