Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

January has been another relatively snowy month in Fairbanks, with a total accumulation of 17" - the highest January total since 2005. ...

Last week's cold snap turned out to be rather short-lived in Fairbanks, as there were only 3 days with a midnight-to-midnight minimum te...

The Kuskokwim 300 sled dog race occurred over the weekend, with the teams running from Bethel to Aniak and back.  The race is quite notoriou...

Clearing skies allowed temperatures to drop to very low levels in most parts of the interior in the past 48 hours, with Fairbanks airport re...

Fairbanks has seen an unusual combination of low temperatures with significant snowfall since early yesterday; temperatures remained well be...

Rick T, here. Just a quick follow-up on the question of ice fog and possible impacts on surface temperatures. Ice fog and its impact on sur...

Here's a brief update on temperatures at climate observing sites around the Arctic Ocean in the month of December.  According to monthly...

Rick T. here with a short post for future reference. Here's an annotated plot of the most extreme cold snaps during the Weather Bureau/N...

For those hardy residents of Alaska's interior who enjoy the occasional spell of intensely cold winter weather, and who have felt that t...

The development of a strong high pressure system (1055mb+) across northern and interior Alaska sent temperatures into a dive in Fairbanks af...

In the wake of the recent Bering Sea storm, a deep and very strong southerly flow has transported extremely warm air into northern Alaska, l...

Here's a quick update on yesterday's post: snowfall for December is now up to 32.9" in Fairbanks, which is the 4th highest on r...

A sprawling storm system stretching from far eastern Russia to interior and northern Alaska brought heavy snow to the Fairbanks area last ni...

In a change of scene that is no doubt refreshing for some, Fairbanks has seen a significant amount of snow in the past several weeks.  The t...