Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

I promised a post on Arctic sea ice conditions, but first a comment is needed on more wet weather across most of western and southwestern Al...

Alaska's Arctic has warmed so much in recent decades that it's now a little newsworthy when a calendar-day record low temperature oc...

Following up on my last post, Toolik Lake did indeed see snow on Sunday.  Here are a couple of webcam shots from late afternoon: The weather...

The past 12 days or so have been significantly cooler than normal statewide, and southwestern and south-central Alaska have been very chilly...

I'm sure all readers of this blog are well aware that a major El Niño is expected to prevail in the coming months; the media coverage ha...

Last year at this time I commented on the unusual high-latitude circulation pattern in June 2025, when a broad but very strong circumpolar ...

The Fairbanks area saw some hefty showers and thunderstorms yesterday and last Friday, and hail was reported around town on both days.  The ...