High Wind in Alaska, April 19 to 20, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, April 19 to 20, 1996
Start: 1996-04-19T00:00
End: 1996-04-20T23:59
Location: Alaska

April 19 to 20, 1996 · NWS AFC · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

continuing northwest by Dutch Harbor where it began to weaken Saturday. On Friday, wind gusts reached 56 mph at both Adak and Dutch Harbor.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AFC wrote it up.

An intense 969 mb low moved northward through the northcentral Pacific...continuing northwest by Dutch Harbor where it began to weaken Saturday. On Friday, wind gusts reached 56 mph at both Adak and Dutch Harbor. On Saturday, gusts reached 56 mph at Cold Bay, 51 mph at both Cape Newenham and Sitkinak Island, 47 mph at Kodiak and 41 mph at Togiak.

Event by event

3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Glacier Bay

When: April 19, 12:00 AM AST to April 20, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Glacier Bay forecast zone
Measured: 38 kt (44 mph)

High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island

When: April 19, 12:00 AM AST to April 20, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
Measured: 43 kt (49 mph)

High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area

When: April 19, 12:00 AM AST to April 20, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 49 kt (56 mph)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, April 1996

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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5540800, 5540801, 5540802.