Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Spring suffered another setback in the interior today, as a round of steady precipitation brought the snow line down to valley-level in the ...

Hi, Rick T. here with some ideas on how we can use the historical record (i.e. climatology) in the face of significant trends. What I want t...

A couple of months ago I wrote a post on the very unusual warmth that the seasonal forecast models were expecting across the North Pacific ...

The spring thaw is getting under way in earnest this week across the interior, so breakup will soon be in full swing.  It's an interesti...

Yesterday was a very chilly day for the time of year across interior Alaska, with breezy below-freezing conditions all day in most areas nor...

One of the biggest Alaska-related climate stories of this winter has been the dramatic reduction in Bering Sea ice compared to recent decade...

Fairbanks saw its first 50°F temperature of the spring on Wednesday, and this was right on schedule according to the long-term history.  Bas...

For the fourth time in the past five years, the November-March mean temperature in Fairbanks was significantly warmer than the 1981-2010 ave...

With just a few days left to submit guesses for the Nenana Ice Classic , breakup prognosticators are pondering the extended-range weather fo...

My visit to Fairbanks ended on Monday with a rare March instance of strong westerly breezes, adding further to the tally of "strong...