Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 12, 1999

Name: Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 12, 1999
Start: 1999-02-01T00:00
End: 1999-02-12T12:00
Location: Alaska

February 1 to 12, 1999 · NWS AFG · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

While northern Alaska was under a relatively cold airmass already, a large pool of colder air moved from the Russian high Arctic Ocean to the Chukchi Sea coast west of Barrow on Jan. 29th and proceeded southeast to the interior of Alaska through the 31st, where it remained until being slowly warmed February 10-12th.

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.

Continuation of event from January...While northern Alaska was under a relatively cold airmass already, a large pool of colder air moved from the Russian high Arctic Ocean to the Chukchi Sea coast west of Barrow on Jan. 29th and proceeded southeast to the interior of Alaska through the 31st, where it remained until being slowly warmed February 10-12th. Many locations over Zones 4 and 8 (Western Interior) and western zones 5 and 7 (Central Interior) remained in the 50s below during the period and reached the 60s below one or more times.Zone 4: Bettles -64 8th & 9th; Wiseman -65 9th; Coldfoot DOT-60 5th; Unofficial: Jim River DOT -62 10th.Zone 5: Beaver: -63 5th; Tanana -60 4th, 8th; Fort Yukon -60 5th; Circle Hot Springs: -62 5th, 6th; Stevens Village -58 4th, 5th; Eagle -60 5th.Zone 7: Nenana -60 5th; Fairbanks -55 Feb 4th; University of AK Co-op: -54 5th; Eielson AFB: -53 4th, 5th; North Pole: -59 5th; Two Rivers: -59 5th; Gilmore Creek -53 4th; Moose Creek -57 4th; Healy: -51 4th; Delta Junction 20 Se: -63 4th; Delta Dairyaire: -65 3rd; Montana Creek DOT: -65 4th; Tanacross: -55 5th; Anderson: -56 4th, 5th; McKinley Park: -54 5th.Zone 8: Galena: -64 2nd; Kaltag -65 7th; Ruby: -58 6th; Grayling: -58 1st, 2nd, 4th.

Event by event

4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys

When: February 1, 12:00 AM AST to February 11, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Yukon Valley

When: February 1, 12:00 AM AST to February 11, 12:00 AM AST
Where: Lower Yukon Valley forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Cold/Wind Chill, Upper Yukon Valley

When: February 1, 12:00 AM AST to February 12, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Cold/Wind Chill, Tanana Valley

When: February 1, 12:00 AM AST to February 12, 12:00 PM AST
Where: Tanana Valley forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, February 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: 5682914, 5682915, 5682916, 5682917.