June 22, 2019
Thursday's (6/20/19) high of 73F (23C) in Utqiagvik (Barrow) set a new all-June high temperature record for the ...
August 28, 2012
When I moved to Alaska in 1982, I was a real cheechako. I did not even know what termination dust was. The term ...
December 19, 2012
The question in the title came to me in an email, but for every email I get there are probably hundreds asking the ...
February 1, 2013
Dry cold, wet cold? no.Winter cold and summer cold? no. Bitterly cold vs extremely cold? no. Calm vs windy ...
May 2, 2013
While waiting to board my Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau to Seattle April 9, the all-to-common announcement ...
February 11, 2014
Back into the freezer
The strong "January thaw" that pushed well into the interior and tied the all time ...
February 3, 2015
While some folks back east may have been mightily inconvenienced by recent snows, here in Alaska most people like ...
January 7, 2017
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).
October 22, 2016
Of all the weather elements, precipitation seems the most chaotic when it comes to spatial and temporal ...
May 19, 2017
We've had some warm days lately in northern Southeast Alaska, and if perception is worth anything, it always feels ...
September 22, 2025
Southeast Alaska's summer has been an unusual one from several angles (read a summer review here). The latest ...
January 19, 2018
We've been on this roller coaster before, but recent heat in southern Southeast Alaska took us to new heights. ...