Cold/Wind Chill, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 15, 3:00 PM AST to January 19, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Cold in Alaska, January 15 to 19, 1998
Moderate winds developing over a cold aiimass across northwest Alaska produced severe wind chills:Zone 1: Point Lay: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 2: Anaktuvuk Pass: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 3: Point Hope: -70 to -78 Wind ChillZone 4: Upper Noatak RAWS (ID: KTZ) -70 to -85 Wind Chill
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Moderate winds developing over a cold aiimass across northwest Alaska produced severe wind chills:Zone 1: Point Lay: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 2: Anaktuvuk Pass: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 3: Point Hope: -70 to -78 Wind ChillZone 4: Upper Noatak RAWS (ID: KTZ) -70 to -85 Wind Chill
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, North Slopes of Brooks Range
- When
- January 16, 8:00 PM AST to January 17, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- North Slopes of Brooks Range forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- January 17, 2:00 AM AST to January 18, 6:00 AM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- January 17, 2:00 PM AST to January 18, 1:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
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
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 15 to 18, 1998
- Flooding in California, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 1998
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1998
- Winter Storm in Oregon, January 15, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 15, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5627316, 5627317, 5627319, 5627318.