Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2015

220 events in 108 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2015, 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 2015 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
220
Deaths
11
Injuries
8
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
108

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
High Wind6200$364,000
Blizzard5600$5.2 million
Winter Storm3500
Heavy Snow2500
Flood700$16 million
Ice Storm600
Winter Weather600$800
Strong Wind400$7,000
Wildfire408$2.1 million
Coastal Flood300$20,000
Lightning200$7,000
Dust Devil200$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill120
Avalanche110
Funnel Cloud100
Flash Flood160$3.4 million
Debris Flow100
Hail100
Heavy Rain110
Storm Surge/Tide110

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

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November 2015

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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.