Ask a Climatologist: With snow and cold, ‘it’s Alaska again’

A pedestrian walks through a snowstorm on Dec. 7, 2016 in Juneau, Alaska. (Photo by Rashah McChesney/Alaska’s Energy Desk)
It’s winter again in Alaska. There’s snow on the ground across most of the state. Some places, notably Juneau, have a lot of fresh snow. It’s cold, too, and those below normal temperatures are expected to stick around for the rest of the month.
Brian Brettschneider is a climatologist in Anchorage who closely tracks Alaska climate data and trends. Alas