Fairbanks Staying Cool

Here's an update of temperatures through Saturday, April 20th.  In this plot, in addition to trying out new software, I've plotted the daily mean temperatures along with the 1981-2010 mean ± 0.43 standard deviations (the grey area).

This basically corresponds to the Climate Prediction Center's tercile categories, with red colors showing temperatures in the CPC "much above" tercile and blue showing temperatures in the "much below" tercile. Of course, you don't need a weatherman to tell you that mild weather has been short supply for quite a while now.