Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Upper Yukon Valley
- When
- January 2, 7:00 AM AST to January 3, 4:00 PM AST
- Where
- Upper Yukon Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 2 to 3, 2000
High pressure over the southern Yukon Territory of Canada produced gusty southeast wind along the Yukon River near Eagle, with ambient temperatures ranging from 25 to 30 below. Coldest wind chill value reported by Eagle ASOS was -81 F.
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.
High pressure over the southern Yukon Territory of Canada produced gusty southeast wind along the Yukon River near Eagle, with ambient temperatures ranging from 25 to 30 below. Coldest wind chill value reported by Eagle ASOS was -81 F.
Event by event
1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 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: 5129817.