Anchorage hit 80 degrees Tuesday night, beating a record set in 1979, according to the National Weather Service.
We have over two weeks of cold windy weather. It started in mid April around the time of the big wind storm. And in relation of the wind storm on April 24th, Rick Thoman wrote: "Winds this strong in the Anchorage are rare at this time of year. An unusually strong storm for the season in the southeastern Bering Sea produced southeast strong winds blowing across the Chugach Mountains. However, being April, the temperature profile of the atmosphere close to the ground was more conducive than in winter for allowing the very strong winds aloft to reach down to the ground.
Though snow is scant in Anchorage, organizers are confident they will be able to host the Jan. 3-8 race series.
Anchorage sidewalks were slick with ice and the roads were full of puddles because of unseasonably high temperatures.By mid morning the temperature had reached 46 degrees.
Near record stretch of foggy days at Ted Stevens International Airport.
This is the second longest period of visibility remaining this low at the Anchorage Airport.
A heavy fog that rolled into Anchorage in time for Halloween is expected to persist into Thursday afternoon.
The state's small farms are booming amid longer growing seasons and thriving farmers markets. But climate change has also made for less predictable weather.
Funnel cloud photographed from the air while flying near Flathorn Lake
Major changes with the environment are creating trail hazards, an official said. The ceremonial start for 74 sled-dog teams will remain in Anchorage on March 4.
In Anchorage, the temperatures forecast for this week won't come close to breaking any city records, Ahsenmacher said. But they are a departure from years of mild winters that rarely saw temperatures below zero.
It has been three years since the Anchorage ski jumping club has been able to hold our New Year competition.
Fast moving winter storm left about 4 to 5 inches of snow in the Hunter Creek area, a tributary of the Knik River.
High wind warning for Anchorage. Winds could reach 50 mph with gusts to 100 mph.
Early spring and early waterfowl
Have you ever heard of such a thing? In Anchorage?
It was a very warm week of the 25th of January, on my way home it started raining pretty heavy, mind you, no snow, but rain. I was expecting maybe some wet snow, but it was not to be...
Very warm conditions for this time of year in Southcentral Alaska
At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.
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