Alaska

Storms in Alaska in 2022

332 events in 128 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alaska in 2022, 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 2022 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

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The year

Events
332
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
128

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
High Wind6202$1.4 million
Winter Storm6100
Winter Weather5700
Heavy Snow5100
Flood2900$583,000
Blizzard2400$2.0 million
Coastal Flood1300
Wildfire1100
Cold/Wind Chill600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill510
Debris Flow400$269,000
Strong Wind300
Avalanche200
Storm Surge/Tide200
Astronomical Low Tide100
Flash Flood100$14 million

Every episode, month by month

January 2022

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December 2022

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Every year in AlaskaEvery state in 2022Tornadoes in Alaska in 2022Warnings in Alaska in 202220212023

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.