Storms in Alaska in 2023

Events

385

Deaths

6

Injuries

2

Damage

$9.2 million

Episodes

144

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.

January 2023

• Blizzard and Winter Weather in Alaska, January 1, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, January 1, 202367 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 11 to 12, 20231 event
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, January 14 to 17, 202358 kt wind · 4 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 20, 202370 kt wind · 6 events
• Cold in Alaska, January 20 to 21, 20231 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 20 to 23, 202374 kt wind · 3 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, January 22 to 23, 20231 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, January 22 to 25, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, January 24 to 25, 20231 event
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Alaska, January 26 to 28, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, January 27 to 29, 202371 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, January 29 to 30, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, January 29 to 30, 20233 events

February 2023

• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, February 4 to 5, 20232 events
• Winter Storm and Extreme Cold in Alaska, February 4 to 7, 20233 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 5 to 6, 20233 events
• Blizzard and Winter Weather in Alaska, February 8 to 10, 20235 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 9 to 10, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 10 to 11, 20233 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 10 to 11, 20231 event
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, February 12 to 17, 20235 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, February 12 to 13, 20231 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 14 to 16, 20235 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 17, 20231 event
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, February 20 to 24, 2023$50,000 · 8 events
• High Wind in Alaska, February 21, 202369 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, February 23, 20231 event
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 24 to 25, 202311 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, February 24, 20232 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 202370 kt wind · 6 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, February 27 to 28, 20234 events

March 2023

• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 202395 kt wind · 4 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 202316 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 1, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, March 3 to 4, 202365 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 3 to 6, 2023$10,000 · 6 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 8 to 9, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, March 9 to 10, 202383 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Alaska, March 10 to 12, 202366 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, March 12 to 16, 20232 events
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 14 to 16, 20234 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, March 16 to 17, 20233 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, March 18 to 20, 202367 kt wind · 6 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 20233 events
• Blizzard and Winter Weather in Alaska, March 21 to 22, 20232 events
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 24 to 26, 20237 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 26 to 27, 20233 events

April 2023

• Blizzard in Alaska, April 1, 20231 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, April 8 to 9, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, April 9, 202362 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, April 11 to 12, 20231 event

May 2023

• Frost and Freeze in Alaska, May 3 to 4, 20235 events
• Frost and Freeze in Alaska, May 4 to 5, 20234 events
• Frost and Freeze in Alaska, May 6, 20231 event
• Frost and Freeze in Alaska, May 6 to 7, 20231 event
• Frost and Freeze in Alaska, May 8 to 9, 20232 events
• Flood in Alaska, May 9 to 11, 20231 event
• Flooding in Alaska, May 12 to 15, 20233 events
• Flooding in Alaska, May 13 to 18, 20234 events
• Flooding in Alaska, May 13 to 18, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 14, 202366 kt wind · 2 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, May 16, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, May 16 to 19, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, May 17 to 21, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, May 18 to 21, 20231 event
• Flooding in Alaska, May 19 to 22, 20233 events
• Flood in Alaska, May 21 to 22, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, May 22 to 27, 20231 event
• Flooding in Alaska, May 27 to 31, 20232 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, May 30 to 31, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, May 31, 20231 event

June 2023

• Flooding in Alaska, June 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Flood in Alaska, June 2 to 5, 20231 event
• Wildfire in Alaska, June 4 to 5, 20232 events
• Flood in Alaska, June 7 to 14, 20231 event
• Flooding in Alaska, June 10 to 13, 20232 events
• Lightning Strike in Alaska, June 23, 20231 injured · 1 event

July 2023

• Damaging Wind in Alaska, July 7, 202352 kt wind · 1 event
• Volcanic Ashfall in Alaska, July 22 to 23, 20231 event
• Wildfire in Alaska, July 24 to 25, 20231 event
• Damaging Wind in Alaska, July 24, 202352 kt wind · 1 event

August 2023

• Flood in Alaska, August 5 to 6, 2023$7.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood and Flood in Alaska, August 14 to 16, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, August 26, 202369 kt wind · 1 event
• Flooding in Alaska, August 26 to 30, 20234 events
• Flooding in Alaska, August 26 to 27, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 202369 kt wind · 1 event

September 2023

• Flooding in Alaska, September 1 to 2, 20232 events
• Flooding in Alaska, September 8 to 17, 20232 events
• Flood in Alaska, September 21, 20231 event
• Flood in Alaska, September 21 to 22, 20231 event
• Volcanic Ashfall in Alaska, September 25, 20231 event

October 2023

• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 1 to 3, 20231 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 20231 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, October 5 to 6, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 9, 202365 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 12 to 13, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, October 14 to 15, 202365 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 15 to 16, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, October 20, 20231 event
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, October 23 to 24, 202381 kt wind · 4 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, October 29, 20231 event

November 2023

• Winter Weather in Alaska, November 2 to 3, 20231 event
• High Wind in Alaska, November 3, 202371 kt wind · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 4 to 5, 20231 event
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 7 to 9, 20238 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 8 to 9, 202358 kt wind · 4 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, November 9 to 10, 202365 kt wind · 7 events
• Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Alaska, November 11 to 13, 20234 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, November 12 to 13, 202365 kt wind · 11 events
• Coastal Flood and High Wind in Alaska, November 14 to 16, 202367 kt wind · 2 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, November 14 to 17, 20231 event
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, November 15 to 17, 202385 kt wind · 13 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, November 17, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, November 17 to 18, 20231 event
• Blizzard in Alaska, November 19 to 21, 20232 events
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, November 20 to 21, 20236 deaths · 1 injured · $2.2 million · 65 kt wind · 11 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, November 22 to 24, 20237 events
• Flooding in Alaska, November 26, 20232 events
• High Wind in Alaska, November 28, 202374 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Alaska, November 29, 20231 event

December 2023

• Winter Storm in Alaska, December 3 to 5, 20231 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 4 to 7, 202364 kt wind · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 6, 202353 kt wind · 1 event
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 7 to 9, 202372 kt wind · 2 events
• Avalanche and Winter Weather in Alaska, December 7 to 8, 20236 events
• Blizzard in Alaska, December 9 to 11, 20231 event
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 9 to 13, 20235 events
• Winter Weather in Alaska, December 9 to 11, 20232 events
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 11 to 13, 202362 kt wind · 6 events
• Winter Storm and High Wind in Alaska, December 11 to 12, 202366 kt wind · 8 events
• Blizzard and Winter Weather in Alaska, December 12 to 13, 20235 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 14, 20232 events
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, December 23 to 24, 202374 kt wind · 3 events
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 24 to 26, 202358 kt wind · 4 events
• Heavy Snow in Alaska, December 26, 20233 events
• High Wind in Alaska, December 27, 202376 kt wind · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Alaska, December 29 to 30, 20232 events

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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 2026-09-24.