Extreme Cold and High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 29, 2000

Name: Extreme Cold and High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 29, 2000
Start: 2000-02-26T19:15
End: 2000-02-29T23:00
Location: Alaska

February 26 to 29, 2000 · NWS AFG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong Low Pressure system moved north across the Aleutians near Nikolski on the evening of Feb. 26, reaching the Pribilof Island waters Feb 27.

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 AFG wrote it up.

A strong Low Pressure system moved north across the Aleutians near Nikolski on the evening of Feb. 26, reaching the Pribilof Island waters Feb 27. On the evening of Feb 28, the low, in weakened form, headed north to the waters southeast of Saint Lawrence Island, which it reached on Feb 29.Extreme wind chill occurred at:Arctic Slope Coastal: Point Lay -89 F, winds 20 to 30 mph.High winds occurred at:Saint Lawrence Island: Gambell AWOS 48 mph sustained, gust 55 mph..

Event by event

1 extreme cold/wind chill, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Arctic Slope Coastal

When: February 26, 7:15 PM AST to February 27, 8:35 PM AST
Where: Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast

When: February 28, 3:35 AM AST to February 29, 11:00 PM AST
Where: St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
Measured: 48 kt (55 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill: Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, February 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: 5135277, 5135278.