Alaska, 2020Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 3 to 4, 2020
November 3 to 4, 2020 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A remnant small low over the northern gulf coast caused periodic heavy snow showers to to move over the Yakutat area during the 3rd and morning of the 4th.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
A remnant small low over the northern gulf coast caused periodic heavy snow showers to to move over the Yakutat area during the 3rd and morning of the 4th.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Juneau, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 3, 6:25 AM AKST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 6:25 AM AKST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area
- When
- November 3, 11:48 AM AKST to November 4, 10:00 AM AKST
- Where
- Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
Spotter in Yakutat measured 9 inches of new snow, most of this fell during the morning hours and during periodic heavy snow showers.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 926286.