Alaska, 2022Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 6 to 8, 2022
November 6 to 8, 2022 · NWS AFG · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A front associated with a low moving north across far eastern Russia brought snow to the west coast of Alaska.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 front associated with a low moving north across far eastern Russia brought snow to the west coast of Alaska.
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 Nov 5, 2:16 PM AKST, 13 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 5, 2:16 PM AKST, 13 hours 44 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Chukchi Sea Coast
- When
- November 6, 4:00 AM AKST to November 8, 1:00 AM AKST
- Where
- Chukchi Sea Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Local Official
Significant snow fell along the Chukchi Sea Coast. The Kivalina City Clerk reported a foot of snow fell in just over 24 hours.
Heavy Snow, Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley
- When
- November 7, 6:40 AM AKST to 11:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Baldwin Pen. & Selawik Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
Kotzebue Police Department estimated 4-6 with peak of event showing visibility reduced to a quarter mile and gusting to 49 knots.
Heavy Snow, Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys
- When
- November 7, 11:00 AM AKST to November 8, 1:00 AM AKST
- Where
- Lower Kobuk & Noatak Valleys forecast zone
- Reported by
- SNOTEL
Kelly Station Snow Depth SNOTEL (KLLA2) increased 6 in 24 hours with a storm total of 7.
- 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: 1062995, 1063164, 1063163.