High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- October 17, 12:00 AM AST to October 18, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, October 17 to 18, 1996
A moderate weather front, moving east through the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula brought wind gusts greater than 40 mph to the eastern Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula. Cold Bay reported gusts to 45 mph.
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 weather front, moving east through the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula brought wind gusts greater than 40 mph to the eastern Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula. Cold Bay reported gusts to 45 mph.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- October 17, 12:00 AM AST to October 18, 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 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
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 17, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 17, 1996
- Hail in Texas, October 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 17, 1996
- Tornado in Illinois, October 17, 1996
- High Wind in Oregon, October 17 to 18, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, October 17, 1996
- Hail in Michigan, October 17, 1996
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5563550, 5563551.