Alaska, 2022Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 6 to 9, 2022
December 6 to 9, 2022 · NWS AFG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
A low in the Gulf of Alaska deepened and moved a front over the Southeast Interior providing areas of heavy snow to the Alaska Range and from Delta Junction to Northway.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 low in the Gulf of Alaska deepened and moved a front over the Southeast Interior providing areas of heavy snow to the Alaska Range and from Delta Junction to Northway.
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 Fairbanks, AK wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 5, 1:36 PM AKST, 14 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 1:36 PM AKST, 14 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Deltana and Tanana
- When
- December 6, 4:30 AM AKST to December 9, 4:29 AM AKST
- Where
- Deltana and Tanana forecast zone
- Reported by
- Local Official
The City of Delta Junction office estimated that 12-14 inches of snow fell in just over 24 hours.
Heavy Snow, Upr Tanana Vly Fortymile
- When
- December 7, 3:00 AM AKST to December 8, 8:00 AM AKST
- Where
- Upr Tanana Vly Fortymile forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
Northway reported 8 inches of snow in about a 24 hour timeframe.
- 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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1070341, 1070340.