Change is on the Wind

October 20, 2017 Fairbanks Alaska looking south from the UAF campus Geophysical Building.

October 30, 2017 Fairbanks Alaska looking south from the UAF campus Geophysical Building.

The rule used to be that if it snowed in Fairbanks Alaska before October 15th there was a good chance it would melt away to come back another day. And all snow that fell after October 15th was winter through and through until the return of the sun and warmth in March, when our world would begin to thaw. Of course there are exceptions like the winter that started on September 2, 1992 and stayed through the end of March 1993. Woof that was a long winter.

Well my friends, there is change on the wind.  Pack your umbrella and your snow boots if you head north, and drive with caution.