Weather alerts in Alaska, 2026
3,470 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 3,470
- Warnings
- 1,211
- Watches
- 98
- Advisories
- 2,124
- Busiest month
- January625 alerts
- Busiest day
- February 24, 202638 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
3,470 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Special Weather Statement | 37 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 25 |
| Flood Watch | 15 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 40 |
| Winter | |
| Blizzard Warning | 46 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 43 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 49 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 154 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 21 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 6 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 4 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 34 |
| Frost Advisory | 8 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 32 |
| High Wind Watch | 25 |
| Wind Advisory | 103 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 27 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 50 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 2 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| High Surf Advisory | 13 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 760 |
| Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | 133 |
| Hurricane Force Wind Warning | 5 |
| Special Marine Warning | 11 |
| Storm Warning | 123 |
| Brisk Wind Advisory | 407 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 1,286 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area95
- North Slope Borough93
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area81
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area74
- Nome Census Area66
- Bethel Census Area65
- Skagway Municipality64
- Juneau City and Borough64
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough53
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area51
- Yakutat City and Borough49
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough48
- Kenai Peninsula Borough47
- Denali Borough45
- Fairbanks North Star Borough42
- Anchorage Municipality41
- Sitka City and Borough41
- Northwest Arctic Borough41
- Kusilvak Census Area40
- Haines Borough35
- Petersburg Borough34
- Chugach Census Area28
- Copper River Census Area24
- Dillingham Census Area24
- City and Borough of Wrangell24
- Aleutians West Census Area22
- Lake and Peninsula Borough22
- Aleutians East Borough14
- Kodiak Island Borough14
- Bristol Bay Borough13
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.