Alaska and Arctic Climate Newsletter
Rick Thoman, Brian Brettschneider, Richard JamesAnalysis and context for Alaska and Arctic climate, climate change and extreme events in content.
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August 2026 News Updates
Just a couple of quick notes:
Juneau Mendenhall River Flooding
The now “every-August” glacial lake outburst flooding on the Mendenhall River near Juneau is now (Noon AKDT August 12 ) underway, as water has broken through the ice dam...
Arctic July 2026 Climate Summary
Following the warmest June of record for the Arctic, July was close behind. While June was notably dry across Arctic land areas, July precipitation was almost exactly normal.
This is the fourth (and final) post on July 2026 climate relate...
Alaska Climate Summary for July 2026
This is the usual monthly climate summary for Alaska. I covered wildfire in Alaska through July here. July sea ice from the pan-arctic perspective is here. The Arctic-wide July climate summary coming soon.
Temperatures
Temper...
July 2026 Arctic Wildfire Update
For the fourth summer in a row, the Northwest Territories, Canada has seen far above the historically average wildfire activity. However, in other fire-prone areas in the Arctic the season has been uncommonly quiet, including in Alaska and...
Late July 2026 Arctic Sea Ice Update
As July draws to a close, the waning solar heating is increasingly obvious at high latitudes and this will accelerate in the coming weeks. However, because of the thermal lag of the oceans, Arctic sea ice continues to melt into September. T...
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Alaska and Arctic climate specialist 40 years experience as a professional in weather and climate. Currently with the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alaska-based climate scientist.
Climate scientist with the World Climate Service, operated by Prescient Weather. Lead author since 2014 on the Alaska-focused Deep Cold blog: http://ak-wx.blogspot.com
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