Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Alaska, 2025
59 winter storm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 59
- Busiest month
- January17 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 22, 20253 winter storm watches
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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 3, 2:42 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Skagway Municipality | 14 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:52 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 27 hr |
| Jan 9, 1:07 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 47 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:26 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 33 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:10 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 24 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:38 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 21 hr |
| Jan 21, 5:42 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 45 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:45 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area | 12 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:06 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 16 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:44 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 15 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:14 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 48 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:49 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 23 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:53 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 12 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:09 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 16 hr | |
| Jan 28, 1:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:57 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Northwest Arctic | 14 hr |
| Jan 30, 4:46 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 9 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:15 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 8 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:15 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 23 hr |
| Feb 5, 2:48 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 11 hr |
| Feb 10, 1:04 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 38 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:17 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 12 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:13 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 11:44 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 11 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:28 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 24 hr |
| Mar 4, 8:44 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 19 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:43 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 11 hr | |
| Mar 7, 1:59 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | 14 hr | |
| Mar 17, 1:46 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines | 23 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:15 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area, Bethel Census Area | 36 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:21 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 9 hr |
| Apr 14, 1:02 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 25 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:44 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 21 hr |
| Jun 3, 10:59 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 38 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:01 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 13 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:14 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 8 hr |
| Nov 7, 1:51 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 23 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:16 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:19 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines | 16 hr |
| Nov 20, 9:02 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Fairbanks North Star, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 9 hr |
| Nov 27, 1:19 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 49 hr |
| Nov 28, 10:19 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 27 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:59 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 22 hr |
| Dec 3, 2:24 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 38 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:49 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 25 hr |
| Dec 4, 12:44 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Chugach Census Area, Copper River Census Area, Matanuska-Susitna | 23 hr |
| Dec 4, 4:32 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Yakutat City and | 22 hr |
| Dec 4, 9:27 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 14 hr |
| Dec 5, 2:03 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and | 20 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:40 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Petersburg, City and Borough of Wrangell | 21 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:23 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 23 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:50 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:15 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 9 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:15 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic | 23 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:18 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 47 hr |
| Dec 22, 11:59 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 25 hr |
| Dec 23, 2:19 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 25 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:14 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Ketchikan Gateway, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area and 4 more | 26 hr |
| Dec 24, 2:49 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 14 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- North Slope Borough13
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area11
- Nome Census Area11
- Skagway Municipality8
- Kusilvak Census Area8
- Haines Borough6
- Northwest Arctic Borough6
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area5
- Juneau City and Borough5
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area5
- Denali Borough4
- Aleutians West Census Area4
- Bethel Census Area4
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area3
- Sitka City and Borough3
- Petersburg Borough3
- City and Borough of Wrangell3
- Fairbanks North Star Borough2
- Yakutat City and Borough2
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough2
- Chugach Census Area1
- Copper River Census Area1
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.