High Wind, Aleutian Islands
- When
- November 4, 3:00 PM AST to November 5, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- Aleutian Islands forecast zone
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind in Alaska, November 4 to 5, 1999
Strengthening high pressure in the western Aleutians and persistent, moderately strong low pressure in the western Gulf of Alaska brought brisk northwest winds to the extreme eastern Aleutians and the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts reached 77 mph at the newly established reporting site at Captain's Bay around Dutch Harbor.
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.
Strengthening high pressure in the western Aleutians and persistent, moderately strong low pressure in the western Gulf of Alaska brought brisk northwest winds to the extreme eastern Aleutians and the Alaska Peninsula. Gusts reached 77 mph at the newly established reporting site at Captain's Bay around Dutch Harbor. Gusts of 63 mph were reported around Cold Bay along the Alaska Peninsula.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Alaska Peninsula
- When
- November 5, 3:00 PM AST to 11:00 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5717259, 5717260.