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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 ...
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]
Most of northern Alaska has an Arctic climate with long, extremely cold winters and short, cool summers. The average temperatures during the summer months are only several degrees above freezing and the average temperatures during winter are as low as −20 to −30 °F (−29 to −34 °C), and can dip to −50 to −60 °F (−46 to −51 °C).
Sea ice melted, kids swam in unusually warm water and Anchorage hit 90°F for the first time as Alaska becomes America's starkest example of climate change. Alaska records its warmest month ever ...
Over the week of Jan. 5 to 11, Pittsburgh's temperatures have been most similar to Anchorage, Alaska's historical average temperatures for this time of year, according to the Southeast Regional ...
Alaska-based climatologist Brian Brettschneider calculated that the Dec. 1-Feb. 28 meteorological winter is a better fit for the coldest time of year in most of the United States and Canada.
The amount of snow received at weather stations varies substantially from year to year. For example, the annual snowfall at Paradise Ranger Station in Mount Rainier National Park has been as little as 266 inches (680 cm) in 2014-2015 and as much as 1,122 inches (2,850 cm) in 1971–1972.
Vancouver, which is known for its milder weather, was realizing one of its coldest and snowiest Februarys in 25 years. [64] On February 28, Hamilton, Ontario set a record low of −22 °C (−8 °F). [65] In 2014 the U.S. winter period December – February had experienced its coldest in 25 years, while Canada had its warmest winter on record. [66]