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Climate change in Alaska

Kodiak, Alaska sets the highest temperature ever recorded in December in the state of Alaska, reaching 19.4 C. The Aleutian Islands and island communities in West Alaska have seen abnormally high temperatures since mid-December, including eight straight days of over 10 C in Unalaska, including 13.3 C on Christmas Day, the warmest Christmas temperature on record for the state. Temperature anomalies for late December reach 10-15 C-change in some areas. The state also lately experiences unusually wet spells of weather.

Sources:  The Guardian  The Weather Network


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