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The climate in the extreme north of Alaska is what would be expected for an area north of the Arctic Circle. It is an Arctic climate (Köppen EF) with long, very cold winters and short, cool summers. The sun does not rise at all during some weeks in the winter, and is out for 24 hours during some weeks in the summer.
1985 North American cold wave. The 1985 North America cold wave[1] was a meteorological event which occurred in January 1985 as a result of the shifting of the polar vortex farther south than is normally seen. [1] Blocked from its normal movement, polar air from the north pushed into nearly every section of the central and eastern half of the ...
Climate change. Based on the ERA5 data published by ECMWF, the annual mean temperature of Anchorage has increased from 0.8 °C in 1940 to 3.8 °C in 2022, an increase of 3 °C. [8] The mayor and the assembly of Anchorage in 2019 issued a climate action plan for the anticipated effects that climate change will have on its city and people. [9]
November was a cold month across much of Alaska - especially in southwest Alaska. These location all saw a Top 5 coldest November. Both King Salmon and Cold Bay recorded their coldest November on ...
Part of the 2020–21 North American winter. The February 2021 North American cold wave was an extreme weather event that brought record low temperatures to a significant portion of Canada, the United States and parts of northern Mexico during the first two-thirds of February 2021. The cold was caused by a southern migration of the polar vortex ...
Utqiagvik has the lowest average temperatures of cities in Alaska. Although Utqiagvik rarely records the lowest temperatures statewide during cold waves, extremely low wind chill and "white out" conditions from blowing snow are prevalent. Temperatures remain below freezing, 32 F (0 C), from early October through late May, and below 0 °F (−18 ...
The cold air continued to move to the east, breaking daily record low temperatures in Oregon and Idaho. By Thursday, the cold air had dropped temperatures to 20 degrees Fahrenheit below zero in ...
The cold wave was related to a highly negative North Atlantic Oscillation event during that winter driving cold Arctic air into most of North America. [ 1 ] February 1936 was the coldest February on record in the contiguous U.S., narrowly eclipsing February 1899. [ 2 ] It also was the coldest month ever in Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota.