Storms in Alaska in 2016

Events

150

Deaths

5

Injuries

5

Damage

$203,000

Episodes

75

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.

January 2016

• Blizzard in Alaska, January 2, 20161 event
• Avalanche in Alaska, January 2 to 16, 20161 death · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 2 to 3, 201669 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, January 6, 201683 kt wind · 3 events
• Avalanche in Alaska, January 16, 20161 death · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 17, 201656 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, January 21 to 22, 20161 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, January 24 to 26, 20162 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 25, 20161 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 25 to 26, 2016$23,000 · 62 kt wind · 6 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 26, 20161 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 27, 201665 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 27, 20161 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 30 to 31, 20161 event

February 2016

• Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 201661 kt wind · 4 events
• Ice Storm and Avalanche in Alaska, February 11, 20162 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 12 to 14, 20164 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 16, 20161 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 16 to 17, 20162 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 19, 20161 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 20 to 21, 20162 events
• High Wind in Alaska, February 20 to 21, 201656 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 20161 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 20162 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 26, 20162 events
• Avalanche in Alaska, February 27, 20161 death · 1 event

March 2016

• Blizzard in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 20161 event
• High Wind in Alaska, March 10, 201670 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 27, 20161 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 28, 20161 event
• Ice Storm in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 20161 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 31, 20162 events

April 2016

• Avalanche in Alaska, April 3, 20161 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 10 to 11, 20161 event
• Avalanche in Alaska, April 11, 20161 death · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 13 to 14, 20161 event

May 2016

• Flood in Alaska, May 11 to 13, 2016$100,000 · 1 event

July 2016

• Flood in Alaska, July 1 to 2, 2016$20,000 · 1 event
• Wildfire in Alaska, July 16 to 31, 20162 injured · 1 event
• Flooding in Alaska, July 20 to 29, 20162 events
• Flood in Alaska, July 23 to 24, 2016$4,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Alaska, July 28 to 29, 2016$4,000 · 1 event

August 2016

• Flood in Alaska, August 14 to 15, 20161 event

September 2016

• High Wind in Alaska, September 9, 201650 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, September 11 to 12, 201665 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, September 11, 201670 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood in Alaska, September 13, 20161 event
• High Wind in Alaska, September 20 to 21, 201677 kt wind · 3 events
• Flood and High Wind in Alaska, September 21 to 28, 2016$15,000 · 76 kt wind · 4 events

October 2016

• Flood in Alaska, October 9 to 14, 2016$5,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 19, 201663 kt wind · 1 event
• High Surf in Alaska, October 24 to 27, 20163 events
• High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 26, 201673 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 201657 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 26 to 29, 201669 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 29, 20161 death · 3 injured · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 30, 201679 kt wind · 2 events

November 2016

• High Wind in Alaska, November 3, 201661 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 4, 2016$20,000 · 58 kt wind · 3 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 9 to 10, 201669 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 201685 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, November 29 to 30, 2016$2,000 · 63 kt wind · 6 events

December 2016

• Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 1 to 2, 201678 kt wind · 6 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 1 to 3, 201684 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Storm in Alaska, December 6 to 8, 20165 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 7 to 8, 20161 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 8, 20161 event
• High Wind in Alaska, December 16 to 18, 201669 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, December 17 to 19, 20163 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 23, 201674 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 20163 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 20161 event
• Blizzard and Ice Storm in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 2016$10,000 · 17 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 201672 kt wind · 2 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 30 to 31, 20161 event

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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.