Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2025
49 blizzard warnings in 2025. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 49
- Busiest month
- December12 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 28, 20253 blizzard warnings
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Alaska Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 1:40 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 10 hr |
| Jan 16, 4:58 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 33 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:00 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 25 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:31 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 65 hr | |
| Jan 26, 11:54 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 31 hr |
| Jan 28, 3:08 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 51 hr |
| Jan 28, 1:24 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 50 hr | |
| Jan 28, 1:45 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 54 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:42 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 56 hr | |
| Jan 29, 3:50 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 3 days |
| Feb 1, 12:04 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 30 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:48 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 11 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:11 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 48 hr |
| Feb 7, 12:40 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 13 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:12 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 68 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:37 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 60 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:09 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 26 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 3 days |
| Feb 21, 10:07 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 35 hr |
| Feb 23, 7:56 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 16 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:11 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 32 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:41 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 14 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:15 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 51 hr |
| Mar 4, 1:09 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 41 hr |
| Mar 5, 1:15 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 49 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:33 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 10 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:59 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | 23 hr | |
| Mar 10, 9:03 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 3 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:20 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 45 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:13 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 13 hr |
| Apr 12, 5:42 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 25 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:21 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 47 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:55 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 9 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:57 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 33 hr |
| May 5, 7:08 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 10 hr |
| May 10, 1:02 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 27 hr |
| Nov 16, 2:45 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 12 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:59 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3 days |
| Dec 5, 5:33 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area, Copper River Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna | 3 days |
| Dec 5, 11:37 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 37 hr |
| Dec 11, 11:41 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 69 hr |
| Dec 15, 1:29 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 66 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:15 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 14 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:18 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope | 46 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:59 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Fairbanks North Star, North Slope, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 71 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:49 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area, Bethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area | 3 days |
| Dec 30, 3:57 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area | 24 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:33 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 10 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:33 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 34 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- North Slope Borough21
- Nome Census Area10
- Bethel Census Area5
- Northwest Arctic Borough4
- Kusilvak Census Area4
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area4
- Denali Borough2
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area2
- Chugach Census Area2
- Copper River Census Area1
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough1
- Fairbanks North Star Borough1
- Aleutians West Census Area1
- Dillingham Census Area1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20242026
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.