High Wind, Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area
- When
- December 23, 4:00 PM AST to December 24, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Juneau Borough-Admiralty Island-Icy Strait Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 1998
Strong Taku winds occurred for several hours in downtown Juneau. Peak winds during the event were 61 mph at Mayflower Island, 67 mph at the Federal Building, and 76 mph at the rock dump.
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 AJK wrote it up.
Strong Taku winds occurred for several hours in downtown Juneau. Peak winds during the event were 61 mph at Mayflower Island, 67 mph at the Federal Building, and 76 mph at the rock dump. Strong outflow winds were also recorded at Cape Spencer - 73 mph - and Eldred Rock - 60 mph.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area
- When
- December 23, 4:00 PM AST to December 24, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Cape Fairweather-Coastal Area forecast zone
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay
- When
- December 23, 4:00 PM AST to December 24, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lynn Canal-Glacier Bay forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Cold in Arkansas, December 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in Maryland, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Alabama, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Texas, December 23, 1998
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 23 to 25, 1998
- Ice Storm in Virginia, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Ice Storm in Oklahoma, December 23 to 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, December 23 to 24, 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: 5678082, 5678083, 5678084.