< you wrote>

Last year, spring thaw came to Anchorage and Fairbanks mid-to-late April,
and the last snow occurred around May 10.

<my comment>

Either last spring in Alaska was unusually early or else here's more
evidence of global warming. The three spring thaws ("breakups" in Alaskan
lingo) that I experienced at Fairbanks in 1968-70 arrived just in time to
permit lake trout fishing on Memorial Day. Maybe I should have stayed in
Alaska after all - sounds like it's getting downright tropical by comparison
with 30 years ago.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

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