High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- January 26, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 1996
A moderate low moved out of the northcentral Pacific, deepened to 978 mbs and moved into the central Bering Sea Friday. Winds reached 43 mph at Dutch Harbor, 48 mph at Adak and 41 mph at Saint Paul Island.
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 low moved out of the northcentral Pacific, deepened to 978 mbs and moved into the central Bering Sea Friday. Winds reached 43 mph at Dutch Harbor, 48 mph at Adak and 41 mph at Saint Paul Island.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- January 26, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 42 kt (48 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
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 26, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, January 26, 1996
- Blizzard in Wisconsin, January 26 to 27, 1996
- Cold in North Dakota, January 26, 1996
- Blizzard in Iowa, January 26 to 27, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, January 26, 1996
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, January 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 26, 1996
- Flooding in North Carolina, January 26 to 27, 1996
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, January 26, 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: 5540831, 5540832.