Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Excessive snow has been a recurring topic here this winter, and another big headline has now emerged: Juneau has broken its seasonal snowfal...

Last month we were talking about record snowfall in Anchorage, and just a few weeks before that the focus was on extreme snowfall  from Jun...

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...

Friday's snowstorm in Fairbanks was unusual from at least a couple of standpoints.  First, the total of 10.5 inches is a hefty fall in F...

Anchorage is off to a remarkably snowy start to winter, with 22" reported since the beginning of the week, and a snow depth of 19"...

The last few days have brought wild weather to large parts of Alaska, courtesy of a very powerful upper-level trough and associated low pres...

Yesterday a number of 747 cargo planes were spotted at Fairbanks airport, and that usually means only one thing: Anchorage is having a big s...

Another day, another climate headline: 2021 is now the wettest year on record in Fairbanks.  Rick Thoman illustrates the remarkable increase...