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Winter Storm Warnings in Alaska, 2026

43 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Warnings by county

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

Winter Storm Warnings
43
Busiest month
January14 winter storm warnings
Busiest day
January 4, 20262 winter storm 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, 1:00 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula56 hr
Jan 4, 9:16 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area42 hr
Jan 4, 1:14 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality and 2 more44 hr
Jan 5, 4:09 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCAnchorage Municipality, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna40 hr
Jan 8, 5:23 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCCopper River Census Area, Kenai Peninsula64 hr
Jan 8, 11:50 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality69 hr
Jan 10, 7:26 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area30 hr
Jan 12, 2:38 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKSkagway Municipality42 hr
Jan 14, 11:03 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Northwest Arctic, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area62 hr
Jan 14, 3:07 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area33 hr
Jan 14, 4:41 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCChugach Census Area, Copper River Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna47 hr
Jan 26, 3:58 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area56 hr
Jan 26, 5:06 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKJuneau City and7 hr
Jan 27, 10:59 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCAnchorage Municipality, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna12 hr
Feb 4, 7:30 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGNorth Slope17 hr
Feb 8, 4:13 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCBethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area59 hr
Feb 11, 11:43 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines27 hr
Feb 13, 5:56 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGNome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area51 hr
Feb 13, 12:09 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area57 hr
Feb 16, 1:38 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGNome Census Area, Northwest Arctic61 hr
Feb 17, 1:38 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area69 hr
Feb 18, 2:45 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, Yakutat City and42 hr
Feb 20, 4:31 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area4 days
Feb 20, 11:45 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGNorth Slope4 days
Feb 21, 10:27 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area3 days
Feb 25, 8:03 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKYakutat City and13 hr
Feb 27, 3:19 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, City and Borough of Wrangell50 hr
Feb 28, 1:51 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKPetersburg43 hr
Mar 2, 1:35 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and46 hr
Mar 4, 7:32 PM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area64 hr
Mar 5, 5:09 AM AKSTWinter Storm WarningAFCKenai Peninsula40 hr
Mar 9, 6:19 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAJKJuneau City and7 hr
Mar 14, 2:01 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality and 1 more45 hr
Mar 15, 10:51 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area50 hr
Mar 17, 6:25 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area67 hr
Mar 18, 1:05 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAJKJuneau City and, Yakutat City and36 hr
Mar 20, 1:00 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAJKHaines30 hr
Mar 20, 3:20 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGNorth Slope15 hr
Mar 21, 6:28 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGNorth Slope6 hr
Apr 11, 3:14 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area54 hr
Apr 17, 11:41 AM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area70 hr
Apr 17, 12:23 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFCBethel Census Area15 hr
Apr 18, 12:13 PM AKDTWinter Storm WarningAFGSoutheast Fairbanks Census Area49 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 4, 20262winter storm warnings
  2. January 8, 20262winter storm warnings
  3. January 15, 20262winter storm warnings
  4. January 26, 20262winter storm warnings
  5. February 13, 20262winter storm warnings
  6. February 20, 20262winter storm warnings
  7. February 28, 20262winter storm warnings
  8. March 5, 20262winter storm warnings
  9. March 20, 20262winter storm warnings
  10. April 17, 20262winter storm warnings
  11. January 3, 20261winter storm warnings
  12. January 6, 20261winter storm 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.