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Residents of Fairbanks, Alaska, dealt with “blizzard conditions” in some locations on Wednesday, December 29, as heavy wind and snow whipped the area.The severe weather impacting Fairbanks ...
Forecast office State Office call sign Address Anchorage [6] Alaska: AFC: 6930 Sand Lake Rd, Anchorage, AK 99502 Fairbanks [7] Alaska: AFG: UAF-Akasofu Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7345 Juneau [8] Alaska: AJK: 8500 Mendenhall Loop Rd, Juneau, AK 99801
Owing to the rain shadow of the coastal mountains, south-central Alaska does not get nearly as much rain as the southeast of Alaska, though it does get more snow with up to 300 inches (7.62 m) at Valdez and much more in the mountains. On average, Anchorage receives 16 inches (410 mm) of precipitation a year, with around 75 inches (1.91 m) of snow.
The average annual precipitation in Fairbanks is 11.3 inches (287 mm). Most of this comes in the form of snow during the winter. Most storms in the interior of Alaska originate in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the state, though these storms often have limited precipitation due to a rain shadow effect caused by the Alaska Range.
Seattle had 2 inches of snow that Christmas morning. In Alaska, Anchorage and Fairbanks unsurprisingly saw snow on the ground on Christmas morning last year, with 26 inches and 18 inches on the ...
A winter storm covered Fairbanks, Alaska, with inches of fresh snow on December 20.Footage by Bobby Bianco, taken in the early hours of Monday, shows snow piled up on top of cars while snow ...