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High Wind Warnings in Alaska, 2025
52 high wind 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Warnings
- 52
- Busiest month
- January12 high wind warnings
- Busiest day
- January 5, 20252 high wind 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 5, 11:58 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area | 54 hr |
| Jan 5, 12:09 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | North Slope | 54 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:03 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 28 hr | |
| Jan 6, 2:55 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 21 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:28 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 48 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:32 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 26 hr | |
| Jan 14, 10:20 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 32 hr |
| Jan 18, 5:08 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 14 hr | |
| Jan 22, 4:12 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 45 hr | |
| Jan 23, 5:41 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, North Slope, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 4 days |
| Jan 24, 1:34 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | 51 hr | |
| Jan 26, 12:30 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 29 hr |
| Feb 3, 1:15 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope | 13 hr |
| Feb 9, 6:45 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 53 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:44 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 24 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:44 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 22 hr |
| Mar 23, 4:37 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians East | 5 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:48 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and | 27 hr |
| Apr 13, 7:01 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Anchorage Municipality | 11 hr |
| Apr 13, 11:01 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 4 hr |
| Apr 15, 5:46 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Anchorage Municipality | 46 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:12 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 44 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:11 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Matanuska-Susitna | 37 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:19 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 8 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:57 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, Skagway Municipality | 31 hr |
| Sep 21, 12:18 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 28 hr |
| Sep 25, 9:47 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, City and Borough of Wrangell | 36 hr |
| Oct 6, 12:47 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Denali, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 56 hr |
| Oct 10, 11:46 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area, Bethel Census Area | 46 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:02 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 54 hr |
| Oct 13, 1:01 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 31 hr |
| Oct 20, 10:27 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 42 hr |
| Oct 22, 8:04 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 18 hr |
| Oct 28, 12:26 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFC | Kodiak Island | 25 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:49 AM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, Yakutat City and | 24 hr |
| Oct 30, 2:24 PM AKDT | High Wind Warning | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope | 30 hr |
| Nov 6, 1:40 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 40 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:20 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 47 hr |
| Nov 15, 10:49 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians East | 9 hr |
| Nov 18, 4:48 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 37 hr |
| Dec 1, 11:43 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 30 hr |
| Dec 5, 11:00 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Matanuska-Susitna | 4 days |
| Dec 12, 5:19 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Chugach Census Area | 4 days |
| Dec 13, 2:24 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality | 14 hr |
| Dec 13, 11:16 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Matanuska-Susitna | 59 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:05 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula | 26 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:39 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 9:27 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna | 57 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:29 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and | 65 hr |
| Dec 23, 12:10 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality | 30 hr |
| Dec 24, 11:04 AM AKST | High Wind Warning | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 7 hr |
| Dec 26, 1:41 PM AKST | High Wind Warning | AFC | Chugach Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna | 3 days |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area11
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area8
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough8
- Juneau City and Borough7
- Nome Census Area6
- Skagway Municipality6
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough5
- Sitka City and Borough5
- North Slope Borough4
- Denali Borough4
- Anchorage Municipality4
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area3
- Kusilvak Census Area3
- Aleutians East Borough3
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area3
- Aleutians West Census Area3
- Chugach Census Area3
- Haines Borough1
- Petersburg Borough1
- City and Borough of Wrangell1
- Bethel Census Area1
- Northwest Arctic Borough1
- Kodiak Island Borough1
- Yakutat City and Borough1
- Lake and Peninsula Borough1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.