Storms in Alaska in 1998
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 1998, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Alaska in 1998 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 407
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $2.8 million
- Episodes
- 193
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 309 | 0 | 0 | $127,000 |
| Blizzard | 34 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 23 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1998
- Cold in Alaska, January 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, January 6, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 10, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14 to 16, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, January 15 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 22, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 27 to 28, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, January 28 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 30 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, January 30 to 31, 1998
- Avalanche in Alaska, January 31, 1998
February 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 1, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 2 to 3, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 8, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 7, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 8 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 9, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 10, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 12, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 14 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 15 to 17, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 18 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, February 19 to 21, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 22 to 24, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 22 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 1998
March 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 8 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 12, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 16 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 17, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 22, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 25 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 27 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, March 29 to 31, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 1998
April 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 1 to 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 3 to 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 8 to 10, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 9, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 13 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 13 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 16 to 17, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 16 to 18, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 21 to 23, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 25 to 28, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 26 to 27, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 27, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 28 to 29, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 28, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 28 to 30, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 30, 1998
May 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 3 to 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 7 to 9, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 8 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 16 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 17, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 22, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 23 to 25, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Alaska, May 26 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 28 to 29, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 28 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 30, 1998
June 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 1 to 2, 1998
- Flood in Alaska, June 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 2 to 3, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 4 to 5, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 7 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alaska, June 7 to 8, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 8, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 16 to 17, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, June 25, 1998
July 1998
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 1 to 2, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, July 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 12 to 13, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, July 15, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, July 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, July 29 to 30, 1998
August 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 1 to 2, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 1998
- Flood in Alaska, August 14 to 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 16, 1998
- Flood in Alaska, August 17 to 20, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, August 18, 1998
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Alaska, August 19 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 19 to 20, 1998
- Storm Surge in Alaska, August 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 24 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 28 to 29, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 30 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1998
September 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 1, 1998
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 1 to 2, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 5 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 13 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 18 to 19, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 18 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 19 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 22 to 23, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 23, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 24 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 25, 1998
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 29, 1998
October 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 4 to 7, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and High Wind in Alaska, October 20 to 27, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, October 23 to 25, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 26, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 26 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 27, 1998
November 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 1, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 5 to 9, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 10 to 12, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 12 to 13, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 14 to 16, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 19, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, November 29 to 30, 1998
December 1998
- Storm Surge in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 5 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 7 to 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 10, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 15 to 18, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 15, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 15 to 17, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 15, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 16 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 17 to 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Cold in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, December 29 to 30, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 29 to 30, 1998
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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.