Storms in Alaska in 2021
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2021, 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 2021 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
- 283
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $5.9 million
- Episodes
- 100
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 95 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Wind | 54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 45 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5.9 million |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Avalanche | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2021
- Cold in Alaska, January 2, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 5, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, January 8, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, January 9 to 10, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 9 to 11, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 11 to 12, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, January 12, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 12 to 13, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 14 to 15, 2021
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 16 to 19, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 18 to 19, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 21, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 23 to 24, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 27, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 29, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, January 31, 2021
February 2021
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 5, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 1 to 3, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 3, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 3 to 4, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 8, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, February 10 to 13, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 10 to 12, 2021
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, February 17, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 24 to 26, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 26 to 28, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 28, 2021
March 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 1, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 2 to 3, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 10 to 11, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 14 to 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 18 to 19, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 19, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, March 23 to 28, 2021
April 2021
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 4, 2021
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 8 to 11, 2021
- Flood in Alaska, April 19 to 24, 2021
May 2021
June 2021
August 2021
September 2021
- Winter Weather in Alaska, September 19 to 21, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, September 20 to 22, 2021
- Avalanche in Alaska, September 23 to 24, 2021
October 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, October 1, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, October 11 to 12, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, October 22, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, October 30, 2021
November 2021
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Alaska, November 10 to 11, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 16 to 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 17 to 18, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, November 18 to 19, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, November 19 to 20, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 20 to 21, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, November 22, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, November 22 to 23, 2021
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, November 23 to 25, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, November 25 to 27, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, November 26, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, November 27 to 30, 2021
- Extreme Cold in Alaska, November 28 to 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 29 to 30, 2021
December 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 1 to 2, 2021
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 1 to 4, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 2 to 3, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 4 to 10, 2021
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 4 to 8, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 5 to 7, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 8, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 9 to 11, 2021
- Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, December 10 to 16, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 10 to 12, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 11 to 12, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 15 to 17, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 17 to 18, 2021
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 18 to 22, 2021
- High Wind in Alaska, December 18 to 20, 2021
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 19 to 22, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 20 to 21, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 22 to 23, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 22 to 23, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 23 to 25, 2021
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Alaska, December 23 to 27, 2021
- Ice Storm in Alaska, December 24 to 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 26 to 28, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 26 to 27, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 27 to 28, 2021
- Blizzard in Alaska, December 27 to 29, 2021
- Winter Storm in Alaska, December 28 to 30, 2021
- Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 31, 2021
More
Every year in AlaskaEvery state in 2021Tornadoes in Alaska in 2021Warnings in Alaska in 202120202022
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.