Cold in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 1998

Name: Cold in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 1998
Start: 1998-12-27T09:00
End: 1998-12-28T21:00
Location: Alaska

December 27 to 28, 1998 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Brisk northeast wind combined with very cold air to produce wind chills from 40 to locally 70 below across the area.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 AFC wrote it up.

Brisk northeast wind combined with very cold air to produce wind chills from 40 to locally 70 below across the area.

Event by event

2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Kuskokwim Valley

When: December 27, 9:00 AM AST to December 28, 9:00 PM AST
Where: Kuskokwim Valley forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Cold/Wind Chill, Kuskokwim Delta

When: December 27, 9:00 AM AST to December 28, 9:00 PM AST
Where: Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5670706, 5670707.