Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 1996

280 events in 192 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alaska in 1996 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
280
Deaths
1
Injuries
27
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
192

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind22100$233,000
Heat3100
Winter Storm500
Heavy Snow410$120,000
Flood300$1,000
Ice Storm3026$115,000
Storm Surge/Tide300$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill200$6,000
Drought200
Wildfire200$10 million
Avalanche100$50,000
Heavy Rain100
Lightning101$1,000
Blizzard100

Every episode, month by month

January 1996

February 1996

March 1996

April 1996

May 1996

June 1996

July 1996

August 1996

September 1996

October 1996

November 1996

December 1996

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.