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Have We Moved To The Arctic Circle? San Francisco Colder This Week Than Anchorage, Moscow

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Okay, the picture above is a bit much, but it's not just the cruise ship tourists in their Pier 39 sweatshirts getting caught off guard by the chill in San Francisco this week. Even locals are griping that Fog City is more frigid than usual. And it is.

If you think they're exaggerating, check out this temperature comparison between San Francisco and Anchorage, Alaska Wednesday morning:

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Temperature comparison Anchorage Alaska vs. San Francisco Wednesday. (CBS)

Things are actually warming up a bit as we head into the weekend, but not all that much faster than in cities to the north. Check out these forecasts for the week:

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Now check out the temperatures in some of the world's more glacier-prone locales:

Anchorage, Alaska

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Quebec, Canada

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Green Bay

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Moscow, Russia

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Buffalo, New York

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Earlier this week, things were so cold that we were on par with Helsinki, Finland. But we warmed up a few degrees in San Francisco and should be seeing more seasonal temperatures inland this weekend. Get an hour-by-hour forecast for your zip code on the Weather Page.

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