DOT spokesperson Shannon McCarthy said the weather this week -- alternately freezing and thawing -- was likely the culprit.

1-9-15 Record high temperatures - Bethel, Alaska, USA

Weekend storm eroded the face of the sea wall.

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.

2-25-14 Seasonal change - Nightmute, Alalska, USA

By mid century, past Olympic venues like Squaw Valley, California; Oslo, Norway; Chamonix, France; and—of course—Sochi, will be too warm to ever host the Winter Games again.

2-17-14 Windy, no snow - Wasilla, Alaska, USA

Heavy rains and flooding.

1-27-14 Where is the snow - St. Mary's Alaska, USA

1-24-14 Lake of snow - Nanwalek, Alaska, USA

Alyeska Ski Resort in Girdwood will not open for skiers and snowboarders Tuesday because of unseasonably warm temperatures and severe weather, according to a post on the resort's Facebook page.

1-20-14 Snow then rain - Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA

Fuel headers leading to bulk fuel farm out of service due to coastal erosion.

1-3-14 Where is the snow - Solomon, Alaska, USA

Folks here are famous for being able to handle the cold, but anything wet in December has always made us nervous. Especially wet falling from the sky. Lately, weather, our favorite nemesis, has broken the rules. Our confidence in the most-trustworthy feature of the Arctic -- winter -- has been wounded.

Unusually warm weather in Port Heiden.

12-7-13 Unseasonably warm weather - Quinhagak, Alaska USA

Much of the state became one heck of an ice rink over the weekend, with temperatures spiking into the 40s in much of Southcentral Alaska and thawing reported as far north as Fairbanks.

Fire Island is producing more than expected for this time of year according to Ethan Schutt, senior vice president of land and development for Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) the Alaska Native corporation that operates the wind farm. So far about 17,000 megawatt hours have been produced, enough to power roughly 6,500 Southcentral homes each month.

Blizzard conditions paralyzed Saskatoon and many other communities Wednesday as a fierce storm scoured the central part of the province, closing roads, airports and schools.