Blizzard, Alaska Peninsula
- When
- December 20, 9:30 AM AST to December 21, 1:00 AM AST
- Where
- Alaska Peninsula forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
A large low deepened and moved toward the Aleutians Monday morning, moving up the Aleutian Chain through Tuesday. Lowest central pressure was estimated at 952 mbs.
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 AFC wrote it up.
A large low deepened and moved toward the Aleutians Monday morning, moving up the Aleutian Chain through Tuesday. Lowest central pressure was estimated at 952 mbs. Gusty north and northwest winds on back side of the storm produced blizzard conditions across parts of the Alaska Peninsula.Event maxima...Northwest wind gusts of 44 mph, temperature 26, visibility 1/4 mile at Cold Bay (ASOS) around 1200 AST Thu.
Event by event
1 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in California, December 20, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Weather in California, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, December 20, 2001
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 20 to 21, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 20 to 21, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, December 20, 2001
- High Wind in Virginia, December 20, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, December 2001
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: 5272066.