The Weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:

Just a reminder that Alaska has a shorter seasonal sun period than the lower 48 states, regardless of the location above or below the Arctic Circle. AND. The ice fields are still melting and the temperatures are still above zero.


The picture above is the North Pole's midnight sun. It is there 24/7 during the Arctic Circle Summer. I thought this was a better reminder than a completely dark sky with maybe some stars. Hard to capture the essence and project the sky as real.

Local Time: 10:06 AM AKST (GMT -09)

Lat/Lon: 58.8° N 137.0° W

Temperature :: 34 F (This is the 'wilds' of Alaska, not the center of Juneau or Fairbanks or any other 'heat sink' on December 28, 2009. There is something very "W"rong with this picture.)

Conditions :: Overcast

Windchill :: 34 F

Humidity :: 100%

Dew Point :: 34 F

Wind :: Calm

Pressure :: 30.15 in (Rising)

Visibility :: 0.0 miles

UV :: 0 out of 16

Clouds :: Overcast 500 ft

(Above Ground Level)

Elevation :: 33 ft

In Alaska’s Arctic National Parks, the Winter Solstice Will Bring No Warming Sun (click title to entry - thank you)

Posted December 21st, 2009 by Bob Janiskee

If the sun shines bright and warm on your skin today, count yourself more fortunate than the people in Alaska’s four arctic national parks. They’ll get a few hours of ambient light if the sky is clear, but there’ll be no warming sun.

Alaska has four National Park System units situated north of the Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees North), to whit: Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve, Kobuk Valley National Park,
Cape Krusenstern National Monument, and Noatak National Preserve. These arctic national parks have much in common besides physical factors like large size, beauty, and harshly cold and snowy winters. They also have some interesting solar effects rooted in the fact that they are on the poleward side of the Arctic Circle. This insures that all four will have some summer days when the sun never sets below the horizon and some winter days when there is no direct sunlight. From the former you get “Land of the Midnight Sun.” From the latter you get “Land of Twilight.”...