High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 23, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 23, 1997
Brisk easterly winds preceded a strong 958 mb low as it moved through the Alaska Peninsula from the north Pacific. Gusts up to 52 mph were recorded on both Kodiak Island and the 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.
Brisk easterly winds preceded a strong 958 mb low as it moved through the Alaska Peninsula from the north Pacific. Gusts up to 52 mph were recorded on both Kodiak Island and the Alaska Peninsula.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 23, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 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
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 23 to 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 23, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Texas, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, December 23, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alaska, December 23 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, December 23, 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: 5620820, 5620821.