Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Recently I've been taking a look at the (infrared) radiation climate for Fairbanks, based on data from the state-of-the-art ERA5 reanaly...

Here's a link to Tuesday's UAF/ACCAP/NWS river breakup briefing: https://uaf-accap.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Break-up_2022_Outl...

For those interested in breakup progress, here's a nice resource for daily-updated webcam views: http://fresheyesonice.org/view-data/rea...

With March climate data now available, here's a look back at the major climate anomalies.  For the month as a whole, the broad circulati...

First a quick comment again on northern Alaska, where winter is holding on.  Temperatures have dropped into the -20s °F widely across the No...

For the third year in a row, the North Slope of Alaska has seen a relatively cold winter, i.e colder than in many recent years.  With a week...

As many readers are aware, it's been an extremely wet winter in western and interior Alaska.  Here are percentile maps for this winter...

February data are in from the usual sources, so here's a quick look back at an eventful month in Alaska climate.  The circulation patter...