During the last storm, there were warmer temperatures recorded on Mars than in the Midwest.
Anchorage, while situated on an inland "bay", is still on the ocean. Also, a monster ridge of high pressure along the west coast has kept the flow across Alaska out of the south, especially near Anchorage. So they get bombarded with storms, but are quite mild. The ridging over the North Pacific looks like it'll stick around, though I'm sure Alaska will have some cold shots. Even so, it looks like cold for the midwest/northeast for quite a while.
