Arrggg...
Half a dozen weather balloon observations in Alaska not available Saturday afternoon (from what there should have been five months ago). #weather #akwx @Climatologist49 @ingalls

Fairbanks Airport as of 430pm Saturday up to 80F (26.7C). This is the first 80F of year, about five days later than the average date over the past 50 years. #akwx #Summer2025 @Climatologist49 @anisian @debmcqueen

Low level smoke from northern British Columbia wildfires now blankets most of the central and southern Yukon and now into eastern Interior, with Saturday mid-afternoon air quality into the "unhealthy" category as far northwest as Tok, Alaska. Data and graphic courtesy Purple Air. #akwx #Wildfire2025 #Summer2025 #Smoke

Smoke haze from NW Canada wildfires now into Alaska. Visibility at Eagle has been down to five miles Saturday afternoon. Image courtesy FAA. #akwx #Wildfire2025

Sea surface temperatures around Alaska are increasingly cooler than the 1991-2020 baseline. North of the Bering Strait, later than normal sea ice melt the primary driver. Over the northern Gulf of Alaska, clouds and cooler airmass limiting seasonal warming. Bristol Bay and the western Bering Sea remain warm. Data courtesy NOAA/PSL/ESRL. @Climatologist49 @ZLabe

The National Weather Service this week issued the very first heat advisory in Alaska, but it wasn't the first because of unprecedented high temperatures. Details in the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter.
@Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/alaskas-first-heat-advisory

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Friday. Very warm on the North Slope and Interior with the first 80F temperature in Alaska (usually that happens in May). Very cool over extreme northwest BC and northernmost Southeast Alaska. #akwx #weather

6:00AM: 45F, SUNNY!

Yes, the sun (and high pressure) is back. I am firmly supporting those sun-lovers out there (which, I understand, is most of humanity.) I had 2 months of rain, ya'll can have a few days of

Psssst....looks like I may have a rainy Monday.

Friday 2pm AKDT: first (reliable) 80F (25.7C) of the year in Alaska occurs at Eagle. #akwx #weather

Friday: significant wildfire smoke near the ground and reduced air quality in portions of the southern Yukon Territory from northern BC fires. Smoke in Alaska is still mostly thin and aloft. Data and graphic courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx @Climatologist49

The high temperature so far this year at Juneau Airport is 63F (17.2C). This is lowest max temperature through June 13 for any year on record (since 1941). The previous lowest was 64F (17.8C) in 2012. The typical highest temperature over the past 50 years to June 13 is 75F. #akwx #Climate @Climatologist49

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Thursday. Continued cool and damp in Southeast and in the Bering Strait region. Generally quite warm in between with highest temps so far this summer in some places. #akwx #weather

5:45AM: 41F, a few clouds.

Here's the forecast for the next few days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6j4TGqVl5g&list=RDn6j4TGqVl5g&start_radio=1

Both Anchorage and Fairbanks Thursday morning in the zone for high level smoke haze the originated from wildfire in central Canada. More substantial smoke from the northern BC fires is possible Friday over the Haines/Skagway area in northern Southeast Alaska. #akwx #Wildfire #Smoke @Climatologist49 @seachanger

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Many areas except the west and northwest coast this was the warmest day of the year thus far, though except for some North Slope coastal areas not at all unusual for mid-June. #akwx #weather

6:00AM: 49F, overcast.

I need to enjoy today, because
is in the forecast for the next couple of days.

Plus a high of 62 on Saturday! Time to break out the sprinkler to cool down.

With hot weather inbound and so wildfire in Alaska very likely to ramp up in the coming week, here's where things stand at the end of the cool spell. The 1095 acres (443 ha) so far this year is second lowest to June 11 during the past 33 years: 2023 was slightly lower, 1999 only slightly higher. #akwx #Wildfire @anisian @Climatologist49

Fairbanks finally reaches 70F. At 3pm AKDT the temperature at the Fairbanks Airport was 70F (21.1C). This is the first occurrence of a temperature of 70F or higher this year, almost four weeks later than the average date of the first 70F during the past 50 years. This is the latest "first 70" in modern era and the second latest on record: in 1911 the "first 70" was reported on June 12. #akwx #Climate @anisian @Climatologist49

Can confirm: high level smoke haze over Fairbanks, Alaska Wednesday morning from northern Alberta/Saskatchewan wildfires. Graphic from NWS HRRR smoke model. #akwx #Wildfire2025 @Climatologist49 @anisian @mivox @debmcqueen

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Tuesday. Much milder on the North Slope. Southcentral and Interior closer to normal than recent days. Rainy and cool Bering Strait region. #akwx #weather