Alaska’s spring was colder than average, while other places baked

Well, if you’ve been grumbling about it feeling cooler than usual in Alaska this spring, you’re right. Lingering snow and cloudy days resulted in temperatures about 3.5 degrees below average, statewide, from March through May. National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider — back for our Ask a Climatologist segment — says that ranged from about 1 degree below average in Juneau, to 2 or 3 degrees in Anchorage, and 4 or 5 degrees in Fairbanks. And Brettschneider says April was a particularly chilly month statewide. Brian Brettschneider: It was...