The state, which previously issued information about high temperatures using special weather statement, has issued its first heat advisory.

When you think of Alaska, you rarely think of heat. But currently, parts of Alaska are under the state’s first official heat advisory. Here’s why it is technically new, but not necessarily unique in what’s considered the nation’s coldest state.

It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in Alaska, but using the heat advisory label could help convey the weather’s severity.