Alaska experiences unusual weather with multiple false springs, marked by warm periods followed by heavy snow or cold, casting doubt on the arrival of summer.
Big snow falls, warm temperatures, and strong winds covers snow surface with a variety of seeds from trees.
October flew by leaving us with a couple of light snowfalls. November came around with something slightly more impressive, but it wasn't the same. Mid December decided to make up for all of the snowfalls that we missed all at once, it seems like.
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the occurrence of hail during the winter and early spring months. This type of weather is very unusual for this area. While our current experiences with hail have been mild, an increase in frequency and severity is cause for concern.
In December of 2020 an atmospheric river brought heavy rains on top of a deep snowpack.
We went from relatively cold days and nights in late March, to warm days and warm nights in April. This means no overnight freezing of snow, and no crust conditions for skiers...yet.
Warm temperatures bring novel rain event in Northern Sweden.
Photograph illustrates the impact of a rain-on-snow event during the winter of 2018.
Multiple storms and warm weather in St. Mary's.
The past couple years have been warmer than normal contributing to where the river is still flowing ice and with some of the plants still green.
Hazardous driving conditions due to freezing rain.
Winter transformed from time of snow to time of ice.
It was a very warm week of the 25th of January, on my way home it started raining pretty heavy, mind you, no snow, but rain. I was expecting maybe some wet snow, but it was not to be...
A heatwave in Unalakleet, Alaska.
Nome was hit by unseasonably warm temperatures and strong winds.
At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.
We used to be able to go ice fishing in the lagoon as well as ice skating. Now community members are using a net to get the tomcods.
11-11-14 Unseasonable warm - Ruby, Alaska, USA
11-01-14 Unseasonably warm - Pitkas Point, Alaska, USA
Heavy rains and flooding.
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