US EditionThe National Weather Service issues Alaska’s first ever heat advisory
- The National Weather Service issued Alaska's first ever heat advisory on Sunday, June 15, 2025, mainly affecting Fairbanks and Juneau.
- This advisory followed a policy change allowing Alaska's Fairbanks and Juneau offices to issue heat warnings due to rising temperatures that previously triggered only special weather statements.
- Fairbanks forecasted temperatures reaching up to 86–89 degrees Fahrenheit, about 15 degrees above average, with isolated spots possibly hitting 90 degrees, a significant increase for the region.
- Meteorologist Jason Laney highlighted that Fairbanks uses a heat advisory threshold of 85 degrees and pointed out that such heat events have traditionally been uncommon, occurring less than three times per year. He also noted that Alaska’s rate of warming, driven by fossil fuel emissions, is accelerating at a pace two to three times greater than the global average.
- The advisory highlights Alaska's growing vulnerability to heat, where most homes lack air conditioning, permafrost thaw affects infrastructure, and the rapid warming trend raises concerns about health and environmental impacts.
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Alaska braces for rising heat as warming climate shatters old norms
Temperatures nearing 90 degrees prompted Alaska to issue its first heat advisory, highlighting how unprepared the state remains for the effects of a warming planet.Ruby Mellen reports for The Washington Post.In short:The National Weather Service issued Alaska’s first-ever heat advisory as Fairbanks faced temperatures between 85 and 89 degrees, a range increasingly common in a state historically built for cold.Homes across Alaska are ill-suited f…
Alaska issues state’s first-ever heat advisory
Alaska issued its first-ever heat warning over the weekend as temperatures were forecast to reach 85 degrees Fahrenheit in Fairbanks. The warning is not necessarily reflective of unprecedented high temperatures, although 85 is far above the average June temperatures for…
A heat advisory is in effect in Alaska for the first time ever
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (WJW/AP) -- When you think of Alaska, you rarely think of heat. But currently, parts of Alaska are under the state's first official heat advisory. Here's why it is technically new, but not necessarily unique in what's considered the nation's coldest state. 1 killed in Canton Township hit-and-run; see the suspect’s car Unusually warm weather has been recorded in Alaska before, but previously the National Weather Service wo…
Alaska just hit a climate milestone — its first-ever heat advisory
In the high glare of a summer evening in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ciara Santiago watched the mercury climb. A meteorologist at the National Weather Service office, she had the dubious honor of issuing the state’s first ever official heat advisory as temperatures were expected to hit the mid-80s. It’s the kind of bureaucratic alert that rarely makes national headlines. But in a city where permafrost thaw buckles roads, homes lack air conditioning, and …
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