Juneau’s wild winter bucks the climate trend

Juneau’s wild winter bucks the climate trend

Mendenhall River Community School evacuated on Jan. 8, 2026 due to the snow load on its roof. (Photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Climate change has caused winter in Alaska’s largest cities to warm more dramatically than in other major cities across the U.S. over the long term. But this winter in Juneau doesn’t match the overall trend.  Nicole Ferrin, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Juneau, said that’s the diffe…