High Wind and Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 29, 1998

Name: High Wind and Heavy Rain in Alaska, September 29, 1998
Start: 1998-09-29T00:00
End: 1998-09-29T23:59
Location: Alaska

September 29, 1998 · NWS AFC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

04 set in 1935. Also, on this date, wind gusts reached 48 mph from the northeast, around the back side of a vigorous low in the Gulf of Alaska.

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 new record for the date, 3.3 inches, eclipsed the old 2.04 set in 1935. Also, on this date, wind gusts reached 48 mph from the northeast, around the back side of a vigorous low in the Gulf of Alaska.

Event by event

1 heavy rain, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Kodiak Is. / Eastern Ak Pn

When: September 29, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Is. / Eastern Ak Pn County, Kodiak
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind, Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula

When: September 29, 12:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
Where: Kodiak Island-Eastern Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
Measured: 42 kt (48 mph)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

What these are

Heavy Rain: Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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

Every storm in Alaska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, September 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: 5664385, 5664386.