Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Rain in the Fairbanks area started Friday afternoon, and by early Monday morning most places hard received a good soaking. Weekend totals ...

The Dry Creek fire was started by lightning June 23, but remained an inactive, insignificant fire (less than 500 acres) until mid-August...

Courtesy of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Long time reader Trung asked why it has been so warm on the North Slope this summer. The obvious answer...

Clear skies and a cool airmass allowed for a more widespread a frost and freeze in the Fairbanks area than has hitherto been the case, thoug...

Barrow has been remarkably mild this month. The high temperature Sunday of 66F was a new record high for August 19th. The low temperature ...

The dry summer in Fairbanks is coming back to haunt us.  The Dry Creek fire, centered 11 miles southwest of Eielson AFB,  reportedly start...

Photo Courtesy of the FAA Beautiful sunrise on Denali this morning as seen from Eielson Visitors Center. Low temp at the VC this AM was ...

Daily solar heating is decreasing rapidly now, and the effects of less daytime heating and longer nights are showing: it's almost gettin...

Courtesy of the FAA Alaska DOT reported four inches of new snow on the Dalton Highway on top of Atigun Pass (4700' MSL). The SNOTEL ...

1200 UTC Aug 06 2012 Analysis Courtesy of Environment Canada A remarkably deep storm for the high Arctic brushed Alaska's North Slop...

Winds have gone southwest at Barrow but as of Saturday morning ice has not made back to shore. The 4am ADT analysis from Environment Canada ...

Courtesy of the UAF Sea Ice Group Here's the UAF Sea Ice Group webcam photo from Barrow Thursday afternoon. In this limited view, I ...

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1231 PM AKDT WED AUG 1 2012 ...MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FAIRBANKS ALA...

For an area better known for winter, it may seem odd, but Interior Alaska has four distinct phases of summer.Of course, these phases vary ye...

Here's a plot of daily lightning strike totals, through July 26th (top) in Alaska Fire Services Tanana Zone (bottom), which covers nearl...