Cold/Wind Chill, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 28, 4:00 PM AST to January 31, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Cold in Alaska, January 28 to 31, 1998
Moderate north weinds developed over an existing cold airmass resulting in Wind Chill values from 70 to 85 below.
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.
Moderate north weinds developed over an existing cold airmass resulting in Wind Chill values from 70 to 85 below.
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
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Virginia, January 28, 1998
- High Wind in Oregon, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- Coastal Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, January 28, 1998
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 28, 1998
- High Surf in California, January 28 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in South Carolina, January 28, 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: 5627315.