Alaska\u2019s capital city has had a full year without a cold month.<\/p>\n
According to figures from the National Weather Service in Juneau, September temperatures averaged 51.2 degrees, 1.2 degrees above normal.<\/p>\n
Every month since September 2015 has averaged above-normal temperatures in Juneau. In September 2015, temperatures were 0.8 degrees below normal. That\u2019s the only month below normal in the past two and a half years \u2014 March 2014 averaged 2.3 degrees below normal, according to the Alaska Climate Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.<\/p>\n
According to an analysis from the Weather Service office in the Mendenhall Valley, the warm temperatures in September this year were driven by a \u201csignificantly warmer than normal Gulf of Alaska and a prevailing storm track that consistently brought warm, moist air from more southerly latitudes.\u201d<\/p>\n
That moist air brought above-normal rainfall to accompany the higher-than-normal temperatures.<\/p>\n
Measurements at Juneau International Airport, the city\u2019s official measuring point, indicated 11.64 inches of rain \u2014 3 inches above normal for the month.<\/p>\n
Temperatures dipped below freezing in the Mendenhall Valley at the end of the month, but temperatures at the airport did not measure a below-freezing mark.<\/p>\n
The lowest temperature of the month was 33 degrees on Sept. 29; the highest was 69 degrees on Sept. 3.<\/p>\n
October is traditionally the wettest month of the year in Juneau and a gateway to winter. While the month has begun dry, it has seen temperatures closer to normal and even below normal.<\/p>\n
The first below-freezing temperature of the season was seen on Oct. 1, and termination dust has been seen on the higher peaks near Juneau. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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