9+ hour, 27+ min ago   (281+ words) This is the usual monthly climate summary for Alaska. I covered wildfire in Alaska through July here. July sea ice from the pan-arctic perspective is here. I’ll add the ERA5 analysis graphics after the July data posts, and the Arctic-wide July…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (319+ words) This post covers temperatures and precipitation for the Arctic and Alaska for June 2026. The June sea ice and wildfire summary is here. Since 1950, this was easily the warmest June on record for the Arctic overall (Fig. 2) and the mildest since…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago   (784+ words) Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter Alaska May 2026 Climate Summary Cool and wet except in the west This is the early look at Alaska climate in May: I’ll add ERA5 temperature and precipitation graphics when the data…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (702+ words) Alaska April 2026 Climate Summary Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter Alaska April 2026 Climate Summary Mostly uneventful for a change This is the early look at April 2026 climate in Alaska. I’ll add the ERA5-based graphics when that…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (313+ words) This is a companion post to the March 2026 station-based Alaska temperature summary, here, and the Arctic-wide March climate summary, here. Nearly all of Alaska (96 percent) was colder than normal in ERA5 reanalysis (Fig. 1), with 20 percent of the state having the coldest…...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago   (247+ words) This is an “early” post highlighting some aspects of the very cold March over most of Alaska. I’ll have more details early next week after the ERA5 reanalysis data for the month becomes available. One of the impacts of the sustained…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (189+ words) March has been very cold across much of Alaska. Following an usually cold winter, the continuing wintery temperatures, and the bountiful snow in in Southeast, means that lots of folks are even more ready than usual for significantly milder weather…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (621+ words) Substack Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter Alaska February 2026 Climate Summary There is so much going climate-wise in Alaska and the Arctic that in order to keep post to a reasonable length, I’ll put up several posts with the summaries for…...