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High Wind Watches in Alaska, 2024
43 high wind watches in 2024. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 43
- Busiest month
- October9 high wind watches
- Busiest day
- October 9, 20243 high wind watches
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 4, 3:29 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Jan 9, 12:55 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 6 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:38 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Juneau City and | 9 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:54 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 18 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:35 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 13 hr | |
| Jan 16, 1:04 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Juneau City and | 17 hr |
| Jan 26, 2:49 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 20 hr |
| Jan 27, 8:37 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Juneau City and, Sitka City and, Skagway Municipality | 18 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:19 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 28 hr | |
| Feb 8, 3:01 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 4:48 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 24 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:26 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 14 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:49 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 8 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:19 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 37 hr | |
| Mar 28, 1:35 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 27 hr | |
| Mar 30, 4:35 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:33 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 24 hr | |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 20 hr | |
| Apr 8, 4:30 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 33 hr |
| Apr 9, 4:34 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | North Slope | 8 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:41 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 14 hr |
| Aug 8, 10:22 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 18 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:21 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 6 hr | |
| Aug 10, 11:53 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 3 hr | |
| Aug 16, 1:41 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 22 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:07 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 24 hr |
| Sep 27, 2:55 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 43 hr |
| Sep 29, 9:35 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, Yakutat City and | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 10:37 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 26 hr | |
| Oct 9, 11:29 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 29 hr | |
| Oct 9, 11:37 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 28 hr | |
| Oct 9, 2:34 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 22 hr |
| Oct 11, 4:01 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 6 hr |
| Oct 17, 3:50 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 62 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:21 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 44 hr |
| Oct 27, 12:21 PM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, Yakutat City and | 25 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:05 AM AKDT | High Wind Watch | AFC | 10 hr | |
| Nov 3, 3:01 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 19 hr | |
| Nov 17, 4:47 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Dec 6, 3:57 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 23 hr |
| Dec 19, 12:47 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope | 36 hr |
| Dec 23, 10:59 AM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 26 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:22 PM AKST | High Wind Watch | AJK | Juneau City and | 22 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.
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Sources
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