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The Alaska State Climate Center
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: May 1, 2025

May 1, 2025: With 8 days worth of data this time we are returning to the usual schedule; the Arctic sea ice has experienced a larger decrease for this week of 3.53% (last week’s decrease rate was 0.39%), from the level on 04/23/2025 of ...
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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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