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Extreme Cold Warnings in Alaska, 2026

6 extreme cold 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 extreme cold warnings reaches back to 2005.

Extreme Cold Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Extreme Cold Warnings
6
Busiest month
January4 extreme cold warnings
Busiest day
February 8, 20262 extreme cold 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 3:53 AM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFCChugach Census Area, Copper River Census Area60 hr
Jan 7, 2:58 AM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula3 days
Jan 10, 9:04 PM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Lake and Peninsula66 hr
Jan 26, 3:47 AM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFGNorth Slope, Northwest Arctic38 hr
Feb 8, 9:30 AM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area67 hr
Feb 8, 9:35 AM AKSTExtreme Cold WarningAFGNorth Slope3 days

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.