Storm History: Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska

12 episodes, 13 events since 1997

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events: 13
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: $10,000
Episodes: 12

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of event	Events	Damage
Blizzard	5
High Wind	2
Storm Surge/Tide	2	$10,000
Heavy Rain	1
Waterspout	1
Winter Storm	1
Flood	1

The deadliest

None recorded.

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

Storm Surge/Tide, August 3, 2000$10,000 · 1 event here

Every episode, newest first

Tornadoes in Aleutians West Census Area Every warning in Aleutians West Census Area since 1986 Every county in Alaska

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 2026-09-24.