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High Wind Watches in Alaska, 2026

25 high wind watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.

High Wind Watches by county

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

High Wind Watches
25
Busiest month
February8 high wind watches
Busiest day
January 3, 20262 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 5:55 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCAleutians West Census Area24 hr
Jan 3, 5:41 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCAleutians West Census Area55 hr
Jan 3, 12:55 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGNome Census Area, North Slope31 hr
Jan 7, 1:15 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area22 hr
Jan 11, 2:18 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 4 more25 hr
Jan 25, 2:45 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFGNorth Slope25 hr
Feb 1, 3:08 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCKodiak Island24 hr
Feb 6, 10:13 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCAleutians West Census Area18 hr
Feb 8, 1:07 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKSkagway Municipality27 hr
Feb 10, 2:17 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Ketchikan Gateway, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and21 hr
Feb 13, 11:54 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKJuneau City and47 hr
Feb 18, 10:57 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCChugach Census Area, Kodiak Island23 hr
Feb 19, 10:39 AM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAJKJuneau City and, Skagway Municipality43 hr
Feb 23, 3:34 PM AKSTHigh Wind WatchAFCKodiak Island19 hr
Mar 20, 5:46 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFCMatanuska-Susitna9 hr
Apr 24, 4:55 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFCAleutians West Census Area24 hr
Apr 29, 2:37 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area11 hr
May 24, 12:32 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area19 hr
Jul 12, 1:56 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area24 hr
Jul 31, 1:19 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area36 hr
Sep 7, 11:56 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGNome Census Area26 hr
Sep 7, 11:58 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGNorth Slope23 hr
Sep 13, 10:12 AM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area34 hr
Sep 18, 2:14 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality, Yakutat City and20 hr
Sep 21, 1:20 PM AKDTHigh Wind WatchAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area5 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.

  1. January 3, 20262high wind watches
  2. September 7, 20262high wind watches
  3. January 2, 20261high wind watches
  4. January 7, 20261high wind watches
  5. January 11, 20261high wind watches
  6. January 25, 20261high wind watches
  7. February 2, 20261high wind watches
  8. February 6, 20261high wind watches
  9. February 8, 20261high wind watches
  10. February 10, 20261high wind watches
  11. February 13, 20261high wind watches
  12. February 18, 20261high wind watches

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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.