Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2009

464 events in 165 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2009, 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 2009 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
464
Deaths
2
Injuries
5
Damage
$32 million
Episodes
165

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
Blizzard15523$1.7 million
Heavy Snow11500
High Wind8700$33,000
Flood3800$29 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2500
Winter Storm2400
Coastal Flood800$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze500
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Smoke200
Ice Storm100
Lightning102
Wildfire100$250,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

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March 2009

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May 2009

July 2009

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September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

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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.