Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Many readers will have heard that an oil field accident occurred on the North Slope on Friday, as a very large mobile oil drilling rig tippe...

Now that the weather has calmed down, it's a good time to look back at a couple of aspects of the cold spell in Fairbanks. First, I'...

Dramatically warmer conditions are on their way north and will bring major relief from western and interior Alaska's deep freeze in the ...

Back on December 18, I commented that the extreme cold then affecting northwestern Canada and far eastern Alaska looked likely to shift wes...

First, before discussing again the extreme interior cold, I would be remiss not to mention the remarkable snowfall in northern Southeast Ala...

I'm on the road and away from my usual data resources at present, but a quick post is in order to highlight the remarkable National Weat...

The latest round of severe cold has set up a bit farther west, with the lowest temperatures today over central Alaska rather than far easter...