Alaska Endures Record Cold While Still Buried Under Snow [1]

Accuweather.com -5/10/13, Alex Sosnowski

While winter is finally breaking over much of Alaska this week, it has be a slow start to spring in much of the Last Frontier. (Photos.com image)

The central and eastern United States are not the only areas experiencing a colder-than-average spring. Alaska is also hanging on to winter's chill and snow.

The five-week period from April 3 to May 7 was the coldest in 109 years of record keeping at Fairbanks, Alaska, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).

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