Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Reader Gary made a comment late last month about unusually heavy hoar frost in Fairbanks and a lack of wind all winter.  Presumably the two ...

The Yukon Quest sled dog race kicked off this morning in Whitehorse with temperatures close to -30 °F at the start and with colder temperatu...

Last year I began looking at how to quantify the length of temperature patterns at the surface. It seems like when the temperature goes abov...

Regular reader Eric asked about the upper-level flow pattern associated with the late January cold spell and how it contrasted to the earlie...

** Note: I posted a nearly identical post focusing on the Lower 48 on my other blog. ** Slightly over a year ago, I wrote a post about t...

Chilly weather is continuing in the Alaskan interior for now, but a consideration of current conditions about 1500 miles to the east provide...

Yesterday was the fifth day in a row with a minimum temperature of -40 °F or below in Fairbanks.  This is the longest such sequence since De...