Alaska wildfires have burned more than 900 square miles to Tuesday morning. This is above median to this point in the season over the previous 32 years but not dramatically so. #akwx #Wildfire2025 #Summer2025 @borealchrys.bsky.social @climatologist49.bsky.social

Monday was another big lightning day in Alaska with more than 12,000 strikes recorded by the BLM's lightning detection network. This is the third day this summer with over 10k strikes. In 2024 the highest daily count was 6300 strikes. Data and graphic courtesy AICC. #akwx #Summer2025 #Lightning

Monday was another big lightning day in Alaska with more than 12,000 strikes recorded by the BLM's lightning detection network. This is the third day this summer with more than 10k strikes. Last summer the highest count for any day was just over 6000 strikes. Data and graphic courtesy AICC. #akwx #Summer2025 #Lightning @anisian @Climatologist49

June in Arctic saw less in the way of climate extremes than many recent months. Temperature and precipitation details (and a bonus on Alaska lightning) in the latest from the Alaska and Arctic Climate newsletter. @Climatologist49

https://alaskaclimate.substack.com/p/june-2025-arctic-and-alaska-climate

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Wide range in Air Quality Index values in the immediate Fairbanks area Monday morning. Downtown well into the hazardous category while Ester in moderate category. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #Summer2025 #Smoke @leahwrenn.bsky.social @carrieinfbx.bsky.social

Wide range in Air Quality Index values in the immediate Fairbanks area Monday morning. Downtown well into the Hazardous category while Ester in moderate category. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #Summer2025 #Smoke @anisian

Air quality Monday morning in Interior Alaska widely in the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire smoke but worse in the Fairbanks, AK & Dawson, YT areas. Air quality mostly good Alaska Range southward and southern Yukon Territory. Graphic/data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2025

Air quality Monday morning in central/western Alaska Interior widely in the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire smoke but worse in the Fairbanks, AK and Dawson, YT areas. Webcams show that air quality is also degraded in some places between Fairbanks and Galena that lack AQI sensors. Air quality mostly good Alaska Range southward and in the southern Yukon Territory. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. @Climatologist49

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Air quality Sunday morning in central/western Alaska Interior n the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire smoke but worse in the Fairbanks area. Air quality has improved along the Parks Hwy south of Nenana. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2025

Air quality Sunday morning in central/western Alaska Interior widely in the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire smoke but worse in the Fairbanks area. Webcams show that air quality is also degraded in some places between Fairbanks and Galena that lack AQI sensors. Air quality mostly good Alaska Range southward and the southern Yukon Territory. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2025 @anisian @debmcqueen

Saturday high temperatures thru 4pm AKDT • Tanana 87F (30.6C) breaks previous record high for Jul 5 of 85F in 1983 • Bettles 90F (32.2C) ties the record high for Jul 5 first set in 1986. This is the first 90F temp since July 2019 • Nome 82F (27.8C) highest temp since July 2019 #akwx #Summer2025

Saturday high temperatures thru 4pm AKDT

Tanana 87F (30.6C) breaks the previous record high for the date of 85F in 1983.

Bettes 90F (32.2C) ties the record high for the date first set in 1986. This is the first 90F temp at Bettles since July 2019.

Nome 82F (27.8C) highest temperature since July 2019.

Other high temps include Coldfoot 90F ( 32.2C), Ft. Wainwright 87F (30.7C), Ft. Yukon 86F (30.0C).

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Saturday 2pm AKDT and it's well up into the 80s F over a large part of Interior Alaska (low elevations). Still hours of heating to go. Some daily records will be set, though new monthly records at long term climate sites are possible but much less likely. #akwx #Summer2025

Saturday 2pm AKDT and it's well up into the 80s F over a large part of Interior Alaska (low elevations). Still hours of heating to go. Some daily records will be set, though new monthly records at long term climate sites are possible but much less likely. #akwx #Summer2025. @Climatologist49

Air quality Saturday morning in central/western Alaska widely in the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire smoke. Webcams show that air quality is also degraded in some places between Fairbanks and Galena that lack AQI sensors. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. #akwx #ytwx #Summer2025

Air quality Saturday morning in central and western Alaska widely in the sensitive and unhealthy categories from wildfire Smoke. Webcams make it apparent that air quality is also degraded in some places between Fairbanks and Galena that lack AQI sensors. Eastern Interior Alaska and the Yukon Territory mostly in the good category except for the Dawson area. Graphic and data courtesy PurpleAir. @anisian @Climatologist49

#akwx #ytwx #Summer2025