High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- December 27, 12:00 PM AST to December 28, 3:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 1999
A strong front, just south of the Aleutians, was preceded by easterly winds close to 60 mph across the central and western third of the Chain. Winds began to diminish as the front began to weaken Tuesday.
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 front, just south of the Aleutians, was preceded by easterly winds close to 60 mph across the central and western third of the Chain. Winds began to diminish as the front began to weaken Tuesday.
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
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 1999
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: 5721666.