Back in 1970 on July 19, it snowed 9.7 inches at the Summit weather station just south of Cantwell on the Parks Highway.
Annie Feidt, Alaska’s Energy Desk
Ask a Climatologist: Utqiagvik ends above normal temperature streak
Residents of Utqiagvik have experienced above normal temperatures for the last 17 months. But a cooler than normal June will end that streak.
Ask a Climatologist: Summer solstice
This year’s summer solstice happens at 8:24 pm Tuesday in Alaska.
Ask a Climatologist: Alaska’s hottest temp ever matches Hawaii’s
There has only been one 100 degree reading in Alaska, at Fort Yukon in 1915. That ties Hawaii for their warmest temperature on record.
Ask a Climatologist: In Alaska, wildfire season can go from mild to severe in an instant
In Alaska, meteorological conditions over a relatively short period of time drive the propensity for fires to start and spread.
Ask a Climatologist: Will May gloom bring summer doom?
May weather can’t tell us much about what the rest of the summer will hold in Southcentral Alaska.
Ask a Climatologist: The early arrival of ‘peak summer’ in Alaska
If you imagine a chart, ‘peak summer’ is the top of the annual temperature curve or the warmest part of the year. In Interior Alaska, that peak happens much earlier than most of the rest of the country.
Ask a Climatologist: Sizing up Alaska’s Summer
The outlook for June, July and August is for warmer than average temperatures for most of Alaska.
Ask a Climatologist: Alaska wins the daylight prize
In Utqiaġvik, the summer is longer than the winter by several weeks. The community has 84 days with 24 hour sunlight and only 65 days with no sunrise in winter.
Ask a Climatologist: Tracking “green up” in Fairbanks
Fairbanks is the only community in the state with an historical record tracking the “green up” date. And this year, it was right on schedule.