High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- February 17, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 17, 1996
A weakening frontal system moved southeastward through Kodiak Island bringing winds up and warm air down. New daily high for Kodiak (at the airport) of 47.
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 weakening frontal system moved southeastward through Kodiak Island bringing winds up and warm air down. New daily high for Kodiak (at the airport) of 47. Winds reached 48 mph at the Kodiak airport and 61 mph at Sitkinak Island (just southwest of Kodiak Island).
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 Surf in Hawaii, February 17, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, February 17, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, February 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1996
- Winter Storm in West Virginia, February 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 17 to 18, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5541046.