Tornadoes · United States · Alaska
2008 tornadoes in Alaska
No tornado was recorded in Alaska in 2008. The state averages 1.3 a year over the 4 years it has any in the record.
What Alaska usually sees
The record has 5 tornadoes in Alaska since 1950, none of them fatal. Every year in Alaska.
Nearby
Every tornado in Alaska since 1950Warnings in force in AlaskaThe live radar over Alaska
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.