28 MAY 1998. ALASKA: CLIMATE
Tom Bell of the Anchorage Daily News reports that May
in Anchorage was one of the cloudiest and windiest ever recorded and the
summer threatens to be cool and overcast, at least until ENSO stops. Cold
weather has delayed the emergence of spruce bark beetles which have become
a major problem with spruce trees in the area. Elsewhere, despite record
rains in Kodiak and Whittier, the interior of Alaska is the driest it has
been ina decade.
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1997 El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO 97-98)