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Winter Storm Watches in Alaska, 2024

80 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
80
Busiest month
March15 winter storm watches
Busiest day
March 28, 20243 winter storm 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
Dec 31, 9:16 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area18 hr
Jan 1, 8:46 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC8 hr
Jan 4, 3:33 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC24 hr
Jan 5, 6:07 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area22 hr
Jan 6, 4:04 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic8 hr
Jan 8, 12:49 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area30 hr
Jan 14, 5:45 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope8 hr
Jan 14, 5:59 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area7 hr
Jan 19, 3:09 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and20 hr
Jan 25, 12:39 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC50 hr
Jan 25, 2:54 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality13 hr
Jan 27, 3:03 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC12 hr
Jan 28, 6:35 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope8 hr
Jan 29, 3:50 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality23 hr
Feb 2, 4:23 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC11 hr
Feb 2, 1:09 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Yakutat City and23 hr
Feb 2, 5:19 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area10 hr
Feb 5, 2:15 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area13 hr
Feb 8, 1:48 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality14 hr
Feb 11, 5:26 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13 hr
Feb 11, 6:26 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic11 hr
Feb 19, 4:51 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope13 hr
Feb 20, 6:48 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area5 hr
Feb 20, 11:46 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKSkagway Municipality15 hr
Feb 25, 4:15 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC11 hr
Feb 25, 12:27 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKKetchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and, City and Borough of Wrangell23 hr
Feb 29, 2:08 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area31 hr
Mar 4, 12:18 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope10 hr
Mar 12, 1:56 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality19 hr
Mar 14, 2:45 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope46 hr
Mar 16, 12:42 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area49 hr
Mar 17, 2:42 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFC25 hr
Mar 18, 7:41 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope10 hr
Mar 22, 9:58 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area8 hr
Mar 23, 6:03 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope7 hr
Mar 24, 12:07 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope8 hr
Mar 26, 5:55 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope6 hr
Mar 27, 4:25 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFC25 hr
Mar 28, 3:51 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area9 hr
Mar 28, 12:32 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNome Census Area24 hr
Mar 28, 12:33 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGDenali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area22 hr
Mar 29, 3:48 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope24 hr
Apr 1, 3:43 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area12 hr
Apr 1, 3:20 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope23 hr
Apr 1, 3:34 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic23 hr
Apr 7, 12:15 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area51 hr
Apr 7, 7:41 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope33 hr
Apr 8, 4:27 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area34 hr
Apr 8, 3:59 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFC12 hr
Apr 9, 3:53 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFC13 hr
Apr 10, 12:41 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope42 hr
Apr 11, 4:00 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic9 hr
Apr 14, 6:19 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area8 hr
Apr 24, 1:48 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope11 hr
May 11, 7:56 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNome Census Area42 hr
Sep 19, 3:56 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope20 hr
Oct 10, 4:00 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope24 hr
Oct 13, 8:39 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic19 hr
Oct 13, 8:39 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope18 hr
Oct 16, 2:59 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope10 hr
Oct 17, 3:45 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic57 hr
Oct 18, 4:35 AM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGDenali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area33 hr
Oct 27, 3:43 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFC13 hr
Oct 31, 1:10 PM AKDTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope13 hr
Nov 3, 9:33 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGYukon-Koyukuk Census Area28 hr
Nov 3, 3:21 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC12 hr
Nov 3, 3:25 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC13 hr
Nov 4, 1:45 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope14 hr
Nov 12, 9:45 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC16 hr
Nov 13, 2:42 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGKusilvak Census Area8 hr
Nov 13, 2:45 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Skagway Municipality23 hr
Nov 16, 1:45 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope50 hr
Nov 16, 1:45 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNome Census Area, Northwest Arctic51 hr
Nov 23, 1:59 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and24 hr
Nov 28, 3:07 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAJKHaines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Skagway Municipality and 1 more23 hr
Dec 2, 1:53 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope24 hr
Dec 6, 2:20 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorthwest Arctic21 hr
Dec 9, 6:45 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope18 hr
Dec 14, 4:33 AM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFC10 hr
Dec 28, 12:03 PM AKSTWinter Storm WatchAFGNorth Slope25 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. March 28, 20243winter storm watches
  2. April 1, 20243winter storm watches
  3. April 8, 20243winter storm watches
  4. November 4, 20243winter storm watches
  5. November 13, 20243winter storm watches
  6. January 5, 20242winter storm watches
  7. January 14, 20242winter storm watches
  8. January 25, 20242winter storm watches
  9. January 28, 20242winter storm watches
  10. February 2, 20242winter storm watches
  11. February 20, 20242winter storm watches
  12. February 25, 20242winter storm 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.