Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

I've been meaning to post a brief analysis of January climate conditions over Alaska, especially in view of what proved to be a very mis...

The chart below shows recent daily mean temperatures in Fairbanks, compared to the 1981-2010 normal; the gray lines show the +/- 1 standard ...

The maps below show the December climate anomalies for most of the first order observing stations in Alaska; as usual, the area of each cir...

Here's a nice summary of 2013 weather in Fairbanks, courtesy of the National Weather Service.  All in all, an extraordinary year from a ...

Here are some preliminary charts depicting the 2013 year in Fairbanks. In terms of temperature, 2013 was the 20th warmest of the 84 years si...

Regular readers may recall that way back in August we discussed some long-range analog forecast indicators for September through November, ...

Below are maps showing the November temperature and precipitation anomalies at some primary observing stations across the state.  The area ...

Here's the November weather summary from the National Weather Service in Fairbanks. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERV...

Here's the October summary from the National Weather Service in Fairbanks: PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRB...

The Seasons of Alaska When does winter informally begin in Fairbanks, or Anchorage, or Juneau? Is it the same date for all citie...

The maps below show the August and climatological summer (June-August) temperature and precipitation anomalies for select observing sites in...

Deep Cold started off in 2010 as a way that I could share Interior and northern Alaska weather and climate factiods and analyses with friend...

Below are a couple of maps showing the July temperature and precipitation anomalies at observing locations across Alaska.  The format was in...

The cold spring greatly retarded the fire season: as of Friday, May 31 only 665 acres had burned. That changed over the weekend, as the se...

Hard to know how to present all the notable events of May 2013, so when in doubt, put up a chart. Here's a plot of the daily mean temper...

There is a lot of Alaska weather going on...but we'll try and take it one piece at time. So, for Fairbanks for April, the mean tempera...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 733 PM AKST FRI MAR 1 2013 ...FEBRUARY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS AL...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 835 AM AKST FRI FEB 1 2013 ...JANUARY MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRB...

My friend, colleague and former boss Ted Fathauer unexpectedly died late Sunday evening at his home in Fairbanks, just three weeks after ret...

Okay, before moving on to actual numbers, here's my personal "integrated" seasonal definitions for Fairbanks-land. By integrat...