High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to January 2, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 1996
A strong 953 mb low just south of Adak Monday drifted north into the Central Bering and weakened to 986 mbs late Tuesday. On Monday, wind gusts reached 66 mph at Dutch Harbor, 54 mph at Saint Paul and 62 mph at Cold Bay.
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 strong 953 mb low just south of Adak Monday drifted north into the Central Bering and weakened to 986 mbs late Tuesday. On Monday, wind gusts reached 66 mph at Dutch Harbor, 54 mph at Saint Paul and 62 mph at Cold Bay. On Tuesday, winds gusted to 64 mph at Cape Newenham and 50 mph at Mekoryuk (on Nunivak Island).
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to January 2, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, January 1, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 1 to 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5540809, 5540810.