If you like winter, as I do, get to Anchorage right away to enjoy the perfect winter we're having. Temperatures have been below freezing, sometimes well below, since the beginning of November, with only a few brief exceptions. We received a little snow in November; conditions were excellent for winter biking.
The snow started falling in December, usually 6 to 8 inches at a time -- enough to keep the decks and driveway clear and still have plenty of time to cross-country ski. The snowfalls increased in quantity around Christmas and New Year's, with a climax of 18" in one day on January 3rd. We only finished clearing the decks of that snow on this past Thursday, when the temperature hovered around freezing and threatened to turn what was left to ice. Before today's snow, I was estimating that we were around the 6 foot mark for snow. Most of it has been very light and dry so the warm temperatures this past week resulted in quite a bit of settlement.
The snow clouds have dropped another 2" so far today and don't appear to be moving on too quickly. You could be here in just a few hours, for a full day of skiing on Martin Luther King day!
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