Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

And now for something completely different: average temperature at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in May was -80.7F, making this the ...

Brand new fire just northeast of Murphy Dome down along the Chatanika River, about eight miles north of home here on Keystone Ridge. Another...

Here is a 500 meter resolution MODIS image from 255pm Sunday of northern Alaska. There is still a fair bit of snow cover close to the Beaufo...

Bettles set a new record high Saturday with a high of 83F. Tanana reported a high of 89F but that may be bogus: the highest hourly temp wa...

Here is the NOAA-19 Polar Orbiter visible image from 122pm ADT Saturday. Lots of interesting stuff on here. Fairbanks is near the northern e...

The high of 85F on Friday at Fairbanks International easily broke the previous record of 82F set way back in 2010, and was the warmest May t...

83F at 5pm at Fairbanks International Airport: a new record high for May 27th. Eielson AFB has had a high of 82F so far, tying the record fo...

The sun peeks above the horizon at Fort Yukon. Photo from the FAA webcam at 254am ADT Friday.

The high temperature in Fairbanks on Thursday was 80F, tying the record set last year and several previous years. Likewise, the high of 79F...

Temperatures will approach record high levels in the Interior over the next several days, but especially Friday, when some records are very ...

Wednesday was the most active lightning day so far this season, with just under 1300 strikes. The strikes on the Seward Peninsula are remar...

Here is an update of some work I did a few years ago. The research question is: is summer, and the attendant threat of fires, starting earli...

Updated: High temperature here on Keystone Ridge Tuesday was 74F, the first 70 degree day of the summer. This is almost exactly average for ...

Here on Keystone Ridge, several long lasting showers moved through overnight, bringing a total of 0.20 inches of rain. I thought "Yeah,...

Green-up progressing up the south-facing slopes while snow patches cling to depressions on the north side of the ridge line.Photo Sunday aft...

There is large fire burning up the north side of the ridge above Goldstream Valley, reportedly started by power lines arcing in the high win...

One of the more dramatic chinook-forced dry lines that I recall moved through Fairbanks on Friday afternoon. Note that sharp drop in dew poi...

With spring 2011 green-up now accomplished, here is a histogram of green-up dates at Fairbanks since 1974. Obviously, date of green-up is no...

The high Tuesday evening at the Fairbanks International Airport was 73F. So while the first 60 degree temperature, which was on Saturday, wa...

New FAA Webcam at Central came online last week. Here's the north-looking cam Tuesday afternoon. Nice view.