The National Weather Service reported 9.4 inches of snow fell Monday at the official monitoring site near the airport. A winter storm warning remains in effect through Wednesday.
Nikolay Timofeev sleds with his son, Thomas, 3, at Kincaid Park during a snowfall on January 5, 2026. An ongoing snowstorm brought a new record to Anchorage on Monday as steady accumulation and blowing snow led to some delays and traffic snarls on Tuesday.
The 9.4 inches of new snow measured Monday by the National Weather Service at the agency’s Sand Lake offices broke a daily snowfall record for Jan. 5 of 7.8 inches set in 1987. The weather service is calling for Anchorage and Mat-Su storm totals of 16 to 24 inches by Wednesday. The snow, falling amid single-digit temperatures, is light and fluffy but persistent. Drivers around the city and on the Glenn Highway on Monday reported unplowed neighborhood roads and tricky visibility at times as traffic kicked up clouds of accumulated and falling snow. As of Tuesday morning, local storm reports included 15 inches of new snow in Big Lake and Talkeetna, 10 inches in Anchorage’s Oceanview neighborhood and nearly 8 inches in Muldoon.18 inches of “light fluffy snow” as of Tuesday morning but cautioned anyone coming up to recreate that the wind was creating drifts.was rated “considerable” Tuesday in the Girdwood, Turnagain Pass and Summit Lake areas, according to the Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center.Here is a look at current radar returns across Southcentral, AK. Bands of heavy snowfall will continue for the Anchorage and Mat-Su Valley through this afternoon before diminishing tonight. See graphic for more details on snow amounts.that remains in effect through noon Wednesday for Anchorage and Mat-Su calls for another 4 to 9 inches, with visibility reduced to a half-mile during heavy snow periods. The most snow is expected to fall near the Talkeetna Mountains and along the Anchorage Hillside and higher elevations in Eagle River. The warning covers a broad area from Anchorage to the central Susitna Valley.5th anniversary of Jan. 6 attack brings fresh division to the Capitol
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