The seasons in Alaska vary greatly. While Fairbanks to Anchorage might only be 450-miles, there is a drastic temperature difference. I remember running track in high school in the Interior meant we didn't get to go outside to practice until we could shovel the snow off of the track. Our first and second scheduled meets were usually canceled due to weather, and the first part of our season was spent running through the halls and practicing on the gym floor. Schools in Anchorage, however, usually had three or four official meets before we even got to do one. It was a great advantage for all of the Achorage athletes, who got to compete with various schools and travel.
The difference between the two largest cities in Alaska is drastic, and Alaskan weather only gets more drastic as you reach out to the Arctic and the Coast. Alaskan seasons are unreliable. Temperature, season length, snowfall, wind, precipitation, hours of sunlight, ice fog, ect are all dependent on where you live. There is no consistency in the Alaskan seasons. One summer may be beautiful with clear skies and very small bug populations, while the next may be darks and gloomy with overcast caused by large forest fires.
Alaskan seasons are never consistent or distinct, they tend to blend together at the most strange times. The Winter darkness, the Summer sunshine, the Fall chill, and the Spring rain are about the only identifiable characteristics of each season, but even they can happen in random order. All in all, Alaskan seasons are as unique and undefined as the Alaskan landscape and people living within it.
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