Frost/Freeze in Haines Borough and Klukwan, Alaska

The DOT RWIS station at 36 mile Haines Highway reported temperatures of 29-32 degrees between midnight and 6am on the morning of May 1st. The nearby FAA webcam recorded 30-32 degrees during the same time period. The COOP station at Haines Customs reported a minimum temperature of 29 degrees at their 7am report and a current temperature at the time of 33 degrees, indicating that the temperature had just warmed above freezing. The same station reported a low of 28 degrees the following day, but may have actually occurred on the 1st. No impacts were reported.

Clear skies allowed for temperatures to fall below freezing for a period of time in the upper Chilkat Valley of Haines early on the 1st.