High Wind in Alaska, June 16, 1996

Name: High Wind in Alaska, June 16, 1996
Start: 1996-06-16T00:00
End: 1996-06-16T23:59
Location: Alaska

June 16, 1996 · NWS AFC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A moderate 992 mb low curved northward out of the northcentral Pacific to just west of Dutch Harbor early Sunday. weakening to a 995mb center 120 miles south of Saint Paul Island early Monday.

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 moderate 992 mb low curved northward out of the northcentral Pacific to just west of Dutch Harbor early Sunday. The low curved westward...weakening to a 995mb center 120 miles south of Saint Paul Island early Monday. At Cold Bay winds reached 45 on Saturday, 52 on Sunday, and 46 on Monday. At Port Heiden, wind gusts hit 47 on Sunday and 44 on Monday. At Cape Newenham, wind gusts reached 45 mph on Monday.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island

When: June 16, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 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

Every storm in Alaska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, June 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: 5544038.