warm winter alaska

Winter ended up being a relative term in Alaska this year. Alaska as a whole averaged 4-10ºF above average this winter. That caused precipitation to fall in many areas as rain, not snow. Not good. This past winter in Alaska will end up ranking in the top 10 warmest on record. California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Washington just observed their warmest winters on record… Here is NOAA’s take on what happened to “Winter” in Alaska this year: It has been a topsy-turvy winter for much of the contiguous United States. The divide between record warmest and much below-average could not be any more stark. In the eastern US, for […]