Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2000

493 events in 247 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2000, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alaska in 2000 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
493
Deaths
13
Injuries
18
Damage
$10 million
Episodes
247

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind30902$7.8 million
Blizzard5500$360,000
Heavy Snow4720$105,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2220
Winter Storm1730$32,000
Flood1400$112,000
Avalanche1155$754,000
Ice Storm800$33,000
Flash Flood400$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide202$635,000
Waterspout200
Wildfire109$250,000
Heat110

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

February 2000

March 2000

April 2000

May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

August 2000

September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

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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.