Editing Brooks Range (section)

==Climate==
While other Alaskan ranges to the south and closer to the coast can receive {{convert|250|in|cm}} to {{convert|500|in|cm}} of snow, the average snow precipitation on the Brooks Range is reported at {{convert|30|in|cm}}<ref name="ShulskiWendler2007">{{cite book|last1=Shulski|first1=Martha|last2=Wendler|first2=Gerd|title=The Climate of Alaska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUDWK8zDr50C&pg=PA148|access-date=16 December 2012|date=2007-12-15|publisher=University of Alaska Press|isbn=9781602230071|pages=148–}}</ref> to {{convert|51|in|cm}}.<ref name="Gallant1998">{{cite book|last=Gallant|first=Alisa L.|title=EcoRegions of Alaska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AKNrZbg0lwIC&pg=PA15|access-date=16 December 2012|date=1998-05-01|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=9780788148965|pages=15–}}</ref> Due to a changing climate, between the years 1969–2018 the Eastern and Western portions of the Brooks Range have experienced a 17.2% increase in annual precipitation.<ref name=":02">Thoman, R. & J. E. Walsh. (2019). [https://uaf-iarc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Alaskas-Changing-Environment_2019_WEB.pdf Alaska’s changing environment: documenting Alaska’s physical and biological changes through observations.] H. R. McFarland, Ed. International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks.</ref>

As measured at the Anaktuvuk Pass weather station (elevation {{convert|770|m|ft}}), the average summer temperatures are  {{convert|16|°C|°F}} as a high and {{convert|3|°C|°F}} as a low. During the winter the average high is {{convert|-22|°C|°F}} while the average low is {{convert|-30|°C|°F}}.<ref name="Gallant1998"/> [[Polar amplification]] is a force experienced in this region as global temperatures are rising. The northern and western regions of Alaska, where the Brooks Range lies, is experiencing a warming rate twice that of southeastern Alaska. The Brooks Range has experienced an increase in average summer temperature between 4.2&nbsp;°F and 5.8&nbsp;°F between the years 1969–2018.<ref name=":02"/>

In certain areas of the Brooks Range, year round snow cover or "perennial snowfields", can be found. In 1985, 34 square miles of snowfields were recorded, where as that number has dropped to under four square miles in 2017.<ref name=":02" />