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  Sea surface temperatures around Alaska for the week ending October 2 feature water warmer the normal in the open Gulf of Alaska but near normal near the coast. Western and northern Bering Sea warm but southeast Bering remains cool. Mostly below normal north of the Bering Strait although above normal near the Alaskan coast. Data from NOAA/PSL/ESRL. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org @ZLabe@fediscience.org #akwx #Arctic #SST

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  The Chena River in downtown Fairbanks is at the highest level on record (since 1948) at this point in the season. No wonder: total rainfall for the month through the 19th: Fairbanks Aprt: 3.80", UAF: 4.03" South Fox: 4.41" Keystone Ridge (Murphy Dome area): 6.60" Munson Ridge (south of Chena Hot Springs): 8.9" Graphic courtesy NWS/APRFC @anisian@alaskan.social @mivox@mivox.net #akwx #weather #hydrology

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  Very warm July (relative to normal) in western Siberia and much of central and eastern Canadian Arctic. Cooler than normal for most of Alaska, northwest Canada, the Russian far northeast and the Nordic Arctic. For the Arctic overall (land and seas north of 60ºN), third warmest July since 1950 in ERA5 reanalysis. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org #Arctic #Climate #Summer2026

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  Early look at July average temperature departures around the Arctic. Very warm across western into central Siberia and in much of the eastern Canadian Arctic. Cooler than average over most of Alaska and the northern Canadian Arctic Islands. Graphic courtesy K. Haustein. #Arctic #Climate Summer2026 @Climatologist49@fediscience.org

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  Arctic Today with a sea ice story. Always a plus to be in the same story as @ZLabe@fediscience.org 🙂 https://www.arctictoday.com/arctic-ice-hits-record-lows-on-the-atlantic-side-as-the-us-cuts-back-on-tracking-it/ #Arctic #SeaIce

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  #Tanacross #Dene #Alaska #language ts'éninṯẖiit! "wake up!" ts'enihthet "I woke up" nátaat̲h̲et "s/he will stand" nén’ tidaxdint̲h̲et "the world is messed up" naa tidaxdint̲h̲et "that place is bad" n’éɬ s̲h̲iikanítáat̲h̲eɬ "good luck in the future (for good deeds)" @ScoterD@alaskan.social @transitionalaspect@fnordon.de

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  For the fourth consecutive year, the Northwest Territories, Canada has the vast majority of the wildfire in the northern North America. Season isn't over, but the proportions are not likely to change much in next eight weeks. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org @BakerRL75@m.ai6yr.org #Summer2026 #Wildfire

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  For a nerd-level dive into the current state of El Niño outlooks, this post from @hausfath@fediscience.org is quite informative. #weather #Climate https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-strongest-el-nino-ever

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  The complete loss of cold years in the Arctic since the 1980s is astounding. The last "blue" stripe was 1992, following the Pinatubo Volcano eruption in the summer of 1991. #ShowYourStripes #Climate #Arctic

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  Sea ice is on the way out for the season in the Bering Sea. Increasing areas of moderate concentration ice in the southern Chukchi and large area open water persisting west of the North Slope coast: overall sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea the lowest for May 30 since 2022. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

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  Downtown Fairbanks Sunday 430pm AKDT: rain and thunder. #MyAlaskaWx

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  Downtown Fairbanks Monday 600am: Cloudy, bit of a breeze, a little rain overnight but not currently, 47F (8.3C). #MyAlaskaWx

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  As May ends the transition to summer in the Arctic is right on track. Update on snow and ice melt in the latest from the Alaska Arctic Climate Newsletter. @Climatologist49 https://alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/may-2026-sea-ice-and-snow-update https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/may-2026-sea-ice-and-snow-update #Arctic #Climate #Spring2026

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  High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Mildest day of the month in parts of southwest Alaska and upper Bristol Bay. A bit milder in Southeast and Gulf of Alaska coast. Slightly cooler in the northern Interior. #akwx #weather

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  High temperature in May at Utqiaġvik, Alaska was only 29F (-1.7C). This is the second lowest May high temperature in the past 105 years. Only lower was May 1952, when the high was 28F (-2.2C). #akwx #Climate #Spring2026 @Climatologist49 @cinderbdt

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  Cordova, Alaska (Eyak country) was cool and soggy in May: coolest May (3.2F below normal) since 1985 and most May rain (12.96 inches) since 1989. No wonder it’s been a backwards spring. #akwx #Climate

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  From KYUK in Bethel, Alaska: "I'm worrying about their being able to heat their homes, fuel their cars, all my village agents in 73 villages fueling up their four-wheeler to meet the plane. This is, it's gonna affect every aspect of life in Western Alaska…” https://www.kyuk.org/economy/2026-05-20/western-alaska-prepares-to-lock-in-what-may-be-unaffordably-high-fuel-prices-for-the-year

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  Part 2 of the Arctic Summers and El Niño climate analysis is now posted in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. This is the first AAC newsletter that is cross-posted on Beehiiv and Substack. We'll see how this goes. @Climatologist49@fediscience.org https://alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/arctic-summer-and-el-ni-o-part-2 https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-summer-and-el-nino-part-2 #Arctic #Climate #ElNino

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  High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Continued very mild northwest Arctic with a new record high temperature for the date at Kotzebue (59F, 15.0C). Warmest day of the year so far in the northeast Interior. However, quite cool on the Gulf of Alaska and the southeast Bering Sea coasts. #akwx #weather

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  Downtown Fairbanks Tuesday 600am: bright and sunny, calm, 37F (2.8C). #MyAlaskaWx

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  High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Monday. Cooler in northwest Alaska and still chilly on the Gulf of Alaska coast. Mildest in the upper Yukon valley. #akwx #weather

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  Downtown Fairbanks Wednesday 600am: Partly sunny, slight breeze, 44F (6.7C). #MyAlaskaWx

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  Birch Hill, Fairbanks, Alaska in spring-green finery. Photo from Creamers Field. #akwx #Alaska #Spring2026

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  High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Tuesday. Continued rainy and chilly on the northern Gulf of Alaska coast. Mild in the Upper Yukon valley. Still staying below freezing on the northern North Slop coast. #akwx #weather

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  In case you’re wondering about the status of the start of melt season on the Greenland Ice Sheet, keep on wondering… #Arctic #Climate

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  Alaska spinny thing Wednesday afternoon. About a 978 hPa low centered near Adak in the central Aleutians with a well developed occlusion over the southeast Bering Sea. #akwx #weather

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  If you’re in Fairbanks today (Thursday), come on out to the 2026 edition of the Arctic Research Open House at UAF this afternoon 4-7pm. I’ll be there: stop by the ACCAP table in Akasofu Building and let's chat about anything Alaska weather and climate related. It’s always a good time. #akwx @anisian @mivox https://www.uaf.edu/news/uaf-to-host-free-arctic-research-open-house-may-14.php

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  #SilentSunday #Alaska #Spring

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  No, the upper air observation situation in Alaska is not getting better. Alaska Wednesday afternoon 50 percent of possible upper air observations were missing. But thanks for asking. #weather

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  Satellite-derived sea ice thickness around Alaska for the week ending March 26 courtesy AWI. Ice is thicker than the 2011-25 median along the Alaska Chukchi coast and of course in the southeast Bering, where the 15-year median ice extent is zero. Mostly thinner than average ice in the northern Bering Sea St. Lawrence Island westward. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce