High Wind, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM AST to February 5, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 1996
Strong high pressure built into the northwest corner of Alaska from the Chukchi Sea as the month began. As it weakened during the weekend, a moderate low developed south of the Gulf of Alaska on the arctic front and drifted to just west of Middleton Island as a 960 mb center Sunday evening.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Strong high pressure built into the northwest corner of Alaska from the Chukchi Sea as the month began. As it weakened during the weekend, a moderate low developed south of the Gulf of Alaska on the arctic front and drifted to just west of Middleton Island as a 960 mb center Sunday evening. Strong pressure gradients between these two systems produced windy conditions over much of the western part of the mainland, the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutians... as well as a large portion of the Bering Sea. On Saturday, winds reached 50 mph at Cold Bay, 48 mph at Saint Paul, 45 mph at Egegik, 44 mph at Mekoryuk and 44 mph at Cantwell (where wind chills reached close to 100 below zero). On Sunday, winds hit 55 mph at Cape Newenham, 54 mph at Dillingham, 50 mph at Bethel, 46 mph at Shemya, 44 mph at Kodiak and 41 mph at Aniak. Winds reached 52 mph at Dutch Harbor both Sunday and Monday. Also on Monday, winds reached 44 mph at both Cape Romanzof and Adak.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Glacier Bay
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM AST to February 5, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM AST to February 5, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM AST to February 5, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 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
- Cold in Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 3 to 4, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Avalanche and Flood in Alaska, February 3 to 10, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Flood in California, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 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: 5541025, 5541026, 5541027, 5541028.