Last year’s federal budget reconciliation bill included billions of dollars for aviation improvements around the country – including many new weather stations in Alaska.
Weather
Juneau’s record winter snowfall won’t influence glacial outburst flood size this summer
Scientists say the snowpack is about average and has nothing to do with how big the flood will be.
Thane Road reopens after gale winds raise avalanche risk
Several avalanches have been observed in known slide paths across downtown Juneau over the past week.
Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record
The city reached 201.2 inches at the Juneau International Airport at midnight, surpassing the previous record of 197.9 inches set in the winter of 2006-07.
Juneau’s wild winter bucks the climate trend
It’s Juneau’s third snowiest winter on record so far, but the season overall has gotten warmer and less snowy over the long term.
Juneau students have missed four days this school year due to snow. They won’t have to make them up.
That’s partially because the district was able to get some of the lost days waived by the state due to extraordinary weather. It also has four extra days built into its calendar.