Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- December 2, 9:00 PM AST to December 3, 4:00 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
A developing storm moved northeast over the Bering Sea before diminishing over the inner west coast of Alaska. Blizzard conditions occurred over portions of the west coast of Alaska, though probably not over the Saint Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 developing storm moved northeast over the Bering Sea before diminishing over the inner west coast of Alaska. Blizzard conditions occurred over portions of the west coast of Alaska, though probably not over the Saint Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast. Blizzard conditions occurred at: Zone 10: Cape Romanzof, Hooper Bay, Zone 3: Kotzebue, Zone 6: Unalakleet, Nome (close).
Event by event
3 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- December 3, 6:00 AM AST to 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- December 3, 2:00 PM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in New York, December 2 to 7, 1998
- High Wind in Montana, December 2, 1998
- Flooding in Oregon, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 2, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 2, 1998
- Flooding in California, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Storm Surge in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heat in Vermont, December 2 to 7, 1998
- Flood in Washington, December 2 to 3, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 2, 1998
- Heat in Massachusetts, December 2 to 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 1998
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: 5676714, 5676712, 5676713.