The ACRC Blog
2025 in review – preliminary data
This blog post is an overview of year-to-date climate data (late November-mid December depending on the data source). Numbers may change as December data becomes available! We will publish our full annual report with final statistics around mid-January, when all data sources have updated through the end of the year. ...
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Ex-typhoon Halong: Severe storm damage in Western Alaska
Ex-typhoon Halong hit the AK west coast early Sunday morning. Severe impacts have been reported from the Kuskokwim River delta region, with major damage in ...
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2025 Mendenhall GLOF
This year’s glacial lake outburst flood originating from the glacier damned lake in Suicide Basin occurred on August 13. The water level of the Mendenhall ...
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Mendenhall GLOF has started
Suicide Basin has begun draining and the annual glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) has started. The water level in the lake (see graph on the ...
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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 ...
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Seasonal sea ice maximum: Record low extent
Arctic sea ice has likely reached its seasonal maximum. On March 22, sea ice extent reached 14.33 million square kilometers (5.53 square miles). The ice extent ...
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2024 in review
See our full annual report for a more in depth summary of temperature, precipitation, and notable weather events in 2024. At the global scale, 2024 ...
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