Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 5 to 7, 1997

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 5 to 7, 1997
Start: 1997-11-05T07:00
End: 1997-11-07T07:00
Location: Alaska

November 5 to 7, 1997 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

0 inches of snowfall (24-hour amount) was recorded at Coldfoot on the morning of the 7th. Both locations are on the Dalton Highway, on the south slopes of the Brooks Range.

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 AFG wrote it up.

A 24-hour snowfall amount of 6.5 inches was recorded at Wiseman on the morning of the 6th, and 6.0 inches of snowfall (24-hour amount) was recorded at Coldfoot on the morning of the 7th. Both locations are on the Dalton Highway, on the south slopes of the Brooks Range.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys

When: November 5, 7:00 AM AST to November 7, 7:00 AM AST
Where: Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, November 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: 5620839.