Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2005

305 events in 123 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2005, 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 2005 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
305
Deaths
0
Injuries
7
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
123

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 Wind12800$473,000
Heavy Snow5602$185,000
Blizzard4602$7.9 million
Flood1600$1.6 million
Wildfire1100
Hail1000
Ice Storm703$64,000
Heavy Rain600
Storm Surge/Tide500$2.7 million
Frost/Freeze400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Winter Storm200
Strong Wind200
Dust Devil200$1,000
Funnel Cloud200
Debris Flow200$4.3 million
Winter Weather100
Tornado100
High Surf100

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

February 2005

March 2005

April 2005

May 2005

June 2005

July 2005

August 2005

September 2005

October 2005

November 2005

December 2005

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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.