Blizzard, Arctic Slope Coastal
- When
- January 14, 2:53 PM AST to 4:53 PM AST
- Where
- Arctic Slope Coastal forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2001
A 963mb low over the Gulf of Alaska sent a warm front north over the Arctic coast, where cold air was in place, associated with a 1016mb high pressure center. This produced the blizzard conditions at Nuiqsut.
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 963mb low over the Gulf of Alaska sent a warm front north over the Arctic coast, where cold air was in place, associated with a 1016mb high pressure center. This produced the blizzard conditions at Nuiqsut.
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
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Utah, January 14 to 15, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 14, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 14, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 14, 2001
- Flood in Hawaii, January 14, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 2001
- Rip Current in Guam, January 14, 2001
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 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: 5228557.