Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- December 5, 6:00 PM AST to December 6, 9:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, December 5 to 6, 2000
A trough of Low pressure stretching from northwest Alaska across the North Slope intensified while High pressure persisted over the Arctic Ocean. This produced blizzard conditions at Kuparuk, and near-blizzard conditions at Barrow and Deadhorse.
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 AFG wrote it up.
A trough of Low pressure stretching from northwest Alaska across the North Slope intensified while High pressure persisted over the Arctic Ocean. This produced blizzard conditions at Kuparuk, and near-blizzard conditions at Barrow and Deadhorse.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 2000
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: 5177588.