High Wind, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal
- When
- March 4, 12:00 AM AST to March 5, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 1996
reaching 1048 mbs near the Mackenzie Delta in Canada late Tuesday. drifting southeast toward the Queen Charlottes Tuesday.
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.
Strengthening high pressure moved across extreme northern Alaska Monday and Tuesday...reaching 1048 mbs near the Mackenzie Delta in Canada late Tuesday. At the same time, an arctic type low formed near Middleton Island Monday...drifting southeast toward the Queen Charlottes Tuesday. Cold air draining into Prince William Sound produced wind gusts reaching 79 mph at Valdez on Tuesday. Strong winds were also reported Sunday at Valdez when gusts reached 76 mph. Gusts at Whittier reached 58 mph on Sunday...while Seal Island recorded peak winds of 53 mph Monday. Further out from Prince William Sound gusts of 40 mph were recorded at Middleton Island on Sunday.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 New York, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 4, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 4 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 4 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 5, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Hawaii, March 4, 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: 5569788.