High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- January 5, 3:00 AM AST to January 6, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 1998
A strong 958 mb low moved northward across the western Aleutians late Monday, curving northwest and weakening Tuesday. Wind gusts reached 69 mph both in advance of the front and around the south semicircle of the low.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A strong 958 mb low moved northward across the western Aleutians late Monday, curving northwest and weakening Tuesday. Wind gusts reached 69 mph both in advance of the front and around the south semicircle of the low.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Maine, January 5 to 10, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Cold in Washington, January 5 to 23, 1998
- Tornadoes in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, January 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, January 5 to 6, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Texas, January 5 to 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, January 5, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, January 5, 1998
- Hail in Texas, January 5, 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: 5628673.