Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Arctic Coast
- When
- March 17, 5:15 AM AST to 1:53 PM AST
- Where
- Western Arctic Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 17, 2001
Strong High pressure over theArctic Ocean north of Barrow and weakening low pressure over northwest Alaska produced cold temperatures and local winds strong enough to produce wind chills as low as 90 below at the Wainwright ASOS.
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.
Strong High pressure over theArctic Ocean north of Barrow and weakening low pressure over northwest Alaska produced cold temperatures and local winds strong enough to produce wind chills as low as 90 below at the Wainwright ASOS.
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
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, March 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: 5237491.