Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 1997

278 events in 149 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind23900$2,000
Blizzard900
Heavy Snow800
Flood600$1.3 million
Flash Flood500$115,000
Lightning200
Winter Storm200
Heavy Rain200
Winter Weather100
Drought100
Waterspout100
Storm Surge/Tide100$700,000
Cold/Wind Chill100

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

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July 1997

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September 1997

October 1997

November 1997

December 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.