High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- March 20, 12:00 AM AST to March 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 1996
An intensifying frontal low moved through the central Aleutians and central Bering Sea, making landfall near Cape Navarin (Russia) as a deep 968 mb center early Thursday. On Wednesday, wind gusts reached 54 mph at Saint Paul Island, 52 mph at Cold Bay, 53 mph at Dutch Harbor, 52 mph at Mekoryuk and 47 mph at Cape Newenham.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
An intensifying frontal low moved through the central Aleutians and central Bering Sea, making landfall near Cape Navarin (Russia) as a deep 968 mb center early Thursday. On Wednesday, wind gusts reached 54 mph at Saint Paul Island, 52 mph at Cold Bay, 53 mph at Dutch Harbor, 52 mph at Mekoryuk and 47 mph at Cape Newenham.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- March 20, 12:00 AM AST to March 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- March 20, 12:00 AM AST to March 21, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 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
- High Wind in Wisconsin, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 1996
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 20 to 23, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 20, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5569794, 5569795, 5569796.