Anchorage records its warmest three-day stretch since 2022

Anchorage residents return a sunny canine locomotion connected nan Tony Knowles Coastal Trail successful Anchorage connected Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage residents person enjoyed a agelong of warm, sunny days, and much sun is successful the forecast.

Brian Brettschneider, a National Weather Service ambiance intelligence astatine nan Alaska region office successful Anchorage, said Friday done Sunday, nan charismatic three-day mean precocious somesthesia was 71.3 degrees, nan hottest since nan summertime of 2022. Some parts of nan Anchorage Bowl deed 80 degrees.

He said it’s thing historic.

“If you were to prime retired nan 1 time aliases 3 days for that compared to immoderate fixed year, it’s not really remarkable,” Brettschneider said. “But we’ve had a reasonably cool commencement to nan summertime successful Anchorage, truthful it decidedly felt warmer than it astir apt was.”

And, aft Anchorage’s unusually rainy and cloudy summertime past year, group are eager to soak it in.

Brettschneider said it’s mostly coincidence that Alaska will bask these warmer conditions while a major power wave sets records crossed nan Midwest and Northeast this week.

“That’s very acold removed from what’s happening here,” he said. “Things are ne'er 100% unrelated, but successful this case, it’s beautiful close.”

In different Alaska upwind news, Brettschneider said parts of nan occidental interior and southwestern interior are getting thunderstorms. While nan rainfall is bully for hindering wildfires, lightning is not.

“Definitely thing to support an oculus connected to spot if we’re capable to get immoderate much rainfall to support those fires successful check, aliases if things benignant of power up and barren retired and nan fires really commencement to return off,” he said.

The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center reported 19 of 23 caller wildfires identified successful its regular study Tuesday were caused by lightning.

Thursday is nan summertime solstice, nan longest time of nan year. Anchorage will get more than 19 hours of nonstop sun. Various types of twilight will beryllium pinch america continuously overnight until astronomical nighttime returns Aug. 25.

A flock of babe geese hunt for a precocious evening snack adjacent Reflection Lake connected Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)