Storms in Alaska in 2003
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2003, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Alaska in 2003 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 334
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Damage
- $21 million
- Episodes
- 142
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 130 | 0 | 0 | $882,000 |
| Blizzard | 72 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 56 | 0 | 0 | $133,000 |
| Flood | 20 | 0 | 0 | $8.3 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 17 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 2 | $11 million |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $401,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, January 3 to 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 4, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 5 to 6, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 6 to 8, 2003
- Cold in Alaska, January 7 to 8, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 8, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 17 to 18, 2003
- Ice Storm in Alaska, January 17, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 19 to 20, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 24, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 24 to 27, 2003
- Ice Storm in Alaska, January 25, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 2003
February 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 3 to 6, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 3, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Flash Flood and High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 4, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Ice Storm in Alaska, February 4, 2003
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 6, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, February 7, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 2003
- Avalanche in Alaska, February 9, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 11 to 12, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 11, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 12 to 13, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 19, 2003
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 24 to 27, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 25 to 26, 2003
March 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 1 to 3, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 2, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 5 to 6, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 5, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 6, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 10 to 11, 2003
- Wildfire and High Wind in Alaska, March 12 to 14, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 12 to 14, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 13, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, March 21, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 27 to 28, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 31, 2003
April 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, April 6, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 12 to 13, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, April 14, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, April 19, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, April 23, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, April 25, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, April 25 to 30, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, April 28 to 29, 2003
May 2003
- Flood in Alaska, May 1 to 4, 2003
- Wildfire in Alaska, May 1, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, May 9 to 10, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, May 9 to 10, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, May 11 to 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, May 13, 2003
- Wildfire in Alaska, May 26 to 31, 2003
- Dust Devil in Alaska, May 28, 2003
June 2003
July 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 16 to 17, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 17 to 19, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, July 27 to 29, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alaska, July 27 to 31, 2003
- Storm Surge and High Wind in Alaska, July 29, 2003
September 2003
- Flooding in Alaska, September 1 to 8, 2003
- Storm Surge in Alaska, September 8 to 11, 2003
- Flood in Alaska, September 12 to 13, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, September 16, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 18, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 23 to 24, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 28, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 30, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, September 30, 2003
October 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 1 to 2, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 1, 2003
- Flooding in Alaska, October 1 to 4, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 2, 2003
- Flooding in Alaska, October 3 to 10, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 6 to 7, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, October 12, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 21, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, October 29, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, October 30, 2003
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Alaska, October 30 to 31, 2003
November 2003
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 1 to 2, 2003
- Storm Surge and Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 7 to 9, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, November 7 to 8, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 8 to 9, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Alaska, November 12 to 14, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, November 17 to 18, 2003
- Storm Surge and Blizzard in Alaska, November 20 to 22, 2003
- Ice Storm in Alaska, November 21, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, November 22, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 22 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 23 to 24, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 24 to 25, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 26 to 27, 2003
- Storm Surge and Blizzard in Alaska, November 26 to 28, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 26 to 27, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 28, 2003
December 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 1 to 2, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 3, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 3, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 4, 2003
- Storm Surge and High Wind in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 12 to 13, 2003
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 13 to 15, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 15, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 15, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 17, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 20, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 22, 2003
- Winter Storm in Alaska, December 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 22, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 24 to 26, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 26, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 27 to 29, 2003
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 2003
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 31, 2003
- High Wind in Alaska, December 31, 2003
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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.