https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/10/warm-october-day.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Warm October Day
Temperatures rose into the 50s and lower 60s in southern Interior Alaska on Thursday. The high at Fairbanks Airport of 61F was just a degree...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/07/high-dew-points.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: High Dew Points
Like most of western North America, dew points above 60F are quite unusual in northern and Interior Alaska. At Fairbanks, sustained dew poin...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2020/02/yukon-frozen-at-dawson.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Yukon Frozen at Dawson
Long-time readers will recall that in the past few winters I've drawn attention to the interesting failure of the Yukon River to freeze over...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/12/back-in-drink.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Back in the Drink
Courtesy of Alaska Climate Research Center A cold airmass and only variable low cloud cover have allowed temperatures to again plunge in...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/10/heavy-snow-in-fortymile-county.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Heavy Snow in the FortyMile County
An innocuous looking cloud mass associated with weak closed low aloft brought heavy snow to a small area in far eastern Interior Sunday into...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/08/return-of-inversion.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Return of the Inversion
I was outside at 1230am Sunday and the sky was filled with stars; just a band band of light on the northern horizon (one of the many benef...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-bottom-has-been-reached.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: The Bottom has been Reached
For those looking forward to the end of winter, here's another piece of encouragement: the bottom of the normal temperature curve in Fairb...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/50-below-at-fairbanks.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: 50 below at Fairbanks
The sunrise view from the Alaska Climate Research Center webcam Saturday morning. Fairbanks Airport has now been down to -50F. The first -50...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/04/length-of-snow-cover.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Length of Snow Cover
The seasonal snow melt is beginning in Alaska. While the line is currently just entering the Southern Mainland, it will make an inevitable ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/satellite-temperatures.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Satellite Temperatures
Nice post today from the University of Wisconsin CIMSS blog on satellite derived temperatures over the past couple days in Interior Alaska. ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/05/late-snow-in-bettles.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Late Snow in Bettles
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...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2019/02/radiation-climate-trends.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Radiation Climate Trends
Following up on a couple of previous posts about the balance of infrared radiation (both shortwave and longwave) that shapes Alaska's climat...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/more-cold.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: More Cold
Scott Bachmeier sent a link to this false color infrared image from early Friday morning (I've reoriented the original image to be longitud...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/12/sunshine-at-fort-yukon.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Sunshine at Fort Yukon
News Years Eve noontime sunshine and 26 below at Fort Yukon. Photo courtesy of the FAA.
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/03/nippy-on-north-slope.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Nippy on the North Slope
Temperatures are in the 40s below on parts of the North Slope Saturday morning, along with a fresh breeze in some places. At 8am AST, Nuiqsu...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/briter-in-barrow.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Briter in Barrow
First sunrise is still about tens days away in Barrow, but it's getting brighter. Here's a FAA webcam image from near solar noon on Thursday...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2018/08/how-damp-has-it-been.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: How Damp has it Been?
Rick T. here. Over on my Twitter feed someone opined/asked about the recent spell of wet weather in Fairbanks-land and that it was more than...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2015/04/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: April 2015
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2025/12/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: December 2025
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2019/01/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: January 2019
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https://preview.weather.gov/ajk/tvimage.html?img=nextday
Alaska Weather Online
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2017/02/daily-minimum-temperatures.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Daily Minimum Temperatures
Here's a chart showing the lowest temperature reported statewide in Alaska each day so far this winter, along with the same analysis for las...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/tok-snowfall.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Tok Snowfall
There are two cooperative stations right in Tok. One has reported about 27 inches of snow thus far this season, with 23 inches on the ground...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/08/year-to-date-temperature-anomalies.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Year to Date Temperature Anomalies
So far the temperatures in 2013 have run hot and cold both literally and metaphorically. Through August 2nd there have been 214 calendar da...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2024/12/alaskas-changing-environment.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Alaska's Changing Environment
Last week UAF released an updated version of their summary report on "Alaska's Changing Environment", documenting trends and recent events a...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-climate-below-ground.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: The Climate Below (Ground)
The ground beneath our feet is an important part of the biosphere. What happens in the soil directly affects the weather and climate in the ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/12/temperature-pops.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Temperature Pops
Here's the WeatherUnderground Plot of temperature (and dew point) at the Two Rivers PWS near 24 Mile Chena Hot Springs Road. The temperature...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/06/200-year-rainfall-event.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: 200-Year Rainfall Event
A significant rainfall event is winding down across the eastern Interior of Alaska. Many areas east of Fairbanks received in excess of 3" o...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/12/thermometer-yoyo.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Thermometer Yoyo
Here's a plot of temperatures over the past few days here at Keystone Ridge. The sharp dip there on the morning of December 1st is accurate:...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/07/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: July 2021
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/11/cloud-warming.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Cloud Warming
Valley-level temperatures in and around Fairbanks are being held above the precipice of radiative cooling (so to speak) by low clouds, as se...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2024/06/?m=0
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: June 2024
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2015/02/temperature-persistence-index.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Temperature Persistence Index
I've been giving some thought lately to possible methods of measuring the degree of persistence of unusual temperatures within a season or a...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/07/july-frost.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: July Frost
Courtesy of Rick Thoman: Scattering of low temperatures at or just below freezing in a few of the usual Interior low spots Saturday morning....
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2017/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: 2017
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/01/extent-of-inversion-buster.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Extent of the Inversion Buster
The Chinook burst during the early morning of Sunday that sent the temperature at the airport soaring to 41 degrees, tying the record high f...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/11/healthy-inversion.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Healthy Inversion
The inversion has become more shallow and stronger since Monday afternoon. Through 9am, overnite low temperatures include: East Fort Wainwig...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2020/06/lightning-season.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Lightning Season
Thunderstorm activity has sprung to life in parts of Alaska in the past several days, but somewhat unusually the lightning has been focused ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2015/10/not-much-cooling.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Not Much Cooling
According to long-term normals, temperatures at this time of year are "normally" dropping like a rock in interior Alaska, as net infrared ra...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/09/summer-review-rain.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Summer Review: Rain
The climatological highlight for Summer 2010 in Interior Alaska must be the extreme rainfall over the upper Tanana Valley and Fortymile coun...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2024/01/december-climate-data.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: December Climate Data
Looking back at December, the dominant circulation feature near Alaska was a pronounced Bering Sea trough, with 500mb heights significantly ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/10/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: October 2012
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/12/never-too-cold-to-snow.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Never too Cold to Snow
Courtesy of the FAA Clouds and light snow have moved into the Upper Tanana Valley from the east. As of 11am, -49F and snowing lightly at...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/01/extreme-wind-chill-in-atigun-pass.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Extreme Wind Chill in Atigun Pass
Deep cold air is pouring across the central and eastern Brooks Range this morning, creating extremely low wind chills. The NRCS SNOTEL at th...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2016/09/humidity-trends-aloft.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Humidity Trends Aloft
At various times on this blog we've discussed the long-term increase in summer daily minimum temperatures in Fairbanks, for example in these...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/04/north-slope-spring.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: North Slope Spring
It's a lovely early spring weekend on the North Slope. Along the coast, temperatures in the teens below with 10 to 20 mph winds. Inland, lig...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/10/frist-sub-zero-temperatures-of-season.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: First Sub-Zero Temperatures of the Season
It helps to have snow on the ground to get temperatures down below zero, but you don't need it. A number of places got that cold this mornin...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/12/arctic-heat.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Arctic Heat
This plot from the Climate Prediction Center plots daily temperatures and the 31 day running anomalies. The sustained warmth this autumn is ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2015/06/alaska-brightness.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Alaska Brightness
** It's been a while since I posed here but I thought the Deep Cold readers might like this. ** Did you know that interior Alaska actuall...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/12/not-as-warm-as-2002.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Not as Warm as 2002
The unusual and persistent warmth in Fairbanks grinds on, with temperatures rising above freezing this early morning at Fairbanks airport. ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2015/01/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: January 2015
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/10/?m=0
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: October 2014
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/09/simulated-rainfall-extremes.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Simulated Rainfall Extremes
A couple of months ago, I was involved in a discussion with several UAF climate scientists on the topic of "black swan" climate extremes for...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/11/seasonal-temperatures-return.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Seasonal Temperatures Return
After many weeks in a row of well above normal temperatures, a brief respite of normal to slightly below normal temperatures have returned t...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2016/10/windy-and-colder.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Windy and Colder
Strong winds have been blowing in Fairbanks since yesterday morning, as high pressure to the north is creating an intense pressure gradient ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2023/01/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: January 2023
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/01/eagle-record-warmth.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Eagle Record Warmth
Update January 24 : the airport temperature data from Eagle yesterday was incorrect, as the ASOS aspirator has failed (information courtesy ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2020/07/rainfall-trends.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Rainfall Trends
As a follow-up to last week's post on increased rainfall in Fairbanks, I did a broader analysis with a couple of gridded data sets to exami...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: 2010
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/10/5th-warmest-september-of-record-at.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: 5th Warmest September of record at Barrow
Last month was the 5th warmest September of record at Barrow. Here are the rankings, temperatures in degrees F. 1. 37.7 (1998) 2. 37.6...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-record-lows.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: More Record Lows
Here's the NOAA-19 Polar orbiter infrared image from 2pm AST Wednesday, showing cold air pooled in the valleys and clouds south and east of ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/11/temperature-and-snow-cover-part-2.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Temperature and Snow Cover (Part 2)
Yesterday's post on snow cover and temperature prompted an interesting question from reader Eric about whether the data really showed what I...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/cold-snow.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Cold Snow
About half an inch of snow and 28 below at 8am on Keystone Ridge. Here's how it snows at these cold temperatures. The morning sounding shows...
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https://preview.weather.gov/ajk/tvimage.html?img=tomorrow
Alaska Weather Online
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/11/bering-sea-superstorm.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Bering Sea Superstorm
Here is the forecast from the 12Z Tuesday Nov 08 NAM valid 3am AST Wednesday Nov 09. That's a 946mb center west of St Lawrence Island. While...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2026/04/winter-storm-warnings.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Winter Storm Warnings
Winter storm warnings have been hoisted from the Yukon Delta and eastern Norton Sound to the western interior, as a decaying Bering Sea low ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/12/low-snow.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Low Snow
Four weeks ago today, Saturday, November 10th, the last significant snow fell in Fairbanks. Since then, just 0.1 inches of snow has fallen (...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/03/still-chilly-on-slope.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Still Chilly on the Slope
It's been a cold week on the North Slope. Lows Thursday morning include: Nuiqsut: -47F Umiat: -47F Sagwon SnoTel: -46F Deadhorse Airport: -4...
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https://650keni.iheart.com/content/2020-01-08-icy-north-alaska-weather/
Icy north (Alaska Weather) | 650 KENI
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-cold-has-january-been.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: How Cold has January Been?
Through the first 16 days of January, the average temperature at the Fairbanks Airport was -25.8F, almost 18 degrees below normal. Temperatu...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2019/08/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: August 2019
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2024/07/weather-notes.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Weather Notes
Large parts of Alaska have been much wetter than normal recently; here's a map of estimated 14-day precipitation totals (NOAA data) and the ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2020/12/wind-and-cold.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Wind and Cold
After last week's extreme rainfall in Southeast Alaska, a noteworthy North Pacific storm brought a lengthy episode of strong winds to southw...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2016/12/ice-cold-and-solstice-sun.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: River Ice, Satellite Data, and Solstice Sun
I've been busy lately, but here are a few miscellaneous items that may or may not interest a few readers. First - the webcam from Dawson, ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/04/cold-april-morning.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Cold April Morning
Fairbanks-land awoke Saturday to the coolest weather this late in the season in several years. A decent pressure gradient across the Inter...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-sun-is-shining-but.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: The Sun is Shining, But...
The sun is shining these days at Barrow, but there is not much heating yet. At 4pm Thursday the temperature fell to 34 below as winds shift ...
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https://www.foxweather.com/local-weather/alaska
Alaska Weather Forecasts by City | Today’s Weather in Alaska’s Cities
Keep yourself informed about the weather in Alaska with our up-to-date live forecasts. Get hourly and weekly weather forecasts for cities in Alaska with FOX...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/04/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: April 2021
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/09/forecast-showing-cold-spell.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Forecast Showing Cold Spell
The medium-range forecast for interior Alaska has taken on a cold look in the past few days and is now showing a cold upper-level trough bei...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/01/coldest-temps-of-season.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Coldest temps of the season
Low temperatures in most places in the Fairbanks area Saturday/Sunday morning were near or at the lowest of the season. At higher elevations...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2023/01/cloud-cover-trends.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Cloud Cover Trends
Continuing with the topic of cloud cover in Alaska, reader Gary asked about the 1976/77 Pacific climate regime change, noting that Hartmann ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/12/storm-aftermath.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Storm Aftermath
Here's the 3am Monday Surface Analysis from Environment Canada. The 975mb low near Banks Island is responsible for the re-surge of winds acr...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/10/non-radiational-inversion.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Non-radiational Inversion
It's getting to be that time of the year when inversions are not just for nighttime any more. With maximum solar elevation of just 15 degree...
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https://www.weather.gov/aawu/stnlist
Alaska Weather Station List
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2010/10/?m=0
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: October 2010
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2020/10/sea-ice-update.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Sea Ice Update
I haven't mentioned Arctic sea ice since its seasonal minimum a month and a half ago, but in recent weeks an extraordinary situation has bee...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2012/04/seasonal-snowfall-comparison.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Seasonal Snowfall Comparison
The snow season is not necessarily done with yet, but with mild weather here and the snow melted out in town, here is a comparison of total ...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/12/arctic-air.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Arctic Air
The afternoon sounding from Fairbanks shows reasonably deep cold air, with the entire sounding colder than minus 20C. I've plotted this one...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2019/05/follow-up-on-break-up.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Follow-Up on Break-Up
As a quick follow-up on the topic of predicting breakup dates, I looked at whether breakup is more closely related to hourly temperatures a...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2021/04/in-freezer.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: In The Freezer
Another day, another update on the remarkable cold snap that is now gripping much of Alaska. First, to follow up on yesterday: Kotzebue rea...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2013/08/frequent-rainfall-in-anchorage.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Frequent Rainfall in Anchorage
The summer rainfall pattern is firmly entrenched in Southcentral Alaska. Of particular note is the number of days with substantial precipita...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2024/06/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: June 2024
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2019/04/temperature-persistence-by-season.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Temperature Persistence by Season
In light of the extraordinary recent persistence of (far) above-normal temperatures in Alaska, it's interesting to look at historical data t...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2016/12/cold-spell-ends.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Cold Spell Ends
After nearly two weeks of significantly colder than normal temperatures in Fairbanks, clouds finally rolled in this morning and produced war...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2018/11/freezing-drizzle.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Freezing Drizzle
Residents of Fairbanks experienced one of the more unpleasant kinds of wintry weather at times last night and this morning: freezing drizzle...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/02/january-recap.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: January Recap
Overall a mild month; the average temperature at the airport of -6.0F almost 4 degrees above normal. Here on the hill, average temperature o...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2017/04/spring-warming-trends-continued.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: Spring Warming Trends (continued)
In my last post I suggested that annual dates of river break-up in Alaska may be able to provide quantitative information about long-term te...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-little-cooler.html
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: A Little Cooler
The air mass over interior Alaska has cooled some in the past few days, but above-freezing temperatures still persisted at about 1100' above...
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https://ak-wx.blogspot.com/2011/07/
Deep Cold: Alaska Weather & Climate: July 2011
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