National Weather Service staff in the Fairbanks area report overflow—water rising onto the ice surface—on some Interior Alaska rivers and lakes, with measured depths up to about six inches, creating hazards for hikers and travelers.
Anchorage finished March 2026 as its coldest March on record, with average high temperatures far below normal. The forecast calls for a gradual warming trend into early April, with some light snow chances in parts of Southcentral and other regions.
An unusually long cold snap in Alaska’s Mat-Su region has driven frost more than 10 feet deep, freezing hundreds of household water, sewer, and septic lines and leaving some residents without running water for days to weeks.
Juneau, Alaska set a new seasonal snowfall record at the Juneau International Airport, reaching 201.2 inches and surpassing the previous 2006–07 record of 197.9 inches. Meteorologists attributed the unusually snowy winter to persistent cold Arctic outflow that kept the rain-snow line south of the city.
A winter river overflow (water flowing over river ice and refreezing) near Lake Minchumina, Alaska, disrupted travel on a trapline trail and created hazardous, glassy ice conditions for people, dogs, and horses.
Fairbanks, Alaska is experiencing an unusually cold and snowy winter, with the most -40°F days in more than five decades and February ranking among the snowiest on record. A climatologist says the season is an outlier for snow locally, even as other parts of Alaska have been relatively low-snow.
A winter storm pushed Anchorage to a record 36.4 inches of snow for January, prompting early school dismissals and difficult driving conditions. Police reported dozens of vehicles stuck and multiple crashes without injuries as plows worked to clear major roads.
Juneau experienced record-high snowfall in December, with 82 inches, the most since the mid-1900s, defying global warming trends and recent winter patterns.
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