High Wind in Alaska, August 26 to 27, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, August 26 to 27, 1996
Start: 1996-08-26T00:00
End: 1996-08-27T23:59
Location: Alaska

August 26 to 27, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate 983mb low moved northward into Russia from the Kamchatka Peninsula. Unofficial wind reports in the extreme western Aleutians indicated gusts in excess of 40 mph.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

A moderate 983mb low moved northward into Russia from the Kamchatka Peninsula. Unofficial wind reports in the extreme western Aleutians indicated gusts in excess of 40 mph.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area

When: August 26, 12:00 AM AST to August 27, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 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, August 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: 5560969.