Alert archive / Alaska / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Alaska, 2026
49 winter storm 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 49
- Busiest month
- January18 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 3, 20263 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 3:25 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area | 22 hr |
| Jan 3, 12:36 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 21 hr |
| Jan 3, 1:28 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:50 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 13 hr |
| Jan 7, 2:57 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians West Census Area | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:55 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Kodiak Island | 7 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:48 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 22 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:02 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 30 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Chugach Census Area, Kenai Peninsula, Matanuska-Susitna | 17 hr |
| Jan 8, 9:24 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali | 15 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:14 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Skagway Municipality | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 11:26 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Nome Census Area, North Slope, Northwest Arctic, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area and 1 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:31 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Anchorage Municipality, Kenai Peninsula | 26 hr |
| Jan 14, 4:55 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians East, Bethel Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula | 10 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:15 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 13 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:58 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 35 hr |
| Jan 27, 4:28 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 2 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 25 hr |
| Feb 1, 2:04 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 22 hr |
| Feb 8, 5:10 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area | 24 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:15 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area | 22 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:17 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Skagway Municipality | 21 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:23 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 17 hr |
| Feb 12, 1:33 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 23 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:36 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Bethel Census Area, Dillingham Census Area | 21 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:05 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 17 hr |
| Feb 15, 8:48 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 23 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:21 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 12 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:47 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 34 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:49 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 35 hr |
| Feb 20, 9:33 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Fairbanks North Star, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 25 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:04 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 24 hr |
| Feb 25, 2:05 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 21 hr |
| Feb 26, 3:44 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg | 24 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:19 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Petersburg, City and Borough of Wrangell | 23 hr |
| Mar 1, 2:45 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and | 23 hr |
| Mar 3, 12:41 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 31 hr |
| Mar 4, 2:43 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Aleutians East, Aleutians West Census Area, Bristol Bay, Dillingham Census Area, Lake and Peninsula | 26 hr |
| Mar 4, 9:26 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFC | Kenai Peninsula | 8 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:39 AM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area | 9 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:15 PM AKST | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 31 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:16 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 22 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:07 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AJK | Haines, Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Juneau City and, Petersburg, Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Sitka City and and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 10, 6:02 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Denali, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 33 hr |
| Apr 17, 11:41 AM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Nome Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 24 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:46 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 23 hr |
| Apr 20, 2:11 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | Kusilvak Census Area, Nome Census Area, Northwest Arctic | 27 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:20 PM AKDT | Winter Storm Watch | AFG | North Slope | 25 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area13
- Nome Census Area10
- North Slope Borough10
- Southeast Fairbanks Census Area7
- Denali Borough7
- Kusilvak Census Area5
- Skagway Municipality5
- Bethel Census Area4
- Dillingham Census Area4
- Haines Borough4
- Hoonah-Angoon Census Area4
- Juneau City and Borough4
- Petersburg Borough4
- Fairbanks North Star Borough4
- Northwest Arctic Borough4
- Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area3
- Sitka City and Borough3
- Aleutians West Census Area3
- Kenai Peninsula Borough3
- City and Borough of Wrangell2
- Yakutat City and Borough2
- Anchorage Municipality2
- Aleutians East Borough2
- Bristol Bay Borough2
- Lake and Peninsula Borough2
- Kodiak Island Borough1
- Chugach 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.