Cold/Wind Chill, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- February 8, 8:00 PM AST to February 9, 2:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Cold in Alaska, February 8 to 9, 1998
At Point Lay only, Wind Chill values of -85 F to -90 F occured under winds of 20 mph or greater.
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.
At Point Lay only, Wind Chill values of -85 F to -90 F occured under winds of 20 mph or greater.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
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
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: 5630439.