Utqiaġvik, AK, at 71.29° N latitude, has no sunrise for 65 consecutive days, but even on the winter solstice, there are still several hours of useable twilight. Here are FAA webcam photos from today at solar noon. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Solar noon shadows in Anchorage on the winter solstice.

Solar noon in Anchorage.

Satellite temps in the Yukon in green are lower than -62F (-52C).

Currently -60F (-51C) at the Faro, Yukon, airport.

Summer solstice at the South Pole.

We start losing daylight in 182 days.

Happy 21st day of winter! 🥳

Seems cold. 🧊

Today is the 7th day this month where Fairbanks, AK, has dropped to -35F or lower. Only 1 December since 1982 had more days (12 in 2012). @alaskawx.bsky.social

Quite cold along Turnagain Arm this morning. About 0F with a 25-30 mph wind.

Map panel showing the modeled hours of direct solar daylight on the winter solstice assuming no clouds for selected Alaska cities. @alaskawx.bsky.social

I've see enough. Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Juneau will all have a White Christmas this year. ❄️ 🎄 ⛄

As cold as it's been in Alaska since December 4th, this is the first record low temperature in the state. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Meanwhile, in Alaska, ... @alaskawx.bsky.social

The month-to-date average temperature for the Contiguous U.S. is now above normal. It will keep going up from here.

Juneau, AK, broke their daily record low temperature yesterday with a reading of -6F (and have at least tied the record low for today of -5F). This is the first December record low for the Juneau Intl Airport in 30 years (Dec 9, 1995). @alaskawx.bsky.social

January and late winter outlook for Alaska. Includes winter solstice information.

Area eagles. 🦅

Merry Christmas! 🔥🎄

You love to see it.

Trump Assures Struggling Nation He Has Plenty Of Money

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A tale of two halves. Which half do you prefer?

We continue losing daylight for 3 days.

Wednesday is the third day in a row at Fairbanks airport with a low temperature in the -40s. This is the most in December since 2012. #akwx #Winter2026 @leahwrenn.bsky.social @jenniferschell16.bsky.social @bikewritedave.bsky.social

Cold, details later.

Classic east-west temperature gradient across Anchorage. Mid teens where the wind is blowing and mixing down warmer air, and sub zero where the winds are calm.

Fairbanks is expecting a Christmas Eve warmup. Enjoy! @alaskawx.bsky.social

A devastating own goal.

Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

It’s a winter wonderland! #akwx #Alaska

Not only has Juneau, AK, has their 2nd coldest Dec 1-15 in the last 30 years, but they have had their snowiest Dec 1-15 in 34 years. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Photos of landslides from the Yakutat/Hubbard Glacier M7.0 earthquake. One photo is of a 6 km landslide runout.

Your Christmas forecast temperature departure from normal.🔥🎄 #torchmas

This is the 4th day in a row where there is a 90% Above Normal shading on the CPC Day 8-14 Temperature Outlook. Before that, it only showed up on 15 maps during the previous 10 years!

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

Fairbanks with their first -40F/C day of the season this morning. Over the last decade, they average 3.5 days per season.

Juneau schools are closed today — Monday, Dec. 15 — due to weather conditions in the Juneau area.

This ties for the highest wind gust on record at the Anchorage Intl Airport (1954-present) as far as I can tell.

Apparently some flights are diverting to Fairbanks. Moderate turbulence reported below 500'.

After a magnitude 7 earthquake ripped under Hubbard Glacier earlier this month, scientists believe a “connector fault” may exist between established cuts in the thick planetary crust, says Alaska science writer Ned Rozell.

Sea ice chunks moving along with the tide.

This is the highest wind gust on record at Lake Hood (1973-present). @alaskawx.bsky.social

We start losing daylight in 189 days.

Photos from my daughter on the campus of Rutgers University.

The temperature at the Juneau Intl Airport dropped to -2F yesterday. This is only the 4th sub-0F day there in 15 years. Prior to the 1980s, it used to happen about 10 days per year. @alaska.bsky.social @alaskawx.bsky.social

Sunrise over an icy Turnagain Arm.

Monthly carbon dioxide concentration since 1958 from the NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawai'i. Last month's average concentration of 426 parts per million is 36 percent higher than in November 1958. The 10-year forecast is based on nothing but the recent trajectory of CO₂ concentrations. #Climate

Cold and windy, details later.