Alaska’s largest city surpassed seven feet of snow for the season with an exceptionally fluffy snowfall Sunday.
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After 3 La Niña years in a row, Alaska’s cold climate luck is about to run out
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider says models suggest that a flip toward an El Niño is possible.
Alaska sees third La Niña winter forecast in a row
The forecast favors colder-than-average temperatures for Southeast Alaska this winter.
June is set to go down as one of Alaska’s driest ever
While the meager June precipitation totals aren’t official yet, a drought designation for parts of the state is.
Anchorage’s rapid warm-up caused temperatures to jump 11 degrees in 1 minute
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider says the Chinook event in Anchorage is not to be confused with a Pineapple Express, or the atmospheric river that slammed Southeast.
Alaska’s weekend Christmas storm was one for the record books
Alaska’s Christmas storm of 2021 has caused chaos in Interior Alaska, as well as some climatological phenomena of interest across the state.
Alaska’s early cold snap isn’t going away any time soon
The cold has set in across most of Alaska and set daily record lows in places like Homer, King Salmon and Bethel.
Alaska could see another La Niña winter, but early season snow and temps don’t mean much
Alaskans shouldn’t read too much into the early season cold temperatures and snowfall.
Ask a Climatologist: What is termination dust, anyway?
Brettschneider says defining “termination dust” is important for building a historical record, like we have for green-up.
Ask a Climatologist: What’s with all the rain?
Parts of Western Alaska recently saw their wettest month on record, and forecasters are expecting an atmospheric river to soak Southeast.