High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- December 17, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 38 kt (44 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 17, 1996
A moderate frontal system moved into the Gulf of Alaska and northeastward into the central North Gulf Coast late Monday. 95 inches.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 frontal system moved into the Gulf of Alaska and northeastward into the central North Gulf Coast late Monday. Kodiak gusted to 44 mph...while also establishing a new daily precipitation record of 1.95 inches.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- December 17, 3:00 AM AST to 3:10 AM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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
- Dense Fog in Colorado, December 17 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 17 to 18, 1996
- Cold in Colorado, December 17 to 18, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, December 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 17 to 18, 1996
- Winter Weather in Texas, December 17, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 17, 1996
- Freezing Fog in Louisiana, December 17, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, December 17 to 19, 1996
- Winter Weather in Oklahoma, December 17, 1996
- High Wind in California, December 17 to 18, 1996
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5579248, 5579247.