Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate

I'm in a busy stretch for travel and work at the moment, so posts may be light and sporadic for a few weeks. But here's a quick upda...

As the weather suddenly turns distinctly springlike for much of Alaska, let's have a look at snowpack across the state.  According to th...

The first half of March was the coldest since 2012 for the North Slope, providing a notable contrast to the last decade - although it wasn...

Long-time blog readers will recall many previous comments about wind chill at Howard Pass in the Brooks Range.  It's a notorious locatio...

Climate data for February has arrived, showing that it was a warmer and wetter than normal month overall for Alaska.  Both December and Janu...

This has been a recurring theme in recent years, and a problem for residents of Dawson, YT: the Yukon River is reluctant to freeze over next...

A reader inquired about the persistent north wind event of last week in the Anchorage area, so let's take a look at this. First, the fac...

The weather industry has been abuzz with excitement in the past year about the new AI (Artificial Intelligence) forecast models; I penned a ...