Another below-average fire season at the Fastest Warming Place on Earth?

Cool Alaska spring, slow start to wildfire season | Alaska Dispatch

With snow still smothering large chunks of Alaska, the 2013 wildfire season is off to a sluggish start, and the state isn't likely to burst into flames anytime soon. According to a state interagency group, May has a lower-than-normal fire potential due to Alaska’s stubborn winter.
...The 10-year average for acres burned during Alaska’s summer months sits at 1.7 million acres.
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Last year, a total of 416 fires burned 286,887 acres across the state, well below average.

August 2, 2012: Chilly July was fourth coldest in Anchorage history | Alaska Dispatch

The National Climate Data Center found also found that worldwide temperatures were up. In fact, this July was the fourth warmest worldwide since records were first kept in 1880.
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Alan Czajkowski, director for maintenance and operations with municipality of Anchorage said bulldozers have been going to different snow pile sites around the city to move the snow around in an effort to help it melt faster. He's doubtful the snow will be gone by the end of summer.