Kodiak soared to 67 degrees on Sunday, while other towns experienced record rain

By Matthew Cappucci and Emily Schwing Yesterday at 12:47 p.m. EST|Updated yesterday at 4:17 p.m. EST

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/12/28/alaska-record-temperatures-climate/

Imagine running a 5K and winning the race by 10 minutes. That’s analogous to what is transpiring in Alaska at the moment. An exceptional slew of records has tumbled in the wake of extreme warmth, with highs up to 45 degrees above average.

The anomalous warmth has also brought record moisture, with top-tier rainfall totals thanks to the air’s capacity to transport more humidity.

The ongoing spate of warmth is tied to a sprawling dome of stagnant high pressure banked southeast of the Aleutians in the northeastern Pacific. Reinforced by unusually warm ocean waters north of Hawaii, that high-pressure “heat dome” is inducing sinking air. That…