High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- December 2, 12:00 PM AST to December 3, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1997
Southeasterly winds ahead of a moderate front gusted up to 50 mph across the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula.
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.
Southeasterly winds ahead of a moderate front gusted up to 50 mph across the Aleutians and Alaska Peninsula.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 3, 9:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 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
- Dense Fog in Nebraska, December 2, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, December 2, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, December 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 2 to 3, 1997
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, December 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, December 2, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 2 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2, 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: 5620799, 5620800.