Storms in Alaska in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Alaska in 1997 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 278
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.1 million
- Episodes
- 149
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 239 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Blizzard | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $115,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $700,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alaska, January 8, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 10, 1997
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 10 to 12, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26 to 27, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 1997
February 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 1 to 3, 1997
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 2 to 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 5 to 6, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 19 to 22, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 22 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 22 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1997
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 1997
March 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 3 to 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 10, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 11 to 12, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 15 to 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 25 to 26, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, March 31, 1997
April 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 1 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 1, 1997
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Alaska, April 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 8 to 11, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 17, 1997
- Flood in Alaska, April 23 to May 16, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 28, 1997
May 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 4 to 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 9 to 12, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 10 to 11, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 15 to 16, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 17 to 19, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 19, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 21 to 22, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, May 29 to 30, 1997
June 1997
- Drought in Alaska, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flood in Alaska, June 15 to 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, June 21 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Alaska, June 24, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, June 28, 1997
July 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, July 5 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, July 14 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, July 17 to 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, July 18, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Alaska, July 22 to 23, 1997
- Flood in Alaska, July 24 to 31, 1997
August 1997
- Flood in Alaska, August 1 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 3 to 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 10 to 11, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 13 to 14, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, August 14 to 15, 1997
- Flood in Alaska, August 26 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1997
September 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 4 to 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 5 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 20 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1997
- Waterspout in Alaska, September 23, 1997
- Flood in Alaska, September 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 30, 1997
October 1997
- Storm Surge and High Wind in Alaska, October 3 to 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 7 to 8, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 7 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 20 to 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 23 to 24, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 25 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 28 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, October 31, 1997
November 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 1 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 4 to 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 5, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 5 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 6 to 7, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 7 to 8, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 8 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 9, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 11 to 12, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 12 to 15, 1997
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, November 14 to 15, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 16 to 18, 1997
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 21 to 22, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 23 to 27, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 24, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, November 27 to 30, 1997
December 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 3, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 3 to 5, 1997
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 4 to 5, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 10, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 10, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 12, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 13 to 16, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 14, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18 to 19, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 21, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, December 23 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 23, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 26 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 1997
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 1997
- Cold in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 1997
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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.