Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2008

334 events in 169 episodes

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

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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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow9010$150,000
Blizzard9000$7,000
High Wind6600$40,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2600
Flood2200$4.2 million
Winter Storm1900
Winter Weather400
Frost/Freeze400
Thunderstorm Wind300$5,000
Avalanche210
Coastal Flood220$7.8 million
Strong Wind100
Ice Storm100
Astronomical Low Tide100
Flash Flood100$2,000
Funnel Cloud100
High Surf100

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 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.