Alaska Weather Blog

If you think fog is a simple thing then this post may complicate things, but hopefully in an interesting way. If ...

Thirteen days in a row with highs in the 70s F (21-26 C) (but not hotter) in southeast Alaska is quite notable. This is what just ended in Haines, and close to it in Petersburg and Wrangell. This graph shows the nice consistent dirunal (day-night) pattern of clear weather at Haines. (The data is from the airport, where on the 20th it did not quite make it to 70, but it did at the slightly warmer climate station, so that's where the 13 days is).

We've been on this roller coaster before, but recent heat in southern Southeast Alaska took us to new heights. ...

After a couple very mild winters this one is feeling different. Northern southeast Alaska has been cold and windy ...

We've had some warm days lately in northern Southeast Alaska, and if perception is worth anything, it always feels ...

Lately around here we've been blessed with decent snow cover. A nice change from the last two winters. Nice fresh show that stays fresh thanks to lack of warm surges. To add to the beautiful scene, the snow has had lots of sparkles of light reflecting off the surface from the bright moon or nearby lights (there's plenty of time to see this with days still solstice short).

Of all the weather elements, precipitation seems the most chaotic when it comes to spatial and temporal ...

Everybody is different, but the reduced light in the North and the gloomy weather in many parts of Alaska at this ...

While some folks back east may have been mightily inconvenienced by recent snows, here in Alaska most people like ...

You've heard it said...Alaska has sooo much coastline... We do, about 34,000 miles (54,700 km) worth, and we have ...

I try to keep the number of errors in my Alaska Weather Calendar to a minimum. I have a team of freelance editors ...

Back into the freezer
The strong "January thaw" that pushed well into the interior and tied the all time ...
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