Monday 20 February 2006

Good morning!

The city of Eureka, Nunavut, in way-Northern Canada, has its first sunrise of the year today around 11:30 CT (17:30 UTC). Technically the sun never actually gets above the horizon, but a tiny bit of it will scrape along the southern horizon for about an hour before disappearing until tomorrow.

Eureka is typically the northernmost weather station that sends hourly reports to NOAA, and this time of year it's almost always on the world's coldest places list. For example, at this writing, Eureka is -41°C (-42°F)—but it's a dry cold, so you don't feel it as much.

David Braverman, Monday 20 February 2006 16:01:43 UTC
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Saturday 25 February 2006 01:39:51 UTC
I remember talking with my brother once about "dry heat" and how I'd rather live in Arizona than Florida because of the difference in humidity. He then countered with "Sure, but an oven is dry heat too. I wouldn't want to stick my head in one."

Hmm, I guess you had to have been there - doesn't seem quite as funny now. Oh well...
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