Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

It's been a while since we looked at the current phase of ENSO (the El Niño - Southern Oscillation), so let's do an update.  As I...

Parts of northwestern Alaska have seen very heavy rainfall in the past week or so, as very moist southwesterly flow has been drawn up into t...

None of the usually colder reporting sites around the Fairbanks area has seen a freeze yet this month, and this is unusual compared to recen...

Fairbanks has been enjoying a spell of delightful late summer weather recently, which I'm sure is most welcome after the very wet weathe...

A very strong low pressure system developed over the Arctic Ocean north of Siberia yesterday and intensified last night as it migrated eastw...

Reader Tracy recently asked about conditions around the Colville River delta of the North Slope this summer in light of very dry ground cond...

The exceptionally persistent and unusual warmth across Alaska in recent months and years (since mid-2013) has been well-publicized on many f...

In view of the extraordinary rainfall in the Fairbanks area this summer, I thought it would be interesting to look at radar data to get a be...

The temperature dipped below 50°F this morning at Fairbanks airport, which is the first time since June 23.  The 41 consecutive days at or a...

Here's a quick look at the climate anomalies for July across the state.  Nearly all of the long-term observing sites were warmer than no...

I'm away from the office this week, without access to my usual tools, so here's just a simple update on temperatures since spring fo...