Ice Storm, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway
- When
- November 11, 12:00 AM AST to November 12, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $65,000
Ice Storm in Alaska, November 11 to 12, 1996
Cool, but shallow, arctic air was in place. Areas of rain moved through the area from the southeast, falling as freezing rain at the surface around Anchorage.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Property damage
- $65,000
- 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.
Cool, but shallow, arctic air was in place. Areas of rain moved through the area from the southeast, falling as freezing rain at the surface around Anchorage.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 12, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, November 11, 1996
- Freezing Fog in Montana, November 11 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, November 11 to 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, November 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: 5573302.