Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s hottest temp ever matches Hawaii’s

Fairbanks hit 90 degrees last week for the first time in four years. The heat was very localized to the Tanana and Yukon river valleys.
Graphic courtesy of Brian BrettschneiderListen now
We asked Brian Brettschneider, with our Ask a Climatologist segment, which areas of Alaska usually see the hottest temperatures in the summer.
He says the warmest temperatures are almost always found in the Interior.
Interview Transcript:
Brian: Somewhere from about Tanana and then eastward to the Canadian borde