Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Updated for new record :  The week ending June 30th is the warmest week of record in Fairbanks. Here are are the top five non-overlapping w...

For the first time ever, Fairbanks recorded five consecutive days with minimum temperatures of 65ºF or higher (June 24-28). As a result, the...

For the first time in modern history, Fairbanks recorded a low temperature in 70s. The low Tuesday of 70ºF. The only other occurrence of a l...

The low temperature Monday at the Fairbanks Airport was just 66ºF, thanks to a persistent breeze overnight. This is one of the warmest daily...

Temperatures soared into the 60s and 70s on the North Slope Thursday. The high of 66ºF at Barrow was one degree from the record high for Jun...

We're enjoying more than 21 and one half hours of sunshine these days, but temperatures in the usual cool spots dipped to near or just b...

Reader Richard asked about the veracity of the low temperature of 1 below reported on Jun 25, 1967 at Anaktuvuk Pass, and he expressed consi...

Courtesy of AFS The Alaska Fire Service as had some issues with the lightning detection network (both under and over reporting strikes)...

The Barrow ice cam was down for a while over the winter, but it's back and seems like to a good idea to post an image as we head into th...

The cold spring greatly retarded the fire season: as of Friday, May 31 only 665 acres had burned. That changed over the weekend, as the se...

Hard to know how to present all the notable events of May 2013, so when in doubt, put up a chart. Here's a plot of the daily mean temper...

Amazing what sunshine and temperatures in the 60s and 70s (and lows near 50ºF) will do to a snowpack. By Sunday evening the snow pack here o...

The cold spring over Interior Alaska is fading into the past now as "insta-summer is upon us: the high was 77ºF at Fairbanks on Saturda...

Fairbanks topped out at 71ºF Friday, the first day the temperature has been 70 or higher since August 30th. With a morning low of 40ºF, the ...

Reader Richard asked about snowmelt on Keystone Ridge. Here's a photo from Wednesday evening, May 22nd. As you can see, there is still...

Courtesy of the Nenana Ice Classic At 1142pm AKST (1241pm AKDT) Monday the tripod on the Tanana River at Nenana was still standing (as s...

Courtesy of Pro Music  The high temperature at Fairbanks Saturday of 35ºF is the lowest so late in the season and the latest date of r...

Interior Alaska's long cold spell will come to and end this week, so here's an update on daily temperatures (through Saturday, May 1...

1030am May 18th, courtesy of the Nenana Ice Classic I will not be able to keep track of them all, but here are some low temperatures re...

As previously mentioned, the coldest airmass so late in the season is moving into Fairbanks-land. This is based on the period of record for ...