Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- January 28, 1:55 PM AST to 4:55 PM AST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, January 28, 2002
Blizzard conditions were met along the Yukon Delta Coast at Cape Romanzof. Reduced visibility and strong winds developed as a deepening low moved north into the southern Bering Sea.
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.
Blizzard conditions were met along the Yukon Delta Coast at Cape Romanzof. Reduced visibility and strong winds developed as a deepening low moved north into the southern Bering Sea.
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
- Extreme Cold in California, January 28 to 31, 2002
- Winter Weather in Nevada, January 28, 2002
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Colorado, January 28 to 30, 2002
- Excessive Heat in Ohio, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in California, January 28 to 29, 2002
- Excessive Heat in Kentucky, January 28, 2002
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2002
- High Wind in Colorado, January 28, 2002
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 28 to 30, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, January 28, 2002
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, January 28, 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: 5279786.