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Extreme Cold Warning 3, NWS Fairbanks, AK

February 8, 2026North Slope Borough, Alaska

NWS Fairbanks, AK issued this extreme cold warning at Feb 8, 2026, 9:35 AM AKST for North Slope Borough, Alaska. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2026, 9:35 AM AKST (18:35 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2026, 1:47 PM AKST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Fairbanks, AK

County North Slope Borough, AK

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Feb 8, 5:19 AM AKST, 4 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 5:19 AM AKST, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Fairbanks, AK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 8, 3:46 AM AKST	Brisk Wind Advisory	AFG		36 hr
Feb 8, 3:46 AM AKST	Gale Warning	AFG		36 hr
Feb 8, 9:30 AM AKST	Extreme Cold Warning	AFG	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	67 hr
Feb 8, 2:15 PM AKST	Winter Storm Watch	AFG	Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area	22 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Alaska, 2026 Every extreme cold warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.