Ice Storm, Kuskokwim Delta
- When
- January 1, 5:11 AM AST to 10:15 AM AST
- Where
- Kuskokwim Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Ice Storm in Alaska, January 1, 2002
Arctic air across the zone continued to erode from the 'top down'. Several bands of precipitation managed to cross the Aleutian and Alaska Range, from east to west, in the warm air aloft.
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.
Arctic air across the zone continued to erode from the 'top down'. Several bands of precipitation managed to cross the Aleutian and Alaska Range, from east to west, in the warm air aloft. Below freezing arctic air still was reported at many areas of the zone, including Bethel.Automated observations from the Bethel ASOS recorded brief light freezing rain Tuesday. No data available from the NWS station in Bethel on ice accumulation.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Rain in California, January 1 to 3, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in Georgia, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in New York, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Winter Storm in Louisiana, January 1 to 2, 2002
- Drought in Pennsylvania, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1, 2002
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, January 1 to 31, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 1, 2002
- Drought in Maryland, January 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Alaska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, January 2002
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: 5277118.