Heavy Snow, Yukon Delta
- When
- February 24, 10:00 PM AST to February 25, 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 1998
A low pressure center over southwest Bristol Bay curved north, moving over the Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta zones before dissipating over the Seward Peninsula on the 26th. The Co-op Observer at the village of St.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 low pressure center over southwest Bristol Bay curved north, moving over the Kuskokwim and Yukon Delta zones before dissipating over the Seward Peninsula on the 26th. The Co-op Observer at the village of St. Marys reported a snowfall of 6.0 inches during the 24 hour period.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Dense Fog in California, February 24, 1998
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 24, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, February 24, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, February 24 to 25, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1998
- Flood in California, February 24, 1998
- High Wind in Maryland, February 24, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 24, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 24, 1998
- High Wind in Arizona, February 24, 1998
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, February 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: 5630452.