Cold/Wind Chill, North Slopes of Brooks Range
- When
- February 2, 6:00 PM AST to February 7, 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- North Slopes of Brooks Range forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold in Alaska, February 2 to 7, 1999
and winds of 20 mph through Alaska Range Passes (Zone 7) and Brooks Range Passes (Zones 2 and 5).
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.
Under a very Cold airmass covering Northern Alaska, a strong high pressure center stationary over Russia Far east produced winds of 15 to 30 mph over the Northern Seward Peninsula and Lower Kobuk Valley...and winds of 20 mph through Alaska Range Passes (Zone 7) and Brooks Range Passes (Zones 2 and 5). Lowest wind chill values reported (sustained winds) were:Zones 2 and 5: Anaktuvuk Pass -90; Chandalar DOT -80, Sag River DOT -80.Zone 3: Point Hope -75; Kivalina -83; Shishmaref -80; Buckland -78; Kotzebue -93; Selawik -80Zone 7: Nabesna -81; Denali Park -87
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- February 2, 6:00 PM AST to February 7, 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- February 3, 11:00 AM AST to February 7, 1:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold/Wind Chill, Tanana Valley
- When
- February 5, 9:00 AM AST to February 7, 1:00 AM AST
- Where
- Tanana Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Washington, February 2 to 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Idaho, February 2 to 28, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Washington, February 2, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 2 to 3, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, February 2, 1999
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Alaska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5682920, 5682921, 5682918, 5682919.