Wow, an April average lower than March for Alaska seems very strange, especially with the large increase in daylight hours. It seems that California is following a season very similar to Alaska this year. The large-scale atmospheric waves have been stuck in a pattern with cold in both places.
The dramatic increase solar energy ought to matter, and it does in the lower albedo boreal forest region. But in tundra ecosystems, the increase in solar energy is partly offset by the very high albedo of the snow covered land and sea ice.
Wow, an April average lower than March for Alaska seems very strange, especially with the large increase in daylight hours. It seems that California is following a season very similar to Alaska this year. The large-scale atmospheric waves have been stuck in a pattern with cold in both places.
The dramatic increase solar energy ought to matter, and it does in the lower albedo boreal forest region. But in tundra ecosystems, the increase in solar energy is partly offset by the very high albedo of the snow covered land and sea ice.