Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

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...

Last month was the second wettest April in recorded climate history for Alaska as a whole, according to climate data released today by NOAA/...

The snow is going quickly at valley-level around Fairbanks, more quickly than expected, as there were several very warm days in the past wee...

Despite the wintry chill in the air this morning (-6°F in Tanana, -16°F near Huslia), the sun is winning the seasonal battle, and major rive...

NCEI and ECMWF have updated their climate data for February, so we can have a look back at last month and also the traditional climatologica...

Rick Thoman wrote about mid-January snow conditions  at his site today, and I think it's worth amplifying some of the information here....

Happy New Year to all.  Let's check in on Alaska's snowpack at the turn of the year.  It's a mixed bag, but generally snowfall h...

This year in Fairbanks, the date of snowpack meltout - the first day with less than 50% snow cover, or less than an inch depth reported - wa...