Interactive Weather & Climate Highlights Map

Weather and climate events in Alaska and surrounding waters, 2007–present

See daily, multi-day, monthly, and longer time scale events are reported by the NOAA National Weather Service and displayed on a map.

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Observations are preliminary. Find more details about posted observations (~30 day lag time) at these sites:

Questions or feedback about this tool?

Please contact:

Tina Buxbaum, ACCAP Program Manager, 907-474-7812
Rick Thoman, ACCAP Climate Specialist, 907-474-2415

We thank our sponsors, who made this tool possible: the Alaska Climate Research Center, NOAA National Weather Service, and UAF International Arctic Research Center.

Weather vs. Climate: What's the difference?

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at some place and time described in terms of such variables as temperature, cloudiness, precipitation and wind.

Example: A high wind gust of 74 mph occurs as a deep low pressure system moves across the Bering Sea and hits the northwest Arctic coast, causing structural damage and power outages

Climate is the weather of a locality averaged over some time period, plus extremes in weather behavior observed during the same period or during the entire period of record.