High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- December 21, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 21, 1996
A moderate northwest-southeast front stalled across the western Aleutians Saturday morning, weakening by early Sunday. Wind gusts reached close to 45 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 northwest-southeast front stalled across the western Aleutians Saturday morning, weakening by early Sunday. Wind gusts reached close to 45 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- High Wind in California, December 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 21 to 23, 1996
- Cold in Minnesota, December 21 to 27, 1996
- Cold in North Dakota, December 21 to 27, 1996
- Avalanche in California, December 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, December 21 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 21 to 22, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, December 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, December 21 to 22, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 21 to 31, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, December 21 to 22, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5579255.