Cold/Wind Chill in Alaska

Events

157

Deaths

3

Injuries

1

Damage

$256,000

• Cold in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 20152 deaths · 1 eventNear record cold temperatures on the night of the 12th and the morning of the 13th resulted in two unrelated fatalities. A 30 YOM died from exposure near the University of Alaska-Fairbanks campus along a bike path.
• High Wind and Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 13, 19991 death · 1 injured · $250,000 · 80 kt wind · 9 eventsWind chills as low as 107 degrees below zero continued at Cantwell, in the northern Susitna Valley, briefly improving from the 2nd to the 4th as the cold snap went into its second week.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 8 to 12, 20052 injured · $7.7 million · 65 kt wind · 7 eventsOn January 7th, a low pressure center moved north over the Chukotsk Peninsula. as it moved over the Russian Arctic Ocean it deepened rapidly and the cold front associated with the original low strengthened and swept east across the North Slope on the 8th, bringing strong west…
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 9 to 12, 200470 kt wind · 12 eventsStrong high pressure over the Arctic Ocean moved east to northwest Canada while a low pressure center moved north over the eastern Bering Sea. The combination caused a strong pressure gradient over northern Alaska with locally strong easterly winds.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 20 to 24, 199954 kt wind · 11 eventsWith an already moderate pressure gradient over western Alaska, a strong low pressure center moved from south of the Aleutian chain to Norton Sound the morning of the 23rd; to near Barrow on the Arctic Coast the evening of the 23rd.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 7 to 10, 200471 kt wind · 11 eventsStrong high pressure which developed early in the month over interior Alaska and Canada migrated to northwest Alaska and the Chukchi Sea on the 5th then continued north slowly to cover the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas on the 7th, maintaining it's strength of 1050 to 1055 millibars…
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 200611 eventsEvent continued from February. A large storm became stationary over the southwest Bering Sea and the associated weather front moved northeast over western Alaska, bringing winter storm conditions to various locations over western Alaska, as well as extreme wind chills to the…
• Cold in Alaska, January 1 to 31, 201210 eventsAll of northern Alaska was under the influence of a very cold air mass for nearly all of January 2012.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 9 to 12, 199984 kt wind · 9 eventsAn intense 968 mb low moved into the central Aleutians as the day began Tuesday. Cold arctic air was in place across the entire mainland. The low was located just south of Adak at 9am Tuesday, continuing on an easterly path to just southeast of Kodiak Island late Wednesday.
• Blizzard and Extreme Cold in Alaska, December 10 to 16, 202165 kt wind · 9 eventsA deep vertically stacked low that made it's way from the Bristol Bay area to the Gulf of Alaska. Across southcentral, a strong front along the leading edge of the system brought moderate to heavy snowfall and areas of mixed precipitation in areas affected by down-sloping winds.
• High Wind and Cold in Alaska, March 12 to 13, 199971 kt wind · 7 eventsAn intense storm deepened to 960mbs and curved into the Komandorskiye Islands of Russia Friday afternoon. The storm then turned eastward and raked the Aleutians with strong westerly winds Saturday.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, January 3 to 5, 200362 kt wind · 7 eventsA 966 mb low pressure center moved slowly north over the eastern Alaska Peninsula and Bristol Bay the evening of the 3rd, then continued to drift north-northwest and weaken until it formed a trough from Kotzebue to Unalakleet on the 5th.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in Alaska, February 3 to 5, 200455 kt wind · 7 eventsWith the Arctic Front stretched northeast over the western interior of Alaska on the 3rd, it began to move slowly west into the 4th while weak low pressure centers at low levels above the surface moved north over western Alaska, and High pressure over Far East Russia moved…
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, November 27 to 30, 20217 eventsA rather stagnant was in place for the last couple days of November over the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. Arctic air remained entrenched over the Bering including the Eastern Aleutians.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 16 to 19, 199853 kt wind · 6 eventsA storm south of the central Aleutian Islands moved north into the Bering Sea then northwest to Far East Russia and weakened.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 22 to 25, 19986 eventsA persistant moderate pressure gradient over Western Alaska produced a variety of extreme winter weather - several periods of low wind chills over the Bering Strait (Tin City ranged from -70F to -80F - Gambell observations not available), and also over Zone 3 at Point Hope (-70F…
• Cold in Alaska, February 7 to 11, 19996 eventsA weak high pressure center in an existing very cold airmass covering Northern Alaska, strengthened on the 9th and produced winds of 15 to 30 mph over the northern Alaska resulting in dangerous Wind Chills.
• High Wind and Cold in Alaska, December 10 to 12, 199955 kt wind · 6 eventsBrisk northerly winds brought wind chills down to 65 below across many areas of the Kuskokwim Delta and Bristol Bay.
• Cold in Alaska, January 29 to 31, 19996 eventsWhile a deep cold airmass covered Northern Alaska, a low pressure center tracked east across the Arctic Ocean on the 29th bringing winds of 15 to 25 mph across the Arctic Coast (Zone 1), North Slopes of the Brooks Range (Zone 2) and northwest Alaska (Zone 3).
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, February 7 to 9, 200456 kt wind · 6 eventsA low pressure center moved north over the western Alaska Peninsula and produced a strong pressure gradient over mainland Alaska, aided by strong high pressure over the Arctic Ocean.
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, December 1 to 4, 202161 kt wind · 6 eventsHigh pressure and cold temperatures over northern Alaska was replaced by a strong weather front that moved north through the Bering Strait and into the Chukchi Sea December 1st through the 4th.
• Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 22 to 25, 20226 eventsA strong upper-level trough originating in the Arctic dove southwestward across Southcentral Alaska on the evening of December 22 through December 23, bringing a reinforcing shot of cold, dense Arctic air into an already cold environment.
• Cold in Alaska, January 15 to 19, 19984 eventsModerate winds developing over a cold aiimass across northwest Alaska produced severe wind chills:Zone 1: Point Lay: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 2: Anaktuvuk Pass: -85 to -100 Wind ChillZone 3: Point Hope: -70 to -78 Wind ChillZone 4: Upper Noatak RAWS (ID: KTZ) -70 to -85 Wind…
• Cold in Alaska, January 29 to 31, 19994 eventsWhile northern Alaska was under a relatively cold airmass already, a large pool of colder air moved from the Russian high Arctic Ocean to the Chukchi Sea coast west of Barrow on Jan.
• Cold in Alaska, February 1 to 2, 19994 eventsContinuation of event from January.Zone 2: Anaktuvuk Pass -96Zone 3: Point Hope -96, Kivalina -94, Shishmaref -92, Deering -95, Buckland -89Zone 7: Trimms D.O.T. Camp -95 (based on estimated sustained wind speed), Northway -74Zone 10: Cape Romanzof -87; Hooper Bay-75

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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.