City and Borough of Juneau storm history

The public reported hearing a loud, thunder-like, sound around 7am AKDT Wednesday near downtown Juneau and Douglas, which was later determined to be a stack of shipping containers being blown over at the AML dock. At 813am the power company reported an outage north of town and th…

The landslide generated tsunami scoured trees and vegetation from both sides of the Tracy Arm fjord. The National Tsunami Warning Center reported that the maximum tsunami wave height at the Juneau tide gauge was 36 cm (approximately 14 in) from the normal tide prediction, which o…

Public reports through the morning of the 30th showed heavy snow on Douglas Island that had accumulated to 6 inches overnight, some of that likely included lighter snow that had fallen during the day before. Heavy snow continued over this portion of the Juneau Borough through the…

Snow began just before midnight on December 1st at the Juneau airport and quickly became heavy. A social media report noted that 6 inches of snow had already fallen by 6am near the airport and another report of up to 10 inches on Douglas Island by 1245pm. Snow continued through S…

Light snow fell across the Juneau area throughout the daytime on Nov. 26th with 3 to 5 inches reported, some of which included snow from the previous evening. Snowfall rates then increased through the night of the 26th with an average of 3 inches measured in each 6 hour period be…

Mesonet station at the top of the Juneau Library recorded a peak wind gust of 74mph at 442am on the 22nd. Multiple other Marine Exchange of Alaska stations recorded high winds during the time frame, with frequent gusts over the high wind criteria of 60mph.

Several Marine Exchange of Alaska mesonet stations across downtown Juneau measured gusts in excess of 60 mph from the evening of November 19th through the morning of the 21st. A peak gust of 84 mph was measured at the top of the Juneau Library at 233pm on the 20th. Other peak gus…

Marine Exchange observation at the AML Dock measured a peak gust of 61 mph at 832pm AKDT on October 25th. Other peak winds around downtown ranged from 45 to 57 mph during this event.

Public reports shared that snow began to accumulate out the road in Juneau at around 9pm on the 17th with 6 inches measured in the daybreak morning by multiple sources and RWIS webcams. A vehicle accident caused a large power outage for out the road and Auke Bay as reported by th…

Through the day on the 9th, rain periodically mixed with snow, causing accumulations to be wet. An estimated 5 inches was reported in Douglas by late afternoon on social media, then another report estimated 10 to 12 inches in the same area by 550pm. Elsewhere in Juneau, reports o…

Snow began to fall in Juneau in the afternoon of January 31st and reaching warning criteria by 12am on February 1st, then another 5.6 inches was measured by 9am. Snow continued to fall until 1pm on the 1st with 7.7 inches measured for the day at the NWS office and 7 inches at the…

Snow began to fall in Juneau in the afternoon of January 31st and reaching 7.2 inches measured at the forecast office and 6.8 inches measured at the airport by midnight. Snow continued to fall until 1pm on the 1st with another 7.7 inches measured for the day at the NWS office and…

AEL&P reported a power outage in Downtown Juneau due to a tree which fell on a transmission line at 736am on the 29th. At 850am NWS forecasters observed a dead tree come down outside the NWS Office. Downtown Juneau Marine Exchange stations measured a peak gust of 62 mph at 942am.…

Dry snow began to add up quickly on Sunday the 21st with the NWS office in the Mendenhall Valley measuring over 6 inches by 3pm in the afternoon. Snow continued to fall with warning level rates over the next 2 and a half days, becoming wetter with time, and a short period of free…

A long duration Taku wind event, with occasional lulls, was initiated by the formation of a mountain wave over Downtown Juneau and Douglas due to northerly outflow winds. All of the downtown Juneau docks and the Douglas Boat Harbor measured gusts in excess of 60 mph during this p…

Light and very dry snow began to fall the evening of Friday January 12th. After 9pm, rates increased and by 8am the Juneau Waste Water Treatment Plant COOP measured 7 inches of snow and similar amounts were measured at the NWS Weather Forecast Office in the Mendenhall Valley and …

Several mesonet stations across downtown Juneau measured peak gusts in excess of 60mph most of the daytime on the 27th. The highest wind gust was measured at the South Douglas Harbor profiler, topping out at 87 mph at 1126am. The ANG dock saw a peak gust of 77 mph at 103pm. The f…

Two separate waves resulted in two periods of windy conditions for Juneau, with the second, during the late afternoon and evening of December 12, being the strongest. The first wave in the morning saw high winds at elevation sites and caused multiple reports of downed trees and p…

Mesonet stations, webcams, and officials in downtown Juneau confirmed high winds, alongside significantly reduced visibility in downtown Juneau due to falling and blowing snow. A Taku mountain wave event cause wind gusts over downtown Juneau in excess of 60 mph for 16 hours inclu…

The Juneau International Airport ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 64mph. Another mesonet station at the docks downtown measured a peak gust of 60mph. The power company reported 3 power outages and trees in the lines in the hour prior and following 2 hours.

The COOP station at NWS Juneau recorded temperatures below 32 degrees for over 6 hours with a minimum of 28 degrees. The ASOS at the Juneau airport also recorded a low of 28 degrees. No impacts were shared.

In addition to several mesonet stations around downtown Juneau reporting wind gusts of around 60 mph, the Juneau Airport ASOS measured a peak gust of 71 mph at 3:46 PM AKDT. AEL&P utility company reported a few small power outages around Juneau due to the winds and tree branches …

A Taku wind event resulted in numerous wind gusts in excess of 60 mph over nearly two days. These gusts were recorded by many stations across the downtown Juneau docks. One station, AJXA2, recorded a peak wind gust of 76 mph at 702 pm AKST March 11.

The ASOS at the Juneau airport had continuous visibility of one quarter mile or less between 9am and 1pm with winds gusting between 36-56mph. Whiteout conditions were reported on Egan Drive, the main highway in town, and the city closed multiple activities including a school earl…

Snow began late on February 28th and continued to fall through the following afternoon. By morning, over 6 inches were measured by multiple people across town. By 1045am over 11 inches was reported via social media on Douglas. Blowing and drifting snow was also reported by multip…

The climate station at the Juneau Airport measured a record breaking snowfall of 14.3 inches on the 24th and a storm total of 20.6 inches through the next morning. Numerous other spotter reports came in from around Juneau with storm totals ranging from 6 to 12 inches.

Multiple spotters in the Juneau Mendenhall Valley and on Douglas Island reported heavy snow, including around 8 inches measured by 8 am on the 15th. Storm totals ranged from 6 to 14 inches. Lower amounts were measured near Lena Point and out the road.

Report from Tee Harbor, north of Juneau, said that snow begin at 9pm on the 1st and measured 7.75 inches by 9am the next morning. Another 3 inches fell at their location by noon. Other locations around Juneau measured 3 to 6 inches but there were several cars off the road and a p…

Marine Exchange station at the AML Dock and at their office measured a peak gust of 65 and 62 mph respectively during the same hour. During this event the Juneau Eaglecrest Ski area recorded peak gusts of 60-92 mph between 12pm and 10pm.

A 515 in the morning of the 30th, a spotter NW of Juneau reported 5 inches of snow since it began around 9pm on the 29th. Another person further up the highway at Yankee Cove estimated that 7 inches had fallen by 724am and was still falling. A COOP observer at Lena Point confirme…

Consistent wind gust of 60-70 mph were recorded by Marine Exchange station at the the AML Dock (JMLA2) during the early morning hours of the 23rd. A peak gust of 74 mph occurred at 402am. A social media report of blown down Christmas trees was also received.

COOP observer at Lena Point, north of Juneau, measured 6.5 inches of snow had already fallen by 5pm while other places downtown had less than an inch by that time. In the end, out the road reports were 10 to 14 inches.

COOP Observer at Lena Point in Juneau reported 5 inches of snow had fallen by 1115 am on the 9th and was up to 6 inches by 1pm with snow still falling. The Juneau airport reported snow ending shortly after. Another trained spotter in a nearby area also measured heavy rates over t…

NWS forecaster in the Mendenhall Valley measured 5 inches at 830am Thursday, then had another 2 inches by 11 am. The end of day measurement at the NWS office had 8.5 inches of snow. Out the road measured additional snowfall that lasted longer, but had changed to rain across the r…

A mountain wave event resulted in frequent high wind gusts for parts of Juneau and Douglas that spanned just over 24 hours. Peak gusts of 64 to 71 mph were measured at the Marine Exchange station located at the AML Dock, the downtown Library, and at the Douglas Boat Harbor.