Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

The weather of the past week in mainland Alaska is a tale of a remarkable ridge of high pressure that intensified and migrated northward acr...

I was too busy to post on this at the time, but last Wednesday a very late snowfall occurred at Bettles, on the south side of the Brooks Ran...

I mentioned in the last post that July retains the top spot for monthly mean precipitation in Fairbanks, according to the new 1991-2020 clim...

Back in January I started to compare the new standard 30-year climate normal period, 1991-2020, to the previous 1981-2010 benchmark.  This ...

A couple of quick notes this evening to mark the seasonal transitions of meltout and breakup in the middle Tanana River valley: the Fairbank...

After the coldest start to April in more than a century, Fairbanks has seen unusual warmth persist for nearly two weeks now, and consequentl...

A noteworthy aspect of the recent cold snap - as highlighted in previous posts (e.g. here ) - is that Fairbanks saw its coldest air mass on ...

Remarkable warmth has continued to build over eastern and southern Alaska, under the influence of a tremendous ridge of high pressure aloft....

Following hard on the heels of last week's cold snap, spring has arrived almost immediately in southern, central, and eastern Alaska, wi...