High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- December 14, 12:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 14, 1997
bringing southeast wind gusts near 70 mph to the extreme western Aleutians.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
An intense 960mb storm moved to within 180 miles south southeast of the Komandorskye Islands...bringing southeast wind gusts near 70 mph to the extreme western Aleutians.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, December 14, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 14, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 14 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alabama, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 14, 1997
- Strong Wind and Winter Weather in New Hampshire, December 14, 1997
- Flood in Florida, December 14 to 17, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, December 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, December 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 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: 5620809.