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High Wind Warnings in Alaska, 2026

32 high wind 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 high wind warnings reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Warnings by county

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

High Wind Warnings
32
Busiest month
January9 high wind warnings
Busiest day
January 14, 20262 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 5:41 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFCAleutians East, Aleutians West Census Area63 hr
Jan 4, 9:06 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFGNome Census Area42 hr
Jan 8, 11:40 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and38 hr
Jan 11, 12:27 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area6 hr
Jan 12, 3:12 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 4 more42 hr
Jan 14, 1:14 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFCAnchorage Municipality47 hr
Jan 14, 2:40 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area51 hr
Jan 24, 1:38 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFGNome Census Area, North Slope65 hr
Jan 27, 12:21 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area30 hr
Feb 7, 4:14 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFCAleutians West Census Area3 days
Feb 10, 1:11 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKSkagway Municipality28 hr
Feb 11, 11:43 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKJuneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, City and Borough of Wrangell29 hr
Feb 16, 10:44 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKJuneau City and12 hr
Feb 19, 10:22 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFCChugach Census Area, Kodiak Island, Matanuska-Susitna49 hr
Feb 20, 10:28 AM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKJuneau City and59 hr
Feb 23, 3:34 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAFCChugach Census Area, Kenai Peninsula, Kodiak Island61 hr
Mar 6, 2:07 PM AKSTHigh Wind WarningAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and29 hr
Mar 14, 2:03 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAJKPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area35 hr
Mar 16, 4:05 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFCMatanuska-Susitna13 hr
Apr 23, 4:22 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area33 hr
Apr 24, 11:14 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFCAleutians West Census Area53 hr
Apr 29, 1:10 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area64 hr
May 15, 1:28 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFCAleutians East5 hr
May 25, 7:22 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area29 hr
Jul 13, 1:38 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area35 hr
Aug 1, 12:57 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area49 hr
Aug 16, 10:53 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area25 hr
Aug 27, 10:46 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area35 hr
Sep 8, 11:22 AM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGNorth Slope3 days
Sep 8, 1:43 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGNome Census Area61 hr
Sep 14, 7:58 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area18 hr
Sep 22, 1:03 PM AKDTHigh Wind WarningAFCAleutians West Census Area57 hr

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.

  1. January 14, 20262high wind warnings
  2. September 8, 20262high wind warnings
  3. January 3, 20261high wind warnings
  4. January 4, 20261high wind warnings
  5. January 8, 20261high wind warnings
  6. January 11, 20261high wind warnings
  7. January 13, 20261high wind warnings
  8. January 24, 20261high wind warnings
  9. January 27, 20261high wind warnings
  10. February 7, 20261high wind warnings
  11. February 10, 20261high wind warnings
  12. February 11, 20261high wind warnings

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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.