Kind of seems increasingly likely that we’ll have to wait until late October again to start building any snowpack in the Fairbanks area.
Matt Phelps
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Fairbanks, Alaska weather, music, travel UAF Climate and Arctic Sustainability alaskawx.com
From NOAA/NCEI climate analysis, the first nine months of 2026 for Alaska overall have been the coolest since 2012, 0.4°F below the 20th century average. We'll take it. #akwx #Climate @climatologist49.bsky.social @themattphelps.bsky.social @leepetersen.bsky.social
Ex typhoon Choi-Wan forecast to merge with a separate storm in the far southwestern Bering Sea and then dramatically deepen. ECMWF has a 942 mb low off the Russian coast Thursday AM. Storm will likely weaken significantly before crossing into Alaska water Friday. Graphic courtesy @burgwx.bsky.social
Fun Alaska climate factoid: NOAA 1991-2020 normal daily average high temperature at Fairbanks Airport drops 26ºF (14ºC) during October, mostly due to the power of snow (and diminishing solar heating). #akwx #Climate @jenniferschell16.bsky.social @themattphelps.bsky.social @bikewritedave.bsky.social
Rain early Tuesday morning has pushed Fairbanks over four inches of rain for September, the first time that's happened in 101 years. This is the second wettest September in 122 years of climate observations in the Golden Heart City. #akwx #Climate @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social
Denali from Murphy Dome yesterday evening. I love this angle of her.
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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A post on high water on some Interior Alaska rivers from unusually heavy late season rains. The latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. #akwx #Climate @climatologist49.bsky.social @leepetersen.bsky.social alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/rivers-run...
Fairbanks is set for a taste of (early) October to start next week but pretty good wx model consensus on temperatures rebounding later next week. #akwx #weather @anisian.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @themattphelps.bsky.social @jenniferschell16.bsky.social
That didn't take long: first 16 days of September and Fairbanks is already at the second highest precipitation total for the entire month. Hopefully the 1925 record is safe. #akwx #Autumn2026 @jenniferschell16.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @bikewritedave.bsky.social
Fairbanks Airport as of 1pm AKDT Tuesday up to 2.64 inches (67.1 mm) of rain so far in September, making this the highest precipitation during the first half of September in 101 years (2.95 inches Sep 1-15, 1925). #akwx #Climate @arcticgoddess.bsky.social @leepetersen.bsky.social
Fairbanks airport first freeze of the autumn on Thursday was early for the 21st century but would be close to normal prior to 1970. #akwx #Climate @leepetersen.bsky.social @borealchrys.bsky.social
Healy Lake is near the eastern boundary of Tanacross language area. There are number of OLD place names in the area, including the name for Healy Lake itself: Menhdeescheeg "shallow-mouth lake"
Frost of the pumpkin: Fairbanks airport Thursday morning with the first freeze of the season. This is the earliest first autumn freeze at the Airport since 2017. #akwx #Autumn2026 @leahwrenn.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @themattphelps.bsky.social
how i be getting around in my car now that Apple Maps and Google Maps are dead to me
We’re having a great long weekend getaway in San Diego 🤠
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
This is only my 5th summer in Fairbanks, but this feels about as muggy as it’s been since I moved here
Smoke from the Tatlanika wildfire has moved into urban Fairbanks Tuesday, AQI index into the Unhealthy category southwest of town. #akwx #weather #Wildfire #Smoke @themattphelps.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social @leahwrenn.bsky.social
