High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- October 26, 6:00 PM AST to October 27, 12:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
High Wind in Alaska, October 26 to 27, 1998
A vigorous front was preceded by strong southeasterly winds across the eastern third of the Aleutians and across the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts of 86 mph were reported by a ship between Cape Sarichef and Unalaska Tuesday morning.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 vigorous front was preceded by strong southeasterly winds across the eastern third of the Aleutians and across the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts of 86 mph were reported by a ship between Cape Sarichef and Unalaska Tuesday morning. Reported wind gusts reached 63 mph along the Alaska Peninsula later on Tuesday.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- October 27, 12:00 AM AST to 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Western Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
More
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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: 5668918, 5668919.