Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

Breakup is nearly complete now to the south of the Arctic Circle, but flooding problems continue on the Yukon River.  Heavy inflows from the...

Extensive breakup-related flooding continues for certain unfortunate locations, including Buckland in the northwest, and along a lengthy por...

Unfortunately the worst-case scenario for ice jam flooding has occurred for some stretches of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in recent days,...

The temperature contrast between western and eastern Alaska can be pretty striking at this time of year, as the interior warms up quickly, b...

First, "breaking" news from Nenana, where the Tanana River went out this afternoon at 4:01pm officially.  May 8 has seen breakup i...

In Monday's post I pointed out the rather striking increase in "cold outliers" for April temperature in Fairbanks, as reflecte...

April is in the books, with a monthly mean temperature of 21.5°F in Fairbanks, and that's the 4th coldest since 1930.  The last few days...

It's a good thing this didn't happen in winter - unless extreme cold is your sort of thing.  Rick Thoman has posted comments on the ...

Those of us who guessed on the early side for breakup at Nenana are out of luck this year, as the scene is still quite wintry, and fresh col...

The cold spell is relaxing its grip for many areas today, with temperatures rising widely above freezing; but thermometers in the interior w...

While the cold snap this month has been most pronounced and unusual for western Alaska, it's been very chilly in Fairbanks too.  On Mond...

First, a note on the continued cold, which is primarily focused on western and northern Alaska.  The Selawik ASOS reached -39°F this morning...

Cold has intensified for western and northern Alaska, with -30°F being reached in a number of spots this morning.  Most notably, Nome was on...