High Wind, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- February 18, 12:00 AM AST to February 20, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 18 to 20, 1996
A moderate "arctic" type low moved inland from Togiak, along the Bristol Bay coast early Monday, deepening to 988mbs 200 miles southeast of Kodiak Monday afternoon. The low then merged with another center about 60 miles south of Cape Yakataga.
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 "arctic" type low moved inland from Togiak, along the Bristol Bay coast early Monday, deepening to 988mbs 200 miles southeast of Kodiak Monday afternoon. The low then merged with another center about 60 miles south of Cape Yakataga. Wind gusts Sunday reached 44 mph at Homer. On Monday, gusts reached 58 mph at Iliamna, 75 mph at Cape Newenham, 63 mph at Cold Bay, 58 mph at Port Heiden, 51 mph at Sand Point and 47 mph at Togiak. On Sunday, wind gusts reached 46 mph at Puntilla and 44 mph at Farewell Lakes...while just one day later gusts of 46 mph were recorded at Skwentna and 44 mph at Hayes River.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- February 18, 12:00 AM AST to February 20, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 18, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 1996
- Flood in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, February 18 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, February 18 to 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Rain in California, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 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: 5541049, 5541050.