Although Alaska is relatively known for its cold weather, it has surprisingly received winter earlier than expected! I personally picked this particular news article because I am wondering if Alaska receiving an early winter has any correlation with the impact of global warming.
Officially, 4.4 inches of snow fell Tuesday inAmerica's northernmost city, about 350 miles north of the Arctic Circle (2012 population: 4,346).
Tuesday tied the third heaviest September calendar-day snow on record in Barrow. Only Sept. 13, 1987 (5.1 inches) and Setp. 9, 2003 (4.7 inches) were heavier. Tuesday was its heaviest calendar-day snow on record anytime from August through the first week of September.
Dating to 1922, at least a trace of snow has been recorded at least once on each calendar day in Barrow. This summer, a half inch of snow fell in the city from Aug. 29-30, and 0.9 inches of snow was measured on July 23-24.
http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/barrow-alaska-snow-blizzard-warning-20140903
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