Cold/Wind Chill, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Cold in Alaska, January 1, 1998
Evnt continued from Dec 1997. High pressure over the Beaufort Sea and moderate complex low pressure over southern Alaska produced winds over 20 mph and cold air temperatures resulting in Wind Chill temperatures of 90 below over the western Arctic Coast between Lisburne and Icy Cape, notably at Point Lay.
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.
Evnt continued from Dec 1997. High pressure over the Beaufort Sea and moderate complex low pressure over southern Alaska produced winds over 20 mph and cold air temperatures resulting in Wind Chill temperatures of 90 below over the western Arctic Coast between Lisburne and Icy Cape, notably at Point Lay.
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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 1, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 25, 1998
- Wildfire and Rip Current in Guam, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1 to 26, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 1, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 1, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 1 to 3, 1998
- Hurricane in American Samoa, January 1 to 5, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in South Carolina, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Drought in Hawaii, January 1 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 1 to 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5627307.