High Wind, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area
- When
- December 3, 5:00 PM AST to 11:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, December 3, 1997
A peak wind of 64 kt occurred at Yakutat airport just before a strong Pacific occlusion passed through the area.
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 AJK wrote it up.
A peak wind of 64 kt occurred at Yakutat airport just before a strong Pacific occlusion passed through the area.
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
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- High Surf in Hawaii, December 3 to 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Colorado, December 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, December 3, 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: 5623875.