Dense Smoke in Alaska

2 dense smoke events since 2009

Every dense smoke event the National Weather Service has filed in Alaska, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Smoke reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less.

The most significant on the map

The most significant dense smoke episodes in Alaska.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The record

Events: 2
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: None recorded

Every year

The most significant

Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.

Dense Smoke in Alaska, July 30, 20091 eventSmoke from nearby wildfires moved into the Fairbanks area during the morning of the 30th and remained below 1 mile visibility until the early evening.
Dense Smoke in Alaska, August 1 to 8, 20091 eventDense smoke was widespread in Fairbanks and North Pole on the morning of August 8, 2009, and the visibility was one quarter mile or less at the Fairbanks International Airport. Locally the visibility was reduced to only a couple hundred yards.

Dense Smoke everywhere Every kind of event 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.