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September 2018 Statewide Report and Cities Summary Available

September was exceptionally warm and dry in most of Alaska: Our monthly statewide report for September 2018 is available here.

Our monthly 9 cities summary can be found here.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent 10-11-2018

October 11, 2018: This week the sea ice increase rate was another 2.31% and up from last week's level of 5.109 M km2 to 5.230 M km2 for this week.

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July 2018 Cities Summary Available

Our Nine Cities Summary for July 2018 is now available here.
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Spotlight on Climate

Annual Summary Report 2017

2017 Alaska Climate Summary

Statewide 2017 Year in Review

Spring and summer temperatures in the Arctic were cooler in 2017 than they have been in many years this decade, but the annual average surface temperature was still the second highest on record according to the annual issue of NOAA’s Arctic Report Card.

 

2017 NOAA Arctic Report Card Visual Highlights

 

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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