Alaska, 2022

Heavy 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.

The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS AFG wrote it up.

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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Event by event

3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1062995, 1063164, 1063163.