Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 10, 5:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, January 10, 1998
A disturbance aloft brough a period of fresh snow and increased winds, resulting in near blizzard condition at Point Lay - AWOS winds were between 25 and 30 kts and visibilities were 1/4 mile at times.
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 disturbance aloft brough a period of fresh snow and increased winds, resulting in near blizzard condition at Point Lay - AWOS winds were between 25 and 30 kts and visibilities were 1/4 mile at times.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Oregon, January 10 to 29, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Washington, January 10 to 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 10 to 11, 1998
- Flooding in Indiana, January 10 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, January 10 to 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 10 to 11, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 10 to 11, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 10 to 14, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 10 to 14, 1998
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 10, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, January 10 to 23, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 10 to 12, 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: 5627313.