A first snowfall occurred for the Klondike and Haines Highways on October 23rd. The snowfall was due to a warm overr running situation with cooler air near the surface.
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.
The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.
A first snowfall occurred for the Klondike and Haines Highways on October 23rd. The snowfall was due to a warm overr running situation with cooler air near the surface. Heavy rain occurred at lower elevations.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Haines Customs on the Haines Highway observed a storm total of 3.7 inches of new snowfall for this first snow of the year on the highway. No damage or accidents were reported.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Alaska in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Alaska, October 2013
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 476127.