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Average monthly precipitation generally peaks in September or October, and is lowest in May and June. Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On ...
Alaska's famous Iditarod sled dog race's starting point has been moved northward to Fairbanks for the 2025 event. The 1,000-mile trek goes westward across the state to Nome. The move came after ...
Average January low and high temperatures at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (PANC) are 11 / 23 °F (−11.7 / −5.0 °C) with an average winter snowfall of 75.59 inches, or 1.92 meters. Farther afield at the Campbell Airstrip is another weather station recording colder night temperatures in both summer and winter. [4]
Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails. The Iditarod Trail, also known historically as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, is a thousand-plus mile (1,600 km) historic and contemporary trail system in the US state of Alaska. The trail began as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples.
Two dogs died over the weekend during Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race, marking the first deaths during the race in five years and renewing calls to end the 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer ...
Earliest Snowfall: September 4, 1976 (trace) Latest Snowfall: June 3, 1974 (trace) Deepest Snowpack: 60 inches (150 cm) February 5–6, 1971 and the 10th of the same year A weather station was operated between 1970 and 1980 during the construction of the Alaska Pipeline, and after a long gap, temperature observations resumed in 2015 ...
The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with ...
Climate chart for Iliamna. Iliamna has a continental subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) with mild summers and severely cold winters.Iliamna's year-round average temperature is 37.7 °F (3.2 °C), with five months averaging below freezing (32 °F (0 °C)) and three months averaging above 50 °F (10 °C), July is the warmest month with an average temperature of 57.8 °F (14.3 °C) and January is ...