Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- March 30, 1:00 PM AST to March 31, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
Blizzard in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 1998
A strong low pressure center moved north in the Bering Sea, decellerating, but weakening only slowly. This storm produced blizzard and near-blizzard conditions across much of the West Coast of Alaska, notably Cape Romanzof (Zone 10), Nome (Zone 6), Gambell (Zone 9), and Point Hope (Zone 3).
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.
A strong low pressure center moved north in the Bering Sea, decellerating, but weakening only slowly. This storm produced blizzard and near-blizzard conditions across much of the West Coast of Alaska, notably Cape Romanzof (Zone 10), Nome (Zone 6), Gambell (Zone 9), and Point Hope (Zone 3).
Event by event
4 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- March 30, 7:00 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Blizzard, Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound
- When
- March 31, 12:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Southern Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound forecast zone
Blizzard, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- March 31, 8:00 AM AST to 2:00 PM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 30, 1998
- Flooding in New York, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 30 to 31, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 30, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, March 30 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5632199, 5632197, 5632196, 5632198.