Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Reader Gary recently commented on the extreme dryness of the white spruce trees that unfortunately fell on his home during the May 31 wind e...

Precipitation has continued to be scarce in the Fairbanks area, as the month of May brought only 0.06" at the airport; according to the...

Right on cue, the lightning season has begun in Alaska. Yesterday was the first day that the BLM's lightning detection network recorded...

While it is still fresh in everyone's minds, I wanted to put up another quick post on smoke from the recent wildland fires. This time, w...

For this post we will have a slight geographical deviation from Interior Alaska. One of the many atmospheric impacts of the Funny River Hors...

This is a follow-up to last week's post on the frequency of occurrence of upper-level high pressure systems, where I showed that the gl...

In Brian's post the other day, we saw that lightning activity in the Fairbanks area ramps up extremely rapidly in early June, with ligh...

A quick update to note the brisk temperatures this morning in the eastern Interior; here are a few overnight minimum temperatures: Chicken...

With a potentially strong El Niño taking shape, let's take a quick look at how temperatures in Alaska have responded to strong El Niños ...

The strong high pressure observed aloft over Alaska early this month led me to wonder about the climatological distribution of these events...

Thunderstorm season is quickly approaching in Alaska. So when can we expect the lightning to commence and how frequently is it observed at v...

As we move into the heart of the fire season, it seems like a good time to highlight how little precipitation has fallen recently. If someon...

Reader Gary posed a question regarding the relationship between wintertime freezing temperatures and teleconnection indices. Fortunately, th...