Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 6 to 8, 2005

Name: Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 6 to 8, 2005
Start: 2005-11-06T17:00
End: 2005-11-08T01:00
Location: Alaska

November 6 to 8, 2005 · NWS AJK · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

With early season arctic air in place over the Northern Panhandle, a 992 MB low moved into the northern Gulf of Alaska. Heavy snowfall resulted.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $30,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 AJK wrote it up.

With early season arctic air in place over the Northern Panhandle, a 992 MB low moved into the northern Gulf of Alaska. Heavy snowfall resulted. Some storm totals: Yakutat 12.4 inches, White Pass 7", Skagway 3", Haines 13", 8.5 mile Haines Highway 16", Haines Customs 14", Glacier Bay Lodge (Bartlett Cove) 5", Gustavus 1", Pelican 9", Snettisham Power Plant 14", Downtown Juneau 7", North Douglas 8", Juneau Airport 4", Juneau WFO 3", and Hyder with 9 inches. Besides a few snow related traffic accidents in Juneau, no damage was reported.

Event by event

5 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area

When: November 6, 5:00 PM AST to November 8, 1:00 AM AST
Where: Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Heavy Snow, Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island

When: November 7, 12:00 AM AST to 5:00 AM AST
Where: Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island forecast zone
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

Heavy Snow, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway

When: November 7, 4:00 AM AST to 10:00 AM AST
Where: Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway forecast zone
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

Heavy Snow, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal

When: November 7, 4:00 AM AST to 12:00 PM AST
Where: Haines Borough and Lynn Canal forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area

When: November 7, 4:00 AM AST to 9:00 AM AST
Where: Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

What these are

Heavy Snow: Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Alaska in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Alaska, November 2005

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5484904, 5484908, 5484905, 5484906, 5484907.