High March temperatures shortened Alaska’s winter weather

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Climatologists in Alaska say unusually high temperatures set records in March and likely are a reflection of the upward warming climate trend.
March is normally reliable for dog mushing and cross-country skiing. However, Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, didn’t record a flake of measureable snow and temperatures in Fairbanks reached the 50s Fahrenheit (10s Celsius).
State climatologist Martin Stuefer says it’s as if Alaska didn’t have a Marc