The whole bottom half of the state has been the same way. Seward had a very very cold beginning of december without any snow, no clouds even. We ended up with good ice on the lakes early. After that it all turned to crap. It hasn't got below 30 for more than two days at a time, been raining a lot. (I hear at least, its -36 in prudhoe right now) Definitely sloppy. They did finally get some snow yesterday and today though. Still warm. Mid 30's. I am hoping when I get home in a couple weeks I will have a good crust of snow to drag trees over, but we will see.
There was more overflow than ice on the lakes i drilled last time home. Big lakes and rivers wide open. Good snow up top for sledding though!