The ACRC Blog
End of snow season 2023/24
Spring has sprung in Alaska and the seasonal snow pack is declining rapidly or already gone in most of the state. The time lapse below shows the view from the ACRC webcam looking south towards the Alaska Range. The animation loops through one image a day from April 15 to ...
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Break up on the Tanana
The tripod on the Tanana river at Nenana fell over on April 27, 2024, at 05:18 am, triggering the clock that ends this year’s Nenana ...
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2023 in review: preliminary data
Update January 2023: Our annual report is available here. As 2023 draws to a close, we are compiling our annual review of weather and climate ...
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New research paper: Ice fog in Fairbanks is becoming less frequent
Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be inside an ice cloud? Visit Fairbanks in winter and you may find out! Ice fog ...
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Suicide Basin GLOF causes severe flooding
Flooding of Mendenhall River in Juneau destroyed multiple homes this weekend following a glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) from Suicide Basin at Mendenhall glacier. Mendenhall ...
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Nenana Ice Classic
Another data point has been added to one of Alaska’s longest and most unique climatological time series: The tripod on the Tanana river at Nenana ...
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February Snow Update
There are not many weather stations in Alaska that have continuous, long term snow measurements. Fairbanks, Anchorage, Bettles, and Juneau have the longest and most ...
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