Weather Service to celebrate centennial at UAF
June 28, 2011
907-474-5042
6/28/11
The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the National Weather Service will mark the 100th anniversary of weather observation at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm Thursday, June 30 at 1 p.m. with a ceremony at the farm.
Representatives from the weather service and UAF will be on hand for brief remarks. The farm is the oldest continuous weather observation site in Alaska. Observations began there on July 1, 1911.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Nancy Tarnai, UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences public information officer, at 907-474-5042 or via e-mail at ntarnai@alaska.edu.
NOTE TO EDITORS: Additional information on the National Weather Service’s work at the farm is available at http://snras.blogspot.com/.