Storms in Alaska in 2020

Events

252

Deaths

5

Injuries

0

Damage

$36 million

Episodes

113

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 2020

• Blizzard in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 20206 events
• Flood in Alaska, January 1 to 16, 2020$200,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 2 to 3, 20203 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 3 to 4, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 4 to 5, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 6 to 7, 20204 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 7 to 8, 20201 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, January 7 to 8, 20201 event
• Flood in Alaska, January 9 to 15, 2020$50,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 9 to 10, 20203 events
• High Wind in Alaska, January 9 to 10, 202075 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, January 13 to 15, 20201 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 14, 202078 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, January 15 to 18, 202078 kt wind · 3 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, January 15 to 16, 20201 event
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 18, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 18 to 19, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 23 to 24, 20201 event
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 25 to 26, 20207 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 26 to 28, 20201 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, January 27 to 31, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 28 to 29, 202069 kt wind · 7 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 29, 20203 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 30, 202064 kt wind · 5 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 31, 20201 event

February 2020

• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 20201 event
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 1 to 6, 20204 events
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 20203 events
• Cold in Alaska, February 5, 20201 event
• Cold in Alaska, February 7, 20202 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, February 7 to 9, 20205 events
• Blizzard and Avalanche in Alaska, February 7 to 10, 20201 death · 77 kt wind · 7 events
• High Wind in Alaska, February 9, 202070 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, February 10, 20201 event
• Cold in Alaska, February 12 to 14, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 12, 20201 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 12, 20201 event
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 16 to 19, 202086 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Alaska, February 17 to 18, 202068 kt wind · 2 events
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 17 to 20, 20205 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 18 to 19, 20201 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 19 to 21, 202075 kt wind · 2 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, February 20 to 21, 202078 kt wind · 5 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 21 to 22, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 22 to 23, 20202 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 24, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 24 to 27, 20204 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 25 to 26, 20201 event
• Avalanche in Alaska, February 25, 20201 death · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 29, 20201 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 29, 20201 event

March 2020

• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 202061 kt wind · 3 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 1, 20201 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 1, 20201 event
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Alaska, March 3 to 6, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 4, 20201 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 202067 kt wind · 2 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 202075 kt wind · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 8, 20201 event
• Avalanche in Alaska, March 9, 20201 death · 1 event
• Cold in Alaska, March 10, 20201 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 20203 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 12, 20203 events
• High Wind in Alaska, March 29 to 30, 202058 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, March 29 to 31, 202078 kt wind · 2 events

April 2020

• Blizzard in Alaska, April 2, 20201 event
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 4 to 6, 20205 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 4 to 6, 20204 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 7, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, April 7 to 8, 202067 kt wind · 4 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 10 to 12, 20201 event
• High Wind in Alaska, April 25, 202062 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, April 26, 202059 kt wind · 1 event
• Flooding in Alaska, April 27 to 30, 20202 events
• High Wind in Alaska, April 28 to 29, 202069 kt wind · 1 event

May 2020

• Flooding in Alaska, May 1 to 10, 2020$50,000 · 2 events

June 2020

• Flood in Alaska, June 22 to 24, 20201 event

July 2020

• Flood in Alaska, July 31, 20201 event

August 2020

• Flood in Alaska, August 1, 20201 event
• Flood in Alaska, August 10 to 11, 20201 event
• High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 202073 kt wind · 2 events

September 2020

• High Wind in Alaska, September 4 to 7, 202091 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Storm in Alaska, September 9 to 12, 20201 event
• Flood in Alaska, September 26 to 30, 2020$250,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, September 27, 202059 kt wind · 2 events

October 2020

• Flood in Alaska, October 1 to 3, 20201 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 16, 202056 kt wind · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 26, 20201 event
• Debris Flow in Alaska, October 26, 2020$4.3 million · 1 event

November 2020

• High Wind in Alaska, November 1 to 2, 202063 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard and Debris Flows in Alaska, November 1 to 2, 2020$235,000 · 55 kt wind · 8 events
• Astronomical Low Tide in Alaska, November 1 to 2, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 3 to 4, 20201 event
• Coastal Flood in Alaska, November 4 to 6, 20201 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, November 4 to 6, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 5 to 6, 20203 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 5, 202052 kt wind · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 8, 20201 event
• High Wind in Alaska, November 17, 202059 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, November 21, 202059 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, November 25, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 27 to 30, 20202 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, November 28 to 29, 202056 kt wind · 4 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 30, 202055 kt wind · 1 event

December 2020

• Debris Flows and Flooding in Alaska, December 1 to 5, 20202 deaths · $31 million · 56 kt wind · 17 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 6, 202052 kt wind · 2 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 14, 20201 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 19, 20203 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 20201 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 21 to 23, 202083 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 22 to 24, 202064 kt wind · 9 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 25, 202058 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 20201 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.