Temperatures have been hot, causing more than just sunburns for Haines residents — burn bans were in effect for Haines and Skagway until Tuesday.
This Fourth of July was the hottest on record in almost seven decades, tying the 1951 record high of 84 degrees, as measured at the Haines airport National Weather Service station. The average temperature for the Fourth is 57 degrees.
The heat spell was caused by warm winds coming down from…
