Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2011

431 events in 135 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2011, 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 2011 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
431
Deaths
2
Injuries
3
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
135

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
Blizzard14911$674,000
High Wind11900$2.3 million
Winter Storm10802$300,000
Heavy Snow1900
Coastal Flood1110$24 million
Flood700$1.5 million
Frost/Freeze600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
High Surf300$15,000
Heavy Rain200
Strong Wind100$1,000
Thunderstorm Wind100$5,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2011

February 2011

March 2011

April 2011

May 2011

June 2011

July 2011

August 2011

September 2011

October 2011

November 2011

December 2011

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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.