Storms in Alaska in 2008
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2008, 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 2008 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
The year
- Events
- 334
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $12 million
- Episodes
- 169
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 90 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Blizzard | 90 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| High Wind | 66 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 22 | 0 | 0 | $4.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Avalanche | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 2 | 0 | $7.8 million |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 2 to 3, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 7 to 8, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 8 to 9, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 10 to 11, 2008
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 12 to 13, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 12 to 14, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 14, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 15, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 15 to 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 16 to 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 18 to 21, 2008
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 19 to 21, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, January 21 to 22, 2008
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 22 to 23, 2008
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 23 to 24, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 25 to 27, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, January 25 to 26, 2008
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 26, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 26 to 27, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 30, 2008
February 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 1, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 2008
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 2 to 3, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 2 to 4, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 5, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, February 6 to 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 7, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, February 8 to 9, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 8, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 2008
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 8 to 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 11, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 11, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 12 to 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 13, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 14 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 15 to 16, 2008
- Ice Storm in Alaska, February 15 to 16, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 16, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 16, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 16 to 17, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 18 to 19, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 19 to 20, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 20 to 22, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 22, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Alaska, February 26, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 29, 2008
March 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 1, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 1, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 3, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, March 5, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 5, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 6, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 9, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 9, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 13, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 16, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 16, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 17, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 17, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 18, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 18 to 19, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 19 to 25, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 19 to 20, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 19 to 20, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 22 to 23, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 22 to 23, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, March 23 to 24, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 24, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, March 25 to 26, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 28 to 29, 2008
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 29 to 30, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 2008
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 31, 2008
April 2008
- Winter Storm in Alaska, April 1, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, April 1, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 2 to 3, 2008
- Winter Storm in Alaska, April 3 to 5, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 7, 2008
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 7, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 13 to 14, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 14 to 16, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, April 14 to 15, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 17, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 24 to 26, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 25 to 26, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, April 25 to 26, 2008
May 2008
- Flooding in Alaska, May 4 to 8, 2008
- Flood in Alaska, May 9 to 10, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, May 11 to 12, 2008
- Flood in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 2008
- Flood in Alaska, May 13, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, May 23, 2008
- Flood in Alaska, May 23 to 25, 2008
July 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alaska, July 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alaska, July 5, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Alaska, July 8, 2008
- Flash Flood in Alaska, July 8, 2008
- Funnel Cloud in Alaska, July 13, 2008
- Flood in Alaska, July 18 to 19, 2008
- Flooding in Alaska, July 28 to 31, 2008
- Coastal Flood and High Surf in Alaska, July 29 to 31, 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, October 6 to 7, 2008
- Frost and Freeze in Alaska, October 9, 2008
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 9 to 10, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, October 9 to 10, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 10 to 12, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, October 21 to 22, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, October 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 26 to 27, 2008
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, October 28 to 29, 2008
November 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 14 to 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 19, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, November 23, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 28, 2008
December 2008
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 3 to 5, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alaska, December 3 to 4, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 4, 2008
- Winter Weather in Alaska, December 4 to 6, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 8, 2008
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 8 to 10, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 9, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 9, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 9 to 10, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 11 to 12, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 12, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 12, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 13, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 14, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 15, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 15, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 15 to 16, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 17, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 24 to 25, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 2008
- Avalanche in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 26, 2008
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, December 27 to 31, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 27 to 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 27 to 29, 2008
- High Wind in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 2008
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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.