Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast
- When
- January 28, 8:00 PM AST to January 29, 5:15 AM AST
- Where
- St. Lawrence Island-Bering Strait Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2000
A small low pressure center moved north over the Bering Sea producing moderate winds at Gambell and Savoonga while a cold airmas was in place. Coldest Wind Chills reported were: Gambell -78 F; Savoonga -77 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.
A small low pressure center moved north over the Bering Sea producing moderate winds at Gambell and Savoonga while a cold airmas was in place. Coldest Wind Chills reported were: Gambell -78 F; Savoonga -77 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
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 28 to 30, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 28 to 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 28 to 29, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 28, 2000
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 28 to 29, 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: 5127906.