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August 2019 Statewide Report and Cities Summary Available

Our monthly statewide report for August 2019 is available here.

Our monthly 9 cities summary can be found here.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 9-5-2019

September 5, 2019: this week the sea ice has decreased by 7.81% from last week's level of 4.647 M km2 to 4.284 M km2 for this week. The 2019 sea ice extent line (gold) has completely separated from the all-time level in 2012 (green line) and is now even with the 2016 level (red line).

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Updated AK wildfire information and smoke forecasts

The UAF smoke page has been updated for the current fire season and provides up to date information on current fires as well as smoke forecasts.

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Spotlight on Climate

Annual Summary Report 2018

2018 Alaska Climate Summary

Statewide 2018 Year in Review

2018 was significantly warmer than the climatological mean and one of the warmest years on record in Alaska. The fall season in particular stood out as exceptionally warm.

 

See also: 2018 NOAA Arctic Report Card

 

New Papers-

On the Precipitation and Precipitation Change in Alaska

Atmosphere Download it here.

On the Climate and Climate Change of Sitka, Southeast Alaska

Theoretical and Applied Climatology. Download it here.

Strong Temperature Increase and Shrinking Sea Ice in Arctic Alaska

The Open Atmospheric Science Journal. Download it here.

Book -

The Climate of Alaska

Produced by the Alaska Climate Research Center in 2007 by Martha Shulski and Gerd Wendler. Click here for more details!

 

For other papers please see our research page.

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