Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

The contrast in wildfire activity between Alaska and Canada so far this season is very extreme.  Canada has just surpassed their all-time re...

While the topic is still fresh in my mind, I did some follow-up on Wednesday's question about whether the ERA5 temperature trends are re...

A new study was published a couple of weeks ago, documenting the changes that have occurred in temperature, precipitation, snowfall, and sea...

Looking back at the month of May, there were a number of extreme weather events across Alaska, and as always I recommend Rick Thoman's b...

I don't think I've made any significant comments on Arctic sea ice since the autumn , so let's fix that shortcoming.  First, the...

With climate observations back to 1951, Bettles has not previously recorded measurable snow in June, but yesterday the observer there report...

The calendar says that climatological summer (by convention) is here, but Alaska is suffering a major seasonal setback.  Residents of the Fa...

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