Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Okay, so there is no snow in sight, but as we come up to the end of August the climatological chances of snow are increasing. And today is t...

5pm update: rains have been showery but frequent since 9am. Storm totals include: Eielson AFB: 0.97" Keystone Ridge: 0.80" [thru 4...

There have been a couple of articles in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner of late about what a great growing season summer 2010 has been. Yet n...

The warmest quarter of the year in Interior Alaska is late May through late August. Here's a plot of recent summers on Keystone Ridge: o...

While the Fortymile and upper Tanana valley have been drenched this summer, in the central Interior its been much more it or miss, what with...

MODIS image from this afternoon; sail north from Barrow and you'll go 400 miles til you hit the solid pack ice.

Here is the false color image of Arctic Sea Ice coverage as of Sunday from the University of Illinois's Cryosphere Today web site: Acco...

I should note that only one of the long-term climate sites in the Fairbanks area have a freeze yet: Lows Saturday morning: Eielson AFB: 33F ...

A nice dawn webcam shot from atop Knob Ridge, near Dot Lake in the upper Tanana Valley. Temperatures fell to freezing in many of the usuall...

As we move toward the end of August, the 2010 wildfire season is winding down. After a very early and active start in May, the season slowed...

When I moved up onto Keystone Ridge in June 1996, I figured that June would be the month when, on average Keystone Ridge, at 1600' MSL, ...

Like most late summer heat, Sunday's record event has been quickly replaced by more seasonable weather. Freezing level at 6200' this...

College 5NW, which holds the distinction for longest hillside climate obs in the Fairbanks area (since the mid 1970s), set a new August reco...

Heat Sunday was not confined to to the Interior. Much of the North Slope was hot too, except where a cooling sea-breeze keep it more pleasan...

The high temp of 92F in North Pole on Sunday is a new August record. The previous record high was 90F in 1994 . Max temp at Denali National ...

930pm ADT update: 91F Fairbanks 90F Eielson AFB 90F UAF West Ridge (College Observatory) 86F Fort Greely 86F Tok 85F Northway 83F Bettles ...

530pm ADT: Here's the RAOB 500pm ADT : 91F at Fairbanks, hottest ever so late in the season. 850mb temp +19.0C, warmest of record for ...

There is going to be a lot to talk about today, but for starters, overnight lows at elevation and breezy spots widely in the 60s overnight. ...

Imformative IR GOES-West image from Saturday evening; well-defined storms and associated fronts that are bringing rain and winds to western ...

Anchorage has evidently set a new record for consecutive days with precipitation: as of today 28 days straight days with a trace or more of ...