High Wind, Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys
- When
- January 31, 8:00 AM AST to 11:59 PM AST
- Where
- Koyukuk-Upper Kobuk Valleys forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2000
Persistent high pressure in the Arctic sector of Alaska interacted with low pressure moving northeast into the Yukon Territory of Canada. Maximum wind gusts in Atigun Pass reported by State of Alaska Department of Transportation were estimated at 65 mph.
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.
Persistent high pressure in the Arctic sector of Alaska interacted with low pressure moving northeast into the Yukon Territory of Canada. Maximum wind gusts in Atigun Pass reported by State of Alaska Department of Transportation were estimated at 65 mph.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Winter Storm in New York, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 31, 2000
- Flood in Idaho, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, January 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, January 31, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 31, 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: 5134758.