Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1998

Name: Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 9 to 14, 1998
Start: 1998-12-09T00:00
End: 1998-12-14T23:59
Location: Alaska

December 9 to 14, 1998 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, 1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 high wind, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: December 9, 12:00 AM AST to December 14, 11:59 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 41 kt (47 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Brisk northwesterly winds blew across Kodiak Wednesday, December 9th through Monday, December 14th. Gusts range from a low of 41 to a high of 47 mph.

Heavy Snow, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: December 14, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Cold air, already in place across the area behind the arctic front, received copious amounts of moisture from southeasterly, wet mid level winds. Overrunning produced 11 inches of new snow on Monday...setting a new record for the date.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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 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: 5670595, 5670596.