Barrow experiences earliest snowmelt on record

Snow in the northern most town in the nation is melting earlier than everbefore on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’sObservatory in Barrow reported a snowmelt staring on May 13. That’s 10 daysearlier than the previous record set in 2002. NOAA has been recordingsnowmelt from its Barrow Observatory for over 70 years.
NOAA’s Barrow Observatory recorded the earliest snowmelt (Photo courtesy of NOAA)The record melt follows a winter of record-setting temper