Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska
Every marine high wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Gulf of Alaska, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 48 knots or more over water.
The most significant on the map
The most significant marine high wind episodes in Gulf of Alaska.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 16
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $31,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, December 8, 2005A fast moving 987 MB Low tracked eastward from the Gulf through the Southern Panhandle on this date. The tightly wrapped system had a 120+ knot northwest-southeast oriented jet on its backside.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, April 9, 2023A shortwave moving around a broader low in the Gulf of Alaska saw an embedded band of convective activity develop with strong cold air advection behind it, which resulted in an area of enhanced winds which tracked northward across the Inside Passage.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, January 8, 2006A 973 MB Low moving north in the central gulf created a swath of high winds in our coastal marine waters between Cape Decision and Cape Fairweather.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, January 26, 2012During the evening of 1.26 a rapid frontal passage caused a sudden wind shift and wind acceleration off Cape Edgecumbe. West wind 50 to 60 knots with gusts to 75 knots were indicated on radar.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, September 26, 2025An unusually strong fall storm developed and moved northeast into the Gulf of Alaska during the early morning hours of Friday 9/26, with pressure falling to 962mph and with hurricane force winds observed on the south side of the low center.
- Marine High Wind in Gulf of Alaska, October 5, 2010An extremely strong front moved into the southern waters of the Panhandle on the morning of 10/5. Wind speeds in excess of 80 KT were observed in Clarance Strait.
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Marine High Wind everywhereEvery kind of event in Gulf of 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 2026-10-01.