Alaska, 2022Blizzard in Alaska, October 25, 2022
October 25, 2022 · NWS AFG · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A weather front associated with a low in the Bering Sea brought strong winds, heavy snow and blizzard conditions to the Yukon Delta.
- 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.
A weather front associated with a low in the Bering Sea brought strong winds, heavy snow and blizzard conditions to the Yukon Delta.
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 Oct 24, 2:28 PM AKST, 10 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 2:28 PM AKST, 10 hours 27 minutes before
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</html>Blizzard, Yukon Delta
- When
- October 25, 12:55 AM AKST to 10:00 PM AKST
- Where
- Yukon Delta forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
Blizzard Conditions developed at Cape Romanzof in the early morning hours on the 25th and continued through the late evening. Winds gusted as high as 66 mph during the event.
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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- High Wind in Oklahoma, October 25, 2022$19,000 · 53 kt wind · 4 events
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, October 25 to 26, 202216 events
- Tornado in Florida, October 25, 2022$20,000 · EF0 · 1 event
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 25, 202213 events
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- Drought in Florida, October 25 to 31, 20227 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 25, 202250 kt wind · 7 events
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 25 to 27, 20227 events
- Dense Fog in Pennsylvania, October 25 to 26, 20226 events
- Dense Fog in New Jersey, October 25, 20225 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 25, 20225 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1060793.