Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2001

449 events in 233 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2001, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alaska in 2001 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
449
Deaths
9
Injuries
13
Damage
$3.3 million
Episodes
233

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind25001$272,000
Blizzard7728$50,000
Heavy Snow6300$564,000
Avalanche1474$44,000
Flood1100$755,000
Winter Storm1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Ice Storm800$50,000
Wildfire300$1.6 million
Volcanic Ash200
Flash Flood100
Heavy Rain100$3,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.