Blizzard, Pribilof Islands
- When
- January 4, 1:00 PM AST to 10:00 PM AST
- Where
- Pribilof Islands forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Blizzard in Alaska, January 4, 2002
Very low visibilities in snow and blowing snow, along with winds of 35+ mph, lasted about 6 hours around the Pribilofs. Winds gusted up to 46 mph with reported visibilities from the ASOS at 1/4 mile.
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.
Very low visibilities in snow and blowing snow, along with winds of 35+ mph, lasted about 6 hours around the Pribilofs. Winds gusted up to 46 mph with reported visibilities from the ASOS at 1/4 mile.
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 North Carolina, January 4, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 4, 2002
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 4, 2002
- Dense Fog in California, January 4, 2002
- Cold in Alaska, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Dense Fog in Colorado, January 4 to 5, 2002
- Dense Fog in Utah, January 4 to 5, 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: 5277119.