Alaska, 2025

Heavy Snow in Alaska, November 24, 2025

November 24, 2025 · NWS AJK · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A weak, decaying low pressure system brough moisture up from the|south, generating snow showers for Haines, Lutak, and primarily the Mud Bay|area beginning early Monday morning the 24th and lasting for more than 20 hours.

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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.

A weak, decaying low pressure system brough moisture up from the|south, generating snow showers for Haines, Lutak, and primarily the Mud Bay|area beginning early Monday morning the 24th and lasting for more than 20 hours.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Haines Borough and Klukwan

When
November 24, 1:50 AM AKST to 10:30 PM AKST
Where
Haines Borough and Klukwan forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
59.251, -135.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trained spotters in the Mud Bay area south of Haines reported an estimated 5 inches of snow had fallen by 620am on the 24th, approximately over the previous 6 hours. Lighter snow continued through the 24th with 8.5 inches measured by 1130pm and 24-36 hour storm total accumulations by the following morning of 8.5 to 14 inches.

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: 1302237.