Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 19, 8:00 PM AST to January 20, 11:00 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 19 to 22, 2000
A storm center as deep as 962 millibars moved slowly northeast from southwest of Kamchatka on the 18th to the southwest Bering Sea on the 20th. Blizzard conditions occurred at:St.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 storm center as deep as 962 millibars moved slowly northeast from southwest of Kamchatka on the 18th to the southwest Bering Sea on the 20th. The storm weakened as it moved northeast, dissipating over northwest Alaska on the morning of the 22nd.The system brought Blizzard conditions and local high winds to the western Alaska and Arctic coasts, and heavy snows to the northern Koyukuk Valley.Blizzard conditions occurred at:St. Lawrence Island - Bering Strait: Gambell Extreme Wind Chill occurred at:St. Lawrence Island - Bering Strait: Tin City 20th-21st: -78Arctic Slope Coastal: Point Lay 21st: -89High Wind occurred at:St. Lawrence Island - Bering Strait: Gambell AWOS 20th-21st: gusts to 59 mphHeavy Snow occurred (24 hour amounts) at:Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys: Wiseman: 21st: 6.0"; 22nd: 17.0"Northern Seward Peninsula-Lower Kobuk Valley: Noatak; 22nd: 6.5".
Event by event
2 extreme cold/wind chill, 2 blizzard, 2 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 20, 11:00 AM AST to January 21, 6:00 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
High Wind, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 20, 11:00 AM AST to January 21, 5:35 PM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 20, 11:35 PM AST to January 21, 9:00 AM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 21, 9:35 AM AST to 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heavy Snow, Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM AST to January 22, 10:00 AM AST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk Valley-Northern Seward Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heavy Snow, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- January 21, 5:00 PM AST to January 22, 8:00 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
- 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.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 19, 2000
- Flash Flooding in American Samoa, January 19 to 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, January 19, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 19, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Iowa, January 19, 2000
- High Wind in Colorado, January 19, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Indiana, January 19 to 20, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 19 to 20, 2000
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5127886, 5127885, 5127887, 5127889, 5127888, 5127891, 5127890.