High Wind, Eastern Aleutians
- When
- August 31, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Eastern Aleutians forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1997
bringing wind gusts up to 46 mph near Dutch Harbor and across Unimak Island.
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 secondary coldfront passed southeastward across the area...bringing wind gusts up to 46 mph near Dutch Harbor and across Unimak Island.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- August 31, 12:00 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 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 Winds in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1997
- High Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, August 1997
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: 5618024, 5618025.