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The Alaska State Climate Center
The Alaska State Climate Center
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Our departure maps are updated daily to show the difference between the current temperature and expected temperature, based on 30 years of previously values.

Arctic Sea Ice Extent: June 19, 2025

June 19, 2025: The  Arctic sea ice has experienced a greater decrease for this week of 5.64% (last week’s decrease rate was 4.75%), from the level on 06/12/2025 of 10.829 M km2 to 10.218 M km2 for this week. The sea ice extent is currently at record low ...
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Break up time for 2024 (image courtesy of nenanaakiceclassic.com/)

Break up on the Tanana: The Tripod has fallen

Break up is underway on the Tanana River at Nenana. The tripod of the Nenana Ice Classic fell over on April 27 at 3:56 PM AK Standard Time. This was preceded by much anticipation in the previous few days as ice conditions visibly deteriorated. Since 1917, Alaskans have places betts on the exact date and ...
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