Alert archive / Alaska / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Alaska, 2026
46 blizzard warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 46
- Busiest month
- February17 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 7, 20263 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 3, 1:00 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 56 hr |
| Jan 4, 9:16 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 26 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:30 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area | 35 hr |
| Jan 6, 12:56 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:57 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 33 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:48 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area, Kodiak Island | 3 days |
| Jan 7, 1:36 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 46 hr |
| Jan 8, 2:36 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Denali, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 3 days |
| Jan 12, 7:55 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 15 hr |
| Jan 14, 11:03 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 3 days |
| Jan 16, 5:07 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 8 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:58 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 38 hr |
| Jan 26, 7:26 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic | 3 days |
| Jan 31, 1:35 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 67 hr |
| Feb 5, 12:34 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 54 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:20 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 46 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:53 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 41 hr |
| Feb 10, 10:14 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 71 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:26 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 26 hr |
| Feb 12, 5:46 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 9 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:23 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 41 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:51 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 14 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:25 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 15 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:12 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 37 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:35 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 72 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:38 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 61 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:31 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 52 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:35 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 53 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:48 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 23 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:08 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Copper River Census Area | 23 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:11 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 4 days |
| Mar 4, 3:31 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula | 44 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:48 PM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 54 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:46 AM AKST | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 4:03 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFC | Aleutians East | 14 hr |
| Mar 11, 7:59 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 21 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:32 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 37 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:46 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 12:25 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 42 hr |
| Mar 19, 1:35 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 11:20 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 25 hr |
| Apr 20, 10:58 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 11 hr |
| Apr 21, 5:11 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 46 hr |
| Apr 23, 8:31 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 6 hr |
| May 1, 11:48 AM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 7 hr |
| May 10, 5:43 PM AKDT | Blizzard Warning | AFG | North Slope | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- North Slope Borough16
- Nome Census Area13
- Northwest Arctic Borough9
- Kusilvak Census Area7
- Bethel Census Area6
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area3
- Chugach Census Area2
- Aleutians West Census Area2
- Denali Borough2
- Aleutians East Borough2
- Kodiak Island Borough1
- Fairbanks North Star Borough1
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1
- Copper River Census Area1
- Bristol Bay Borough1
- Dillingham Census Area1
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1
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.