Alaska Runs Cold; China’s June Chill Breaks Monthly Records; Australia’s Alps Open White; + Models Miss Earth's Mirror Trick
The paper shows that Earth’s radiation budget contains large-scale structure the models do not reproduce. It shows clouds and circulation are still not resolved.
Alaska Runs Cold
Spring 2026 ran colder than normal across Alaska, particularly southern parts.
NWS data show below-normal average temperatures from Anchorage to Kodiak, Bethel, King Salmon, Cold Bay and Saint Paul.
Anchorage averaged 31.5F for March through May, 5.6F below normal and its fourth coldest spring in books back to 1952. Kodiak came in 4.6F below. Bethel was 6.2F below. King Salmon was the standout, averaging 24.9F, a full 10.1F below normal.
May, individually, also finished colder than normal across the region.
Anchorage averaged 45.4F in May, 2.7F below normal, with Kodiak 42.8F, 3F below.
Anchorage also recorded its latest freeze on record, with 32F reached on May 24.
China’s June Chill Breaks Monthly Records
China’s early-June cold has now produced monthly records.
