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Sea ice extent in both the Chukchi and Beaufort seas is at the lowest of the season, though it's still the highest for Sept 12 since 2018 in NSIDC data. The ongoing stormy weather is likely to increase the open water area at least a bit in the next few days. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe
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Looking north from the Bank Building in downtown Utqiaġvik, morning light shows a lot of erosion of the ocean-side berms and Eben Hobson Street impassable. Image courtesy UAF Sea Ice Group. @Climatologist49 @cinderbdt
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Coastal flooding at Utqiaġvik since Saturday evening has closed roads around town. West to southwest winds gusted to almost 60 mph late Saturday but are diminishing Sunday morning as the storm moves eastward. #akwx #Autumn2026 @cinderbdt
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The Chukchi Sea at Utqiaġvik cranking up early Saturday afternoon with southwest winds gusting to almost 50 mph. Webcam image from the top of the Bank Building looking north courtesy of the Sea Ice Group at UAF. @Climatologist49 @cinderbdt
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In the better late than never department, the Alaska climate summary for August from the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter is now posted: Warm and wet…or dry. On Beehiiv and Substack. #akwx #Climate
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In the better late than never department, the Alaska climate summary for August from the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter is now posted. On Beehiiv and Substack. @Climatologist49
https://alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/alaska-august-2026-climate-summary
https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/alaska-august-2026-climate-summary
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6:00AM: 48F, clear.
Sunny-ish, highs in the mid to upper 60's for the next few days.
I will be at the Grand Canyon...where it will be in the upper....gulp....90's...
Good thing it's a pretty view! 😉
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Utqiaġvik, Alaska has received 0.80 inches (20.3mm) of rain between Thursday afternoon and 10am AKDT Friday.This is already the highest 24-hour precipitation in September on record at Utqiaġvik, breaking the previous record of 0.75 inches (19.1mm) in Sep 2021. Climate observations since 1920. @Climatologist49 @cinderbdt
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6:00AM: 58F, clear.
Because I'm nothing if not magnanimous....
I'm leaving tomorrow on a 2 week vacay to the Grand Canyon, Pickin' In The Pines Bluegrass festival in Flagstaff, and then a visit with family in Twisp, WA.
In my absence, I'm wishing Sitka ALL the sun it can handle.
I'm back October 1st, when I expect those fall storms to be arriving on schedule. 😉 😎 👍
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August temperatures averaged above normal over most of Alaska except in Southcentral and Southwest Alaska, where the monthly average was close to normal. Southeast Alaska was especially warm, with both Juneau and Petersburg having a "top ten" warmest August. #akwx #Climate #Summer2026
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August temperatures averaged above normal over most of Alaska except in Southcentral and Southwest Alaska, where the monthly average was close to normal. Southeast Alaska was especially warm, with both Juneau and Petersburg having a "top ten" warmest August. @Climatologist49
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Alaska precipitation totals in August showed a very sharp west-to-east difference relative to the 1991-2020 baseline normal. Western Interior excessively rainy with some places having three times normal. Meanwhile, Cook Inlet area, after a (near) record wet July had way below normal totals. Southeast also drier than normal. @Climatologist49 @DeniseGutzmer
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Thunderstorm season is nearly over for another year across mainland Alaska. This season started off slow but ramped up just before summer solstice. Many wildfires started during this time but most were unable to become even moderately large fires. The mini-peak in mid-August was unusual but not unprecedented. Total strike count was lower than last year but typical since the current lightning detection network came online in 2012. @Climatologist49 @anisian
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Wildfires in Alaska this summer burned about 89,000 acres (36,000 ha), about 14 percent of the median in the previous 30 years. This is also lowest area burned since 1995. Nonetheless, the 7300 acre Mukluk Fire at Tok is one of the worst fires on record in Alaska in terms of homes lost. Data courtesy Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. @Climatologist49 @anisian
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#AKwx #Halong #Kipnuk #Kwigillingok
From AP News: Evacuees detail harrowing scenes of flooding in coastal Alaska villages as airlift continues
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Pretty good bet that the highest temperatures of 2025 have come and gone in and around Alaska. Widespread 90s in the Koyukuk and Kobuk valleys are extreme, but likely not as rare as the 80s on the western North Slope, even right to the coast. Meanwhile, some areas in Southcentral (Kenai) and Southeast (Sitka) had unusually low peak temperatures. @Climatologist49
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Wildfire area burned in the Northwest Territories, Canada has nearly doubled in the past two weeks, with more than 1.33 million hectares (3.30 million acres) burned in 2025. Although wildfire as been minimal in the Yukon Territory and Alaska this month, the northern North American total area burned is now nearly twice the 1988 to 2024 median and on par with 2022 and 2024. @Climatologist49
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2025 wildfire perimeters in central and northwest Alaska as of July 23rd courtesy Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. The Klikhtentotzna fire, north of Hughes/west of Alatna, is the largest fire with estimated area burned of 115,600 acres (46,800 ha). Statewide as of July 23 the total estimated area burned at 957,900 acres (378,600 ha).
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Another moderately active day for lightning around Alaska. June 21 will likely finish above 1600 strikes. AICC reports 63 new wildfires in the past week, most of them lightning starts. #akwx #Summer2023 #Wildfire
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I've got an overview of the 2024 Arctic and sub-Arctic wildfire season to mid-June posted on the Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter.
#akwx #Wildfire #Summer2023 #Canada #Climate
https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/early-summer-2024-arctic-wildfire
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The McDonald Fire has taken off on the Tanana Flats southeast of Fairbanks and is spreading quickly westward in the strong winds. Fire's not a threat to property but smoke may become a problem. No cause posted but it's evidently on DoD land, so…
#akwx #Summer2023 #Wildife
@CarrieinFbx @debmcqueen @leahwrenn @themattphelps @mivox @anisian @Climatologist49 -
My wrap-up of the North American high latitude 2023 wildfire season is now posted.
#akwx #ytwx #ntwx
#Arctic #WildFire #CanadaWildfire #Summer2023 #Climate
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Drone footage of the #Mendenhall River jökulhlaup flooding in #Juneau on Saturday: https://youtu.be/bKVdDkfbHUo
Latest story from KTOO: https://www.ktoo.org/2023/08/05/city-recommends-evacuations-as-juneau-sees-record-flooding-from-glacial-outburst-flood/
#akwx #ClimateChange
(Cc @AlaskaWx @Climatologist49 @AK_OK) -
Elevated smoke from Northwest Territories #wildfires has moved west into #Alaska. In the eastern Brooks Range and northeast Interior it's thick to be obvious, as seen in this Wednesday morning FAA webcam image from Vashrąįį K’ǫǫ (Arctic Village).
As of Wednesday AM, wildfire area burned this season:
NWT 959,999 ha (2.37 million acres), most since 2014
Yukon Territory: 43,043 ha (106.4k acres)
Alaska: 766 ha (1.9k acres)
#akwx #ytwx #ntwx #Summer2023 #CanadaWildfire
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