It was a very warm week of the 25th of January, on my way home it started raining pretty heavy, mind you, no snow, but rain. I was expecting maybe some wet snow, but it was not to be...

Poor ice quality on the Teedriinjik (Chandalar) River

Above normal temperatures in the Northwest Arctic region

The start of January 2016 felt like it was early springtime.

Nome was hit by unseasonably warm temperatures and strong winds.

A heatwave in Unalakleet, Alaska.

Very warm conditions for this time of year in Southcentral Alaska

At lower elevations, there has been melting, hurricane force winds and rain, which have stripped away the snow and left the trails bare, wet, and icy.

Iliamna Lake is not frozen, very unusual for midwinter conditions.

Pussy willows (Salix scouleriana) - a sign of spring in Interior Alaska.

Early thaw of sloughs in and around Nulato

Early Salmonberry Blossoms in February on Kodiak Island

Open water interferes with subsistence practices.

Early blooming salmonberry (was'x'aan tléiGu and blueberry (naanyaa kanat'aayi - Tlingit language) blossoms.

Salmonberries (Rubus spectabilis) are in full bloom on Baranof Island.

Early Pussy Willows in Denali Park.

Winter transformed from time of snow to time of ice.

Unseasonably warm in Chistochina.