Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Parts of the North Slope dropped well below zero this morning. Lows included 20 below at Umiat and 13 below at the Ikpikpuk River gauge an...

Snow depth at the Fairbanks Airport was down to 4 inches as of 4am Sunday morning. With a high temperature again near 60 today, either April...

At noon at the Fairbanks Airport the temperature was 51F. This is the first 50 degree temperature since October 3rd. Hasta la vista, snow co...

On the theme of the amazing difference between hills and valleys in Interior Alaska, here is a blast from the past. This composite photo is ...

The winter snowpack is going quickly now at low elevations. The snow at the Airport observing site is down to 10 inch depth and is increasi...

Here are plots of temperatures over the past year (through April 17) for Barrow and Fairbanks, courtesy of the Climate Prediction Center. Of...

Sunday morning view in downtown Fairbanks, overlooking the Chena River. The snow on the south facing bank of the is going, while the ice on ...

Another chilly morning on the North Slope. Lows Wednesday AM include: Umiat : -34F Ivotuk : -32F Galbraith Lake: -22F Atqasuk : -22F Nuiqsut...

As of Monday morning, there was 19 inches of snow on the ground at the Fairbanks Airport. This is somewhat above median for the date, and so...

It's a lovely early spring weekend on the North Slope. Along the coast, temperatures in the teens below with 10 to 20 mph winds. Inland,...

From the Sea Ice group at UAF, the view to west from Barrow 10:07pm Saturday. whaling season is approaching.

The monster storm in the Bering Sea has brought a variety of not so spring-like weather to a large chunk of Alaska, with some details in thi...

Here is the 4pm ADT Wednesday surface analysis from the Ocean Prediction Center. Offhand, I cannot recall such a deep storm in the Bering S...

Here is an hourly temperature plot here on Keystone Ridge over the past day: as of 10am ADT Wednesday , it's running 25 degrees colder...

March had the greatest average daily temperature range of any month of record in Fairbanks. The average high was 25.4 and the average low wa...

Temperatures bottomed out as expected Friday morning. Low temperatures in the valleys included: Fairbanks Airport: -15F Goldstream Creek: -...

Much colder air moved into the central Interior Wednesday night, with Thursday afternoon temperatures 15 to 20 degrees cooler than the day b...

Snow started early Sunday evening in Fairbanks, ending the streak of precipitation free days at 28. This is the third longest sting of conse...

This month's sunny and dry weather has provided a vivid illustration of the increasing power of the sunshine. The graphic at the left pl...

Yesterday (Tuesday) was the 24th straight day with no precipitation at all at Fairbanks. This morning's 500mb analysis tells the story. ...