Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2004

381 events in 137 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2004, 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 2004 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
381
Deaths
3
Injuries
12
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
137

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 Wind15100$346,000
Blizzard102112$310,000
Heavy Snow5000$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Flood1500$5.2 million
Wildfire900$900,000
Frost/Freeze900
Storm Surge/Tide600$20 million
Strong Wind500$40,000
Avalanche320
Funnel Cloud300
Hail300
Winter Storm300
Ice Storm200
Tornado200
Winter Weather100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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June 2004

July 2004

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September 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

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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.