Storms in Alaska in 2018
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2018, 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 2018 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
The year
- Events
- 121
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $3.6 million
- Episodes
- 68
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | $102,000 |
| Winter Storm | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Blizzard | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $87,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 2018
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 2 to 3, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, January 9, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 12 to 13, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 13 to 14, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 16 to 17, 2018
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 24 to 25, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, January 26, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, January 28, 2018
February 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 1 to 3, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, February 2 to 4, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, February 7 to 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 12 to 13, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 13, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 22 to 23, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 2018
March 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 6 to 8, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 7 to 9, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 10 to 11, 2018
- Avalanche and High Wind in Alaska, March 19 to 22, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 20, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, March 22, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, March 26 to 27, 2018
April 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 1, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, April 5 to 6, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, April 10, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, April 24, 2018
May 2018
June 2018
- Hail in Alaska, June 5 to 6, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, June 14, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, June 18 to 19, 2018
July 2018
August 2018
- Flooding in Alaska, August 8 to 10, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, August 12 to 13, 2018
- Flood in Alaska, August 14 to 15, 2018
September 2018
October 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, October 3, 2018
- Flood in Alaska, October 12 to 16, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, October 12, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, October 19, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, October 22 to 23, 2018
- Storm Surge and High Wind in Alaska, October 23, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, October 24 to 25, 2018
November 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, November 8, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, November 9 to 10, 2018
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 11, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, November 13, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, November 16 to 17, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, November 25 to 26, 2018
December 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, December 8 to 9, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, December 10 to 11, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, December 10 to 11, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, December 15 to 16, 2018
- Winter Storm in Alaska, December 15 to 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 19 to 20, 2018
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 19 to 20, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, December 26, 2018
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 28 to 31, 2018
- High Wind in Alaska, December 31, 2018
More
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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.