Ask a Climatologist: Utqiagvik ends above normal temperature streak

Utqiagvik, Alaska. (File photo by Steven Kazlowsk)
Residents of Utqiagvik have experienced above normal temperatures for the last 17 months. But a cooler-than-normal June will end that streak.
Brian Brettschneider with our Ask a Climatologist segment says the rest of the state has drifted back toward normal temperatures this year, after spending several years in above normal territory.
But he says Utqiagvik stayed warm — until this month.
Interview Transcript:
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