Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2003

334 events in 142 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind13000$882,000
Blizzard7200$31,000
Heavy Snow5600$133,000
Flood2000$8.3 million
Storm Surge/Tide1700$102,000
Frost/Freeze900
Ice Storm700$5,000
Wildfire602$11 million
Winter Weather500
Flash Flood400$401,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Avalanche211$10,000
Heavy Rain200$5,000
Dust Devil100$1,000
Winter Storm100$10,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

February 2003

March 2003

April 2003

May 2003

June 2003

July 2003

September 2003

October 2003

November 2003

December 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.