The title page of the Alaska Climate Research Center’s monthly summary for December crisply explained what a busy weather month it was across the state. Almost a month-long cold spell Snowiest December on record in Juneau Ice storm on the west coast, multiple severe wind events in the Mat-Su Valley Wettest December on record in […]
Winter — Uksuq Tamuuliciqukut uksurpailan. – We will make dry fish before the winter. Winter in the Kodiak Archipelago quickly follows summer. As the days darken and stormy weather sets in, the landscape turns rapidly from green to brown, the temperature drops, and wet, windy days replace the warmer, foggy days of fall. In Prince […]
(JUNEAU, Alaska)— The Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) 2025–2026 winter schedule is now open for bookings, covering travel Oct. 1, 2025 – Apr. 30, 2026. “Across the system, our team is focused on improving long-term reliability—modernizing systems, recruiting and training new crew members, and advancing fleet refurbishment and new vessel and infrastructure projects,” said AMHS Director […]
Will it be a “long and lustrous winter,” as Phil Connors, the main character in the 1993 movie Groundhog Day said? Or will spring make an early appearance? This morning in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, the nation’s favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, attempted to answer that question. Phil saw his shadow — meaning six more weeks of winter, according […]