Ice in the Chukchi Sea is at a record low for this time of year, by a wide margin.
"Brian Brettschneider"
Ask a Climatologist: How the jet stream affects Alaska
In Alaska, big fall storms are often associated with the jet stream.
Ask a Climatologist: The fall color formula is pretty simple
Weather conditions aren’t a driver of when fall colors appear, but weather events can drive the extent, duration and intensity of fall colors.
Ask a Climatologist: Fairbanks records early first freeze
Fairbanks gets the first freeze of the season about a week early.
Ask a Climatologist: The mind boggling rain of tropical storm Harvey
If you took all that water that has just fallen on Harris County and you put it right over the urban part of Anchorage it would be about 60 or 70 feet deep. It’s an extraordinary amount of water that’s fallen.
Ask a Climatologist: Rainy…even by Ketchikan standards
Most places in Alaska are wetter than normal for August, but it’s been especially rainy in Ketchikan.