Kodiak received just under 10 inches (250mm) of rain in June. This was nearly twice normal and the most in any June since 1987. #akwx #Summer2026 @climatologist49.bsky.social

Pea-sized hail on Keystone Ridge ~1pm.

June average temperatures around Alaska were significantly below the 1991-2020 baseline normal on the North Slope, Northwest Arctic Borough and parts of the Interior. The YK delta was warmer than normal. Southcentral and northern Southeast pretty close to normal. #akwx #Climate @patwx.bsky.social

June 2026 was warmer than normal in Canada, with pockets of cooler anomalies here and there. Warmest June on record in Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay, and rainiest June on record in Edmonton.

I know glaciers are not most people’s top concern, but this makes me want to cry . www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/c...

June 2026 was the second warmest June on record according to Copernicus ERA5. 🔥

Review of Arctic sea ice and wildfire for June 2026 now posted in the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. Available through Beehiiv and Substack. #Arctic #Cimate #Summer2026 alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/june-2026-... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/june-2026-...

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Near normal over a large part of Interior and Southcentral. Cool in the upper Tanana Valley, Southeast Alaska and on the Bristol Bay coast. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

I love swinging from one part of Alaska to another, watching the trees & flowers change, the water & quality of light. I feel so lucky to get to see this. Spent Sunday - Monday on a Copper River dipnetting trip & am now taking my kids camping ~ Kachemak Bay. #AlaskaSky

We have redistributed over $7,500 in neighbor-to-neighbor cash #MutualAid this year! 💛 Last month's funds helped 7 families afford groceries, utility bills, rent, diapers, and gas. If you can, please donate via Patreon and help us spread the word! www.patreon.com/FairbanksMut... #Alaska #AlaskaSky

It’s quite nice that UAF has holiday closures tomorrow and Friday, but that means five days worth of work has to get done in three, including 11 meetings in three days. Not so nice. @leahwrenn.bsky.social @jenniferschell16.bsky.social

Wildfires in Alaska during June burned 28.3k acres (11.5 ha), only 13 percent of the 1993-2025 median. This was the 6th lowest June area burned in the past 34 years. The Starry fire near Anderson was quite impactful; the Kilolitna fire the largest at 4500 acres (1800 ha). #akwx #wildfire #Summer2026

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Tuesday. Cooler than normal most area but especially upper Tanana Valley into the southwest Yukon Territory. Mildest in the northeast Interior and northwest British Columbia. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Early look at June temperature departures from average around the Arctic. Western Siberia and central mainland Canadian Arctic especially warm. Cooler than average over the Canadian Arctic Island and parts of Alaska and western Greenland. Graphic courtesy @khaustein.bsky.social. #Arctic #Climate

Rapid increase in #wildfires across Canada in recent days resulting in vast amounts of smoke with plumes transported to the Arctic & across the North Atlantic in the #CopernicusAtmosphere AOD 30 June 00 UTC forecast atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa... @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social @ecmwf.int

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Monday. A cool day for late June over most of the region. Slightly milder in the northeast Interior and on the North Slope coast. Warm on the Russian side of the northern Bering coast. Cooler in Southcentral. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Sunday. Much cooler across most of the region except for the North Slope and southeast Chukchi coast. Some much needed rain in Southcental. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

My next “climate viz of the month” blog is out, which describes a historic extreme event for sea ice conditions in the Barents Sea region of the Arctic this summer: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData

For the third year in a row, late June sea ice extent in the Chukchi Sea is well above the 1991-2020 median in NSIDC data. High concentration ice remains off the northeast Chukotka Peninsula and the Alaska coast north of Wainwright. Beaufort Sea has hardly any open water yet. #akwx #Arctic #SeaIce

Blast from the past. Mt. Drum in the distance.

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Saturday. Cooler across southwest Alaska. Still warm in the northern and eastern Interior into the Yukon Territory. Cool and rainy over central and northern Southeast. Chilly on the North Slope. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Figures. I’d try Denali again and accidentally leave the grid lines…again. Upgraded my palette to professional grade pigment. Begrudgingly back in AK. Declaring this my summer of painting

The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report on KDLG is probably one of the most unique radio shows, on air nightly covering the summer season in the largest sockeye fishery in the world www.kdlg.org/show/bristol...

Fishing in Bristol Bay is kicking off! With commercial fishing in the enormous Nushagak District opening today. My fishiest friend/colleague Jessie Sheldon is reporting in Dillingham for KDLG's Bristol Bay Fisheries Report covering this season - tune in! 🐟 www.kdlg.org/fisheries/20...

Sea surface temperatures differences from the 1991-2020 baseline average in and around Alaska for the week ending June 26 in data from NOAA/PSL/ESRL. Still some below average #SST in the southeast Bering Sea and western Gulf of Alaska. Southern Chukchi Sea partly sea ice impacted. #akwx #Arctic

Low temperature at Utqiaġvik Saturday morning of 24F (-4.4C) is the lowest temperature this late in June or any day in July in 47 years. Last time it was colder was June 27, 1979, when the temperature dipped to 22F (-5.6C). #akwx #Arctic #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

MORE RECORD HEAT IN BENELUX 40.7 Remich LUXEMBOURG all time high BELGIUM JUNE RECORDS 38.3 Buzenol 38.2 Dourbes 37.3 Florennes 36.2 Humain 35.8 Spa

Arguably, the strongest heatwave ever observed in Europe. The map shows maximum temperatures in Denmark on Saturday, 27 June 2026. New all-time records in Ødum and Odense (37.0°C), shattering the old June record (35.5°C, 1947) as well as the old all-time record (36.4°C, 1975). Map: meteorolog.dk.

As @extremetemps.bsky.social has documented, all time-record high temps in northwest Siberia past couple of days. Beliy Island (73.3ºN) hit 28.3C (83F), apparently the highest temp so far north anywhere in the world. But this heatwave is distinct from the European heatwave. #Arctic #ExtremeWeather

Over the course of the last week, the number of #wildfire ignitions in western Interior Alaska have ramped up significantly. This video showcases the VIIRS fire detection heat points recorded by GINA thus far this summer, illustrating the spike in fire activity since June 19, 2026. #akwx

New all-time heat record for Denmark: 37.0 °C in both Ødum and Beldringe. Previous record was 36.4 °C (10 August 1975 at Holstebro). via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddel...

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Friday. Another active thunderstorm day in Interior and southwest Alaska. Much cooler on the North Slope but milder Kodiak Island. #akwx #weather

Awesome 👏

Fort Simpson remains on evacuation alert as Saturday begins Fort Simpson residents are told to remain ready to leave the village because of a wildfire that grew quickly on Friday evening. Here's the Saturday latest....

The loss of daylight will continue until morale improves.

Alaska wildfires have burned 18,652 acres (7,548 ha) through June 25 according to Alaska Interagency Coordination Center analysis. This is only 11 percent of the 1993-2025 median and is the fourth lowest to this point in the season in the past 34 years. #akwx #Wildfire #Summer2026

Bethel Alaska in summer

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Thursday. Again very warm from the lower MacKenzie River valley westward into northern Alaska. Milder in Southcentral but cooler across most of Southeast and the southern Yukon Territory. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Oh, hey, Alaska. 🤩🏔️🌸☀️#AlaskaSky Glorious afternoon in the Chugach front range today ft. tiny alpine wildflowers still popping, Denali views, joyous good dogs, friends. ❤️

Q&A with NOAA El Niño expert Michelle L'Heureux Features June 23, 2026 Why she's leery of the term 'super El Niño,' what could still derail the strength of the current event, and why NOAA has adopted a new approach to tracking El Niño and La Niña. www.climate.us/news-feature...

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Wednesday. Very warm from the the lower MacKenzie River valley westward to the inland North Slope and then across the Brooks Range and into the western Interior. June gloom continues along the northern Gulf of Alaska coast. #akwx #weather

With summer in full swing, the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter looks at some basic climate trends for the Arctic during the warmest time of year. #Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/arctic-sum... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-sum...

Summer in Fairbanks is not cold. @alaskawx.bsky.social

With summer in full swing, the latest post from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter looks at some basic climate trends for the Arctic during the warmest time of year. #Arctic #Climate #ClimateChange alaska-arctic-climate.beehiiv.com/p/arctic-sum... alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/arctic-sum...

Periglacial things are happening.

Just shy of 9,000 lightning strikes in and around Alaska on Tuesday, the most so far this summer. This is high but not extreme: last summer there were five days with more than 10,000 strikes. Since 2012, the most strikes in one day is 20,700 on June 23, 2015. Graphic courtesy AICC. #akwx #weather

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Tuesday. Warmest in the northern Interior. Widespread showers and thunderstorms southern Interior and Alaska Range. Cool in Southcentral. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social