4.5" new snow along Hiland Rd. in Eagle River, AK, at 2,100'.

Snow sticking above 750' here in Anchorage. This is at 1,100'.

Snow is accumulating at about 1,000' on the Anchorage Hillside this morning. ❄️

When Russia starts a war and gas prices shot up, 70% blamed the President. When we started a war and gas prices shot up, 77% blamed the President. This completely encapsulates why we can't have nice things.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but the plan to promote Pluto to a planet again is 100% about undoing change. It is the same idea as going back to incandescent lightbulbs, high flow toilets, coal power, etc. In this paradigm, change is bad and reverting back is good. It has nothing to do with Pluto

This map shows the apparent temperature difference between Heat Advisory criteria and Cold Weather Advisory criteria across Alaska. The largest different in the Lower 48 is 130F. @alaskawx.bsky.social

The Anchorage NWS office published a notice today that they will begin issuing Heat Advisories this summer if needed. Here are the criteria used across the state of Alaska. @alaskawx.bsky.social

It's rainbow season.

Area rainbow. 🌈

April monthly recap for Alaska just dropped. The snowflake tie is back! ❄️

Through the end of April, the Lower 48 is easily in last place for season-to-date snowfall. 🥵

Local coyote followed me on the trail this morning.

An amazing article on the Tracy Arm mega-tsunami from last August. If this had happened at several different times during a 24-hour window, it would have resulted in the greatest loss of life in U.S. history. Instead, it is just a scientific curiosity.

Because almost no one watched our first Pacific Islands monthly recap, we decided to do another one. The Pacific Islands recaps will continue until you decide to start watching them. 🌴🥥

BREAKING: Gasoline is now under $3 per gallon according to White House analysis obtained by the AP.

The Tanana River at Nenana, AK, officially broke up this evening. @alaskawx.bsky.social

April was a tale of two halves in Europe. Western Europe was warm and dry. Eastern Europe was cool and wet. The net was 0.7C warmer than normal and 93% or normal precipitation.

The running 12-month average temperature for the Contiguous U.S. continues to be the highest on record. 🔥🔥🔥

ERA5 temperature and precipitation data are now out. For the Lower 48, the Nov-Apr period was not only the warmest Nov-Apr period of record (since 1940-41), but it was also the second driest. A tough combination for sure. 🥵🌵

Area sheep.

Area eagle.

May the 3rd be with you.

The April global average temperature was the 4th highest April value on record according to ER5 reanalysis data. Expect this to dramatically increase by next April 🔥

Aurora viewing season is now over in Fairbanks. @alaskawx.bsky.social @vincentledvina.bsky.social

Where I talk for 18 minutes about CoCoRaHS.

50!

May is the wettest month of the year for areas in green.

Trump says anyone running for president should take a cognitive exam because you could end being stuck with a moron for years. “I mean, you get a guy who gets in there, he's got a good line of crap. He gets in and all of a sudden you're stuck with a man who's a moron”

The last 6 months, Nov-Apr, represent the driest Nov-Apr period since 1980-81 for the Contiguous U.S. and the 7th driest since 1895-96. There are large areas that experienced the driest Nov-Apr on record (red colors). Much of the Great Lakes region had their wettest Nov-Apr on record. 🌵

The Nov-Apr 2025-26 was the warmest Nov-Apr on record (since 1895-96). A very large portion of the western U.S. had their single warmest Nov-Apr compared to all other Nov-Apr periods. 🔥🔥🔥

Map showing where March 2026 was warmer than April 2026 according to Prism climate data.

April 2026 was the warmest on record for a large portion of Ohio River basin and the central Appalachians using Prism climate data. Overall, it was about the 8th warmest April using this dataset.

May the 1st be with you.

Is summer in the East cancelled? It's complicated.

Saw a bear for the first time this season. DM for licensing. 🐻

Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ https://theonion.com/supreme-court-overturns-right-v-wrong-1819573211/

Possible moose.

This NPR story from 10 days ago is not aging well.

All these apples, and none are Red Delicious™. We're not even a proper country any more. 🍎

Iran beats Trump.

Area moose inspecting the Anchorage National Weather Service radio transmitter.

Find the occluded front.

I wonder who did this? 🕵️

Sounds like a fun job opportunity. 🌕

Seems bad. 😭

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

1000 more days

Global categorical temperature distribution compared to 30-year normals that are reset every 10-years. Even though the climate baseline is "reset" every decade, the red colors always quickly overtake the blue colors.

First 50F day of the year for the Anchorage Intl Airport. This is 10 days later than the median first date over the last 40 years. @alaskawx.bsky.social