City and Borough of Yakutat storm history

Due to an areawide internet outage, timing of snowfall is estimated based on automated snow depth sensors. The morning Klondike Highway report from DOT at 807am on the 28th noted difficult travel conditions and a range of 1 to 8 inches of snow between 12 mile and the border, and …

Snow began late in the night on the 13th and became heavy through the early morning hours of the 14th, reaching 10 inches by 830am. Heavy snow continued through the mid-day with winds gusting to around 25mph and visibilities down to a half mile. By the time snow ended in the late…

NWS employee in Yakutat measured 8.4 inches of snow the morning of the 29th for a daily CoCoRaHS report, but noted that most of that had fallen by late evening on the 28th. More rounds of heavy snow fell on the 29th with an additional 7.8 inches measured by the following morning.

The Yakutat ASOS station recorded wind gusts in excess of 60 mph for a 4 hour period during a frontal passage. This included a peak gust of 66 mph at 450pm.

Snow showers fell over Yakutat the evening of the 3rd through the early morning with reports ranging from 5 to 6.4 inches across town. Snow began again in the late morning but accumulation rates were lower with only an additional 1 to 2.4 inches falling by the following morning.

A past NWS Employee estimated 6 to 8 inches of dry fluffy snow by 815am on the 27th. The WSO confirmed 7.1 inches by 845am with only a trace of additional accumulation falling through the rest of the day. The Yakutat airport was reporting gusts of 20-25 mph and visibility down to…

A strong low advancing out of the S brought multiple wind gusts near 60 mph over an extended duration of time. A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured at the Yakutat Airport ASOS at 6:08 AM AKST on December 12.

During a High Wind Event, the Yakutat ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 629pm on November 8th.

The Yakutat airport recorded temperatures at or below 32 degrees with a minimum of 28 degrees at 510am local time. The nearby CRN site recorded temperatures at or below 32 degrees for just over 6 hours. No impacts were shared.

The Yakutat airport recorded temperatures at or below 32 degrees for 7 hours with a minimum of 28 degrees. The nearby CRN site also recorded temperatures at or below 32 degrees for over 7 hours with a minimum temperature of 27 degrees. No impacts were shared.

The Yakutat airport recorded temperatures of 32 or colder for approximately 8 hours and saw a minimum of 28 degrees for about 2 hours during the early morning of May 5th. The nearby CRN site bottomed out at 27 degrees at 515am local time. No impacts were shared.

Retired NWS employee reported a period of heavy snow between noon and 3pm on March 15th where 4 to 5 inches fell. Additional periods of heavy snow fell through the night on the 15th with winds gusting to around 25 mph. It is unknown what the storm total was.

Snow began in Yakutat in the afternoon of February 28th and continued to fall for the next two days. Around 8am on the 1st, WSO Yakutat estimated 6 to 8 inches of snow had fallen while a retired NWS employee nearby measured 9 inches and was a quarter mile visibility at the time. …

Retired NWS employee measured 5 inches of snow between 3pm and 750pm. Estimated another 2 inches fell before it changed to rain around midnight.

Spotter reported 12 inches of snow, but winds were blowing the snow with drifts considerably higher than the measured total. The Yakutat airport ASOS measured wind gusts of 30 -40 mph with visibility down to a half mile periodically between 9pm and 5am.

A retired NWS employed reported a heavy snow on the evening of the 20th with significant blowing and drifting. By 920am on the 21st it was noted that 13-15 inches of snow had fallen across town. Gusts of 20-30 mph were steady at the ASOS throughout the event with snow ending at 3…

By 646pm on the 11th a retired NWS Employee reported 2 inches of snow had fallen so far. Snow continued to fall through the night with periods of 20 to 40 mph wind gusts early in the morning of the 12th when snow changed to moderate rain between 6-8am. The WSO office estimated 10…