High Wind, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area
- When
- October 26, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, October 26 to 28, 1996
moved northeastward along the Bering Sea Coast near Russia. It deepened to an intense 958mb center.
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.
A low...spawned by the remains of ex-typhoon Carlo...moved northeastward along the Bering Sea Coast near Russia. It deepened to an intense 958mb center. Wind gusts were in excess of 40 mph at many areas of southwest Alaska and across the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula. Akutan...in the eastern Aleutians...reported gusts in excess of 65 mph on Saturday. On Sunday, gusts reached 47 mph at Saint George (part of the Pribilof Island chain). Monday winds gusted to 53 mph at Cold Bay, 47 mph at Bethel and 48 mph at Cape Newenham.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- October 27, 7:53 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 41 kt (47 mph)
High Wind, Eastern Chichagof Island
- When
- October 28, 1:50 AM AST
- Where
- Eastern Chichagof Island forecast zone
- Measured
- 46 kt (53 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, October 26, 1996
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 26 to 29, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, October 26, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, October 26, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, October 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, October 26, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, October 26, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 26 to 27, 1996
- Tornado in South Dakota, October 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, October 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, October 26, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 26, 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: 5563553, 5563554, 5563557.