Alaska, 2022

Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 2 to 3, 2022

November 2 to 3, 2022 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Cold air was in place as a front moved in from the west bringing in warmer air and moisture. White Pass saw accumulating snow, but the upper Chilkat Valley was the big winner.

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The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AJK wrote it up.

Cold air was in place as a front moved in from the west bringing in warmer air and moisture. White Pass saw accumulating snow, but the upper Chilkat Valley was the big winner.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Haines Borough and Klukwan

When
November 2, 1:00 PM AKST to November 3, 7:00 AM AKST
Where
Haines Borough and Klukwan forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
59.251, -135.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Haines Customs reported 13.3 inches of snow by 7am on the 3rd and snow had ended, but melted down to 0.52 inches of liquid. Spotter reports from nearby said that light snow began around 1pm on the 2nd and increased through the afternoon with occasional strong gusts. Closer to town snow changed to rain overnight with just a half inch of accumulation.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1065407.