Alaska, 2007

Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 9 to 10, 2007

October 9 to 10, 2007 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The Cooperative Observer at Galena reported that during the morning of October 9th, six inches of snow fell with another inch falling during the evening. A storm total of 8 inches of new snow had fallen by the morning of October 10th.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 AFG wrote it up.

The Cooperative Observer at Galena reported that during the morning of October 9th, six inches of snow fell with another inch falling during the evening. A storm total of 8 inches of new snow had fallen by the morning of October 10th.

Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Lower Koyukuk Middle Ykn Vlys

When
October 9, 8:00 AM AKST to October 10, 3:00 AM AKST
Where
Lower Koyukuk Middle Ykn Vlys forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer

According to Galena Co-Op observer at KIYU Radio, Galena received 6 inches from roughly 9 AM to 12 Noon Local Time (17Z-20Z UTC). Another inch fell into the evening and another inch by the morning of Oct 10th.

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

More

Every storm in Alaska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2007

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 54831.