A blockbuster winter comes on the heels of other winters with heavy snow in Anchorage. Is this a trend, and is climate change to blame?As of Jan. 29, Anchorage, Alaska, had seen more than 100 inches of snow this winter. That’s the earliest that amount of snow has ever accumulated since record-keeping began.
Another measure, significant for off-season snowfalls that frequently happen in Alaska, is an expanded winter season that still overlaps years, measuring from July 1 to June 30. Snowfall departure for July 2023 to Feb 2024 in Alaska, expressed as a percentage of the 30-year 1991-2020 normal. The graph shows a slight increase in snowfall for the state since 1940.
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