Over 19 inches of snow has fallen on the city since Sunday evening.
Anchorage residents shoveled their sidewalks on Jan. 5, 2026, as snow continued falling throughout the day after a multi-day cold snap. A winter storm earlier this week dropped a record-breaking amount of snow on the state’s largest city.
Brandon Lawson is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Anchorage. He said 19.4 inches of snow accumulated from Sunday evening through Tuesday. “This is the highest two-day snow total for Anchorage in January on record, and it is the fifth highest on record ever for Anchorage for any two-day snow event,” Lawson said.storm totals of up to a foot for Anchorage. Schools in Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough remained open, although some sports games and practices in Anchorage were canceled Tuesday.through 6 a.m. Thursday for the Western Chugach Mountains from South Fork of Eagle River to Indian Creek. Large human-triggered avalanches are likely after the recent heavy snowfall, according to the warning.is in effect from 5 p.m. Wednesday through 4 p.m. Thursday for Anchorage, the lower Mat-Su Borough and parts of the Kenai Peninsula. Temperatures are forecast to dip as low as minus 35, and forecasters warned extended time outdoors could cause hypothermia. Lawson said colder temperatures had moved into the area by mid-Wednesday morning. “That's going to continue through tonight,” he said. “Then all of a sudden, we turn our attention right back to this next system coming in Friday through the weekend.”Ava is the statewide morning news host and business reporter at Alaska Public Media. Reach Ava at awhite@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8445.
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