Haines Borough and Klukwan storm history

Trained spotters in the Mud Bay area south of Haines reported an estimated 5 inches of snow had fallen by 620am on the 24th, approximately over the previous 6 hours. Lighter snow continued through the 24th with 8.5 inches measured by 1130pm and 24-36 hour storm total accumulation…

The 7am morning COOP from Haines Customs on the 20th had a snowfall measurement of 8.3 inches. The observer noted that snow had changed to rain overnight. Similarly, the morning 511 report for the Highway estimated that up to 6 inches of snow was on the road while already mixed w…

Rain changed to snow at the Haines airport at 145am on the 9th with rates increasing around 3am. By 8am, the COOP observer in town had measured 5.1 inches and at 811am the Haines Police reported that a tree was down at 18 mile Haines Highway. At 1050am, a trained spotter measured…

A cruise ship pilot in Haines Harbor called in a report of wind gusts of 60-65kt between 3-330pm AKDT on the 17th. Speeds were likely measured above the bridge of the ship. The ship moved from their moored location in Portage Cove to Lutak Inlet to get out of the high winds, stra…

Rain changed to snow across the Chilkat Valley around dawn on the 26th as rates picked up. A trained spotter at 26 mile reported 7 inches had fallen by 1pm. Haines Customs similarly measured 8 inches at 147pm that day and a total of 14 inches by their following morning COOP repor…

Two bands of snow moved through on the 29th and DOT in Haines estimated 8 to 12 inches of snow had fallen by early morning on the 30th. Other observers in town confirmed these amounts in the 8am hour, however the Customs station 40 miles to the NW only measured 3.5 inches. One sp…

A trained weather spotter measured 6 inches of snow had fallen throughout the day Sunday the 5th in Haines with light snow adding another 3 inches by the following morning. Another trained spotter south of Haines on the Chilkat Peninsula reported 9 inches of new snow at 1140pm on…

Haines Customs at 40 mile measured 8.2 inches at 7am Christmas morning with snow continuing and another 5.5 inches the following day.

Trained spotter near 26 mile Haines Highway reported that 9 inches of snow had fallen, beginning overnight and lasting until about noon on Christmas Eve. Haines Customs at 40 mile measured 8.1 inches at 7am that morning with snow continuing at the time.

Light snow began during the early morning hours of the 1st, picking up after 830am in town, with a social media report of 5.5 inches measured by 230pm that day. Snow continued to stack up through the 2nd with several trained spotters between Haines and Mud Bay recording 22 to 26 …

A trained spotter near 26 mile Haines Highway reported 7.5 inches of new snow over a duration of approximately 6 hours. The spotter noted that snow became heavy after 9am on the 7th and had all but ended as of the time of observation at 230pm. A COOP report the next day from Hain…

Spotter along the waterfront in Haines measured 10 inches of snow by 745am on the 18th and others measured 12 and 13 inches by 8am with snow continuing. Most of this snow had fallen overnight based on ASOS observations at the airport and other spotters noting 3 inches of accumula…

The Haines Customs COOP at 40 mile Haines Highway recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees in the morning of the 1st. The nearby DOT RWIS station at 36 mile and 25 mile also measured temperatures at or below 32 degrees between midnight and 7am.

The DOT RWIS Station at 36 mile Haines Highway measured below freezing temperatures for a period of nearly 7 hours with a minimum of 28 degrees. The nearby COOP at Haines Customs also recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees that morning. Further down the road at the 25 mile …

A burst of heavy wet snow along the Chilkat Peninsula resulted in around 5 inches of snow between 5pm and 11pm on the 13th, then an additional 9 inches by 245am on the 14th as it changed to rain. On the north side of Haines, a measurement of 6.7 inches of snow was reported to hav…

The COOP station at Haines Customs measured 6.5 inches of snow at 7am on the 8th with most of that falling overnight and moderate snow continuing to fall. The station measured an additional 4 inches of snow by the next morning, but with most of that ending by mid day on the 8th, …

A trained spotter along the Chilkat Peninsula reported 10 inches of light and fluffy snow fell between 10pm on the 5th and 1145am on the 6th. Snow continued through the next morning with another 10 inches reported by the same spotter by 10am on the 7th. During the same period, th…

A trained spotter reported 2 inches of snow with heavy snowfall rates between noon and 3pm in downtown Haines. Another spotter reported on social media that 6.5 inches had fallen by 5pm on the Chilkat Peninsula, then had 9 inches by later in the night. Another trained spotted rep…

The Haines COOP measured 6.4 inches of snow in their 8am January 16th measurement, however the Haines ASOS (PAHN) indicated that snow had ended by 8pm on Monday the 15th, making this a 12 hour value. Light snow had fallen throughout the MLK long week with periods of light freezin…

Snow began around 9am on the 3rd and a trained spotter south of Haines measured 6 inches shortly before 9pm. The Alaska Department of Transportation estimated 8 to 12 inches of snow along parts of the Haines Highway during the early morning hours of the 4th and the Haines Customs…

Freezing rain fell through the morning of the 29th in Haines with a quarter inch of accumulation being reported by 1130am. The freezing rain changed to a period of moderate snow through the afternoon, then back to moderate freezing rain before temperatures slowly warmed above fre…

Haines Highway DOT estimated 6 to 12 inches of snow between mile post 20 and the border by early in the morning of the 26th. Haines Customs COOP reported rain on Christmas morning, then measured 12 inches of snowfall by 7am on the 26th.

Spotter south of Haines on the Chilkat Peninsula reported 6 inches of snow falling between 6-9am on the 23rd and another 5.5 inches by 3pm when it was changing to rain, for a storm total of 11.5 inches. In town, 16 inches were measured shortly after 4pm. A strong wind shift to th…

Snow began in the early morning hours of the 14th with 7-9 inches accumulating along the Chilkat Peninsula by 7-8am, and 12 inches measured at Haines Customs. The Haines Pass was closed by 832am and Haines Police advised the public of poor driving conditions. Snow then changed to…

Light snow fell through the night of the 3rd into the 4th with just over 5 inches by morning COOP reports from Haines town area and at the customs station. Snowfall rates significantly increased through mid day, causing Haines Police to send a notice that road conditions were ver…

At 1145am on the 20th, downed power lines were reported by a utility company (AP&T) on Beach Road and winds kept work from being done through the next day. At 1242pm, snowfall rates caused Haines Police to advice the public to stay off the roads and at 237pm DOT estimated 4-8 inc…

Haines Customs COOP recorded a minimum temperature of 26 degrees the morning of the 4th, included 27 degrees at their 7am observation time. The COOP station in Haines recorded a minimum temperature of 29 degrees, but had warmed above freezing by their 8am observation. The hours o…

Haines Customs COOP recorded a minimum temperature of 29 degrees the morning of the 5th. RWIS stations in the area recorded temperatures below 32 degrees for approximately 7 hours, including a minimum of 28 degrees at 36 mile Haines Highway. No impacts were shared.

Haines Customs COOP measured 12.5 inches of snow by 7am on the 16th with heavy snow still falling. The COOP in town had 15.5 inches reported that morning but had changed to rain. Other reports from the area included a CoCoRaHs report of 18.3 inches by 6am. Haines Borough Schools …

Haines DOT estimated 6 to 8 inches of snow and blowing snow by early morning on the 1st and multiple spotters in town measured over 8 inches by 8am. Visibility at the Haines airport fell to a quarter mile at 734am and stayed that low until 357pm. Haines school district had an ear…

Multiple spotters in Haines and south along the Chilkat Peninsula reported heavy snow, including 6 to 12 inches measured in the first 12 hours of the event and storm totals ranging from 11 to 17 inches. Much lighter amounts were observed up the Haines Highway.

Very wet snow was reported by a trained spotter 7 miles south of Haines beginning around 6pm on the 10th. Snow became heavy by 7pm, measuring a whopping 6 inches by 1030pm. The same spotter measured an additional 3 inches by morning, then changed to rain around 7am. The COOP obse…

DOT estimated 6 to 10 inches of new snow on the Haines Highway at 424am the morning of the 10th. A trained spotter on Mud Bay, south of Haines, reported that around 2 inches of snow fell during the day on the 9th, then became heavy around 8pm with a total of 9.5 inches falling by…

Morning DOT Haines Highway report from 424am on the 6th state there was approximately 5 to 8 inches of snow on the road. Trained spotters from Mud Bay, south of Haines, reported a range of 6 to 11 inches fell over a 12 hour period.

Numerous reports came in from Haines the day after Christmas. Spotters reported that snow began Christmas morning and had 8 inches in town by midnight. Haines Customs reported 13 inches had fallen by 7 am on the 26th and was still getting snow, meanwhile in town reports were 6-11…

The COOP measurement from the city of Haines was 6 inches on the morning of the 24th. Another trained spotter from town also noted 6 inches had fallen since the previous evening while three other spotters closer to Lynn Canal had to estimate the snow at 4 to 6 inches due to persi…

A storm total snow of 8 inches fell at Mud Bay. The snow started around 9pm on December 11th with reports of 2.5 to 3.5 inches falling by 11am on the 12th. Then rates became moderate to heavy with another 5 inches falling over the next 6 hours with reports from the airport of 30-…

A storm total of 12.5 inches of snow fell at Haines Customs by the time snow came to an end at Haines Customs during the morning of December 8th. One inch of snow had fallen as of 7 AM AKST December 7th, with an additional 5.5 inches of snow by 130 PM, and an additional 2.5 inche…

Trained spotters on the Chilkat Peninsula, south of Haines, reported heavy wet snow fell during the day on the 25th. One measured 6 inches by 830pm and another measured 9 inches at 1127pm as it was changing to rain. Spotters the wet snow was causing branches to lean across the ro…

Haines Customs reported heavy snow had fallen through the evening with 6.2 inches measured by 10 pm on the 23rd. By their 7 AM COOP report the next day, snow had changed to rain and compacted down to 5.3 inches.

Snow fell over Haines for about 24 hours with a range of accumulations of around 12 inches measured in town to 15 inches along the Chilkat Peninsula. Meanwhile, the border and out the road only had light accumulations.

Haines Customs reported 13.3 inches of snow by 7am on the 3rd and snow had ended, but melted down to 0.52 inches of liquid. Spotter reports from nearby said that light snow began around 1pm on the 2nd and increased through the afternoon with occasional strong gusts. Closer to tow…

A tree fell blocking both lanes of the Haines Highway at about Mile 5. Prior to this time the Haines Airport measured peak gusts to 51 mph.