Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

A lovely last day of August at Arctic Village, from the FAA webcam

I was outside at 1230am Sunday and the sky was filled with stars; just a band band of light on the northern horizon (one of the many benef...

All eyes are on Hurricane Irene now, but here's a quick update on Arctic sea ice coverage, from the folks at the National Snow and Ice...

There were about 170 lightning strikes in Interior Alaska on Monday, which is a lot for this late in the season. In fact, some of the cell...

A 9pm ADT Monday from the FAA webcam at the Ruby airport. Ruby is along the Yukon River about 25 miles upriver from Galena.

Fairbanks-land enjoyed a classic August weekend, with something like 3/4 of an inch of rain spread over Saturday and Sunday. The rain was ov...

The mean Sea Level Pressure at Fairbanks bottomed out at 982.1mb at noon ADT Saturday, 1.2mb above the record low pressure for August.

A fairly deep storm for August is churning through the northern Gulf of Alaska. The 330pm ADT GOES infrared image shows a classic cloud s...

Damp, if not soaking weather persists over most of Alaska, and more than 200 lightning strikes Wednesday not withstanding, the fire season i...

Signs of autumn are starting to show in the vegetation. Here's a photo of the front yard Tuesday afternoon. The dogwood has gone purpl...

Here's the Alaska-centric view of sea ice coverage in the Arctic as of August 15 th . As as been the case for a couple weeks, this sum...

The western half of Denali National Park has received a lot of rain in the past couple days. Eielson Visitors Center as received 2.53 inch...

I was in Tok Wednesday and Thursday: grey and rainy. Snow level about 5000' MSL Wednesday, and a bit lower Thursday. This photo is o...

With the Tanana Valley Fair in full swing and a bout of cooler weather the last few days, it reminds me of how quickly temperatures drop...

FAA webcam photo from Chandalar DOT camp on the Dalton Highway at 1220pm Saturday. Looks the fresh snow level is at about 4500' MSL.

Okay, I guess have have to say this: It was NOT 97 degrees at Northway in July. There is a news story going around about record highs in all...

Skies were never able to clear overnight so there was not much in the way of freezing temperatures in the Fairbanks area. The low at the air...

You say it must be getting on towards autumn when Rick starts putting up upper air plots? Well… A well marked but essentially dry cold front...

According to the analysis of Arctic Sea Ice coverage by the National Snow and Ice Data Center , ice coverage for July was the lowest of reco...

2am Thursday in Fairbanks: darkness at night, a novel idea.