Ask a Climatologist: Clear and cold on repeat

Spencer Glacier on a cloudless day, March 11, 2017 (Photo by Dave Bass)For most of the state the weather forecast has been pretty simple for the entire month of March: cold and clear. But how unusual is that?
Climatologist Brian Brettschneider said temperatures for the month have been colder than normal for most of the state, and well below normal for Anchorage and Fairbanks.
“It’s been the coldest March since 2007 and the second coldest March since the 1970s,” Brettschnei