In an ironic exclamation point to swift regional climate change in and near the Arctic, the average temperature observed at the weather station at Utqiaġvik has now changed so rapidly that in November 2017, it triggered an algorithm designed to detect artificial changes in a station’s record and disqualified itself from the NCEI Alaskan temperature analysis.
Herein lies the answer to the question you all have been asking: What about snow?
Despite some stormy interference from the MJO in October, La Niña conditions have arrived. NOAA predicts this "double-dip" La Niña will last through winter.
The interim director of NOAA's High Plains Regional Climate Center talks about partnering with tribes on the Wind River Indian Reservation to develop new tools and resources for coping with drought.