Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

A quick couple inches of snow this morning in parts of Fairbanks-land, though from North Pole southward there was very little. Webcam photo ...

It's been a cold March on the North Slope: though Monday the average monthly temperature at Barrow was about 9 degrees below normal. And...

With more seasonable temperatures in place now, here's an update of the standardized daily anomalies this winter for Keystone Ridge thro...

A fresh injection of cold air sent temperatures falling in Fairbanks-land overnight, and in valley where the wind dropped off it was kind of...

Here's a plot of daily high temperatures over the past five weeks at Fairbanks Airport (475 feet MSL) and Keystone Ridge (1600' MSL)...

It's been a cold week on the North Slope. Lows Thursday morning include: Nuiqsut: -47F Umiat: -47F Sagwon SnoTel: -46F Deadhorse Airport...

Here's an update showing mean daily temperatures and standardized departures for Fairbanks since October 1st. The alternating cycle of w...

Temperatures are in the 40s below on parts of the North Slope Saturday morning, along with a fresh breeze in some places. At 8am AST, Nuiqsu...

This photo gives an idea of the snowfall here in the past 36 hours. Through 9am Wednesday, 23.1 inches of snow here at Keystone Ridge since ...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 844 PM AKST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OF THE WINTER IN FAIRBANK...

As of 6pm AST Tuesday, there has been 15.6" of snow since 6pm Monday here at Keystone Ridge. This is the greatest 24 hour snow total in...

Lovely early spring day in Barrow: sunny, 19 below, west wind 10 mph. Image courtesy of the UAF Sea Ice Group.

Powdery snow overnight in Fairbanks-land So far, amounts include Keystone Ridge: 9.8" UAF West Ridge: 6.2" Goldstream Creek: 5.0...

Here's a plot of cumulative seasonal snowfall (through March 03) for Keystone Ridge and the Fairbanks Airport. The snowfall on the ridge...

Here's the standardized daily temperature departures for Keystone Ridge for this winter. The pattern continues.

Here's another chart of the roller coaster temperatures in Fairbanks winter 2011-2012.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 159 AM AKST THU MAR 1 2012 ...MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS ALASK...

Here's a plot of the daily average temperature at Fairbanks since Oct 01. For what I usually refer to as "mid-winter", Decembe...

Here's the updated plot of standardized daily temperature departures for this winter (through Feb 24) at Fairbanks. While not extreme th...

Arctic sea ice is within a few weeks of it's maximum extent. Here is the Alaska-centered view from the University of Illinois's Cryo...