When asked whether heating costs in Anchorage would be lower, Alaska-based climate scientist Brian Brettschneider said, “That is the one silver lining of an otherwise very dark cloud.” ...

A complex combination of factors, including an erratic polar vortex, kept Alaska warmer and drier and sent temperatures plunging in more tropical states. ... 300 W. 31st Ave. Anchorage, Alaska, 99503.

On Wednesday, Chicago will be colder than parts of Antarctica, Alaska and the North Pole. The Windy City's "high" temperature on Wednesday should be around 10 below zero, while the overnight low ...

Arctic air is making New England feel colder than Anchorage, Alaska. ... Unlike in February 2023 when polar vortex slipped New England into a deep freeze, ...

These polar vortex stretches are happening more frequently as the world — and especially the Arctic — warms, a 2021 paper published in the journal Science, also co-authored by Cohen, demonstrated.

As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm Jan. 29, 2025 Updated Wed., Jan. 29, 2025 at 8:46 p.m. Anchorage has had a higher average temperature than parts of three dozen ...