Fairbanks: First freeze.
July 13
Fairbanks: 88°F highest temperature of the year.
May 18
Ester Dome, Ester: Pollen everywhere, Fairbanks broke world birch pollen record this year apparently. Good spruce tips and red cones (berry-like.) Red currants have small green berries. Blueberries have tons of flowers. Also flowering is highbush cranberry, bluebell, labrador tea, soapberry, nagoonberry, coltsfoot and many wildflowers. Wild rose has no flowers yet.
May 5
Fairbanks: Last freeze.
April 26
Fairbanks: Official Chena Ridge greenup day.
April 9
Fairbanks: End of seasonal snow cover.
October 29
Fairbanks: Establishment of seasonal snow cover.
September 22
Fairbanks: Birch leaves have nearly all dropped.
September 10
Murphy Dome, Fairbanks: Picked tons of great black (alpine) bearberries. Good crowberries too.
September 2
Fairbanks: First freeze.