Kodiak Peninsula storm history

Two Coast Guard crew from the cutter "Firebush" were "...apparently blown off a ridge by strong winds". A request for air support was made from the Alaska State Troopers just after midnight Saturday. An HH-60 attempted a night search, but had to turn back due to whiteout conditio…

Kodiak Airport reported 4.27 inches of rain which drove area rivers up, and flooded low lying roads, ditches and areas with poor drainage. The Terror River crested at 5.26 ft at 10:30PM AKST; this is 0.26 ft above minor flood stage.

NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson measured a 65 knot (75 mph) wind gust at 58.0N 153.5W, near Cape Uganik at 8 pm AKDT on March 30. Strong southwesterly winds combined with snowfall also brought over an hour of blizzard-like conditions to Akhiok.

NWS Anchorage called out multiple times to the Chignik city office to get an estimate of total snowfall they received. They reported a 9 inch storm total snowfall between February 13th and 2:30 PM AKST February 14th. Upon follow up on the morning of February 15th, the office esti…

The Kodiak ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 75 mph at 7 PM AKST 12/5. A nearby NOS site also reported gusts from the northwest between 60 and 75 mph between about 5 PM and 9 PM AKST 12/5.

Akhiok sensor recorded visibilities at or less that a half mile from 10:35 AM to 11:20 AM. A nearby sensor registered frequent gusts of 40+ mph at the same time.

Kodiak City leadership reported storm total snow amounts of 12-14 inches (more than what was reported at the airport). They also mentioned that the Coast Guard Base had shut down for the day. The Kodiak Airport ASOS noted visibilities of a quarter mile in moderate snow showers an…

From around 3 to 6 AM on March 2, a NOAA research vessel docked at City Pier in Kodiak measured sustained winds of 55 knots (63 mph), with regular gusts reaching 85 to 95 knots (98 to 109 mph). Other surface observations in the vicinity of Kodiak also recorded wind gusts exceedin…

The US Coast Guard reported 5-6 inches of snow at the base and 8 inches by the bay in Kodiak City during the overnight of 5/9 through about 9 AM 2/10.

Snow began falling around 11:15 PM on Nov 27 in Kodiak City. A spotter reported 7.5 inches of snow at 8 AM November 28th, with around 12 inches total for the snowfall event. Another report was received of 8.25 inches of snow just before 12 PM. A school bus got stuck on a side str…

Kodiak reported one quarter mile visibility with moderate snow and freezing fog. Winds were also sustained out of the southeast at 24 knots with gusts to 34 knots. The event peaked on the 27th at 1:29 PM when the observation reported one quarter mile visibility with heavy snow an…

Kodiak ASOS (PADQ) reported sustained winds out of the northwest of 15 knots with gusts to 23 knots along with one half mile visibility, moderate snow and freezing fog on the 18th at 12:53 PM. Moderate to heavy snow bands moved onshore from the Gulf of Alaska bringing one half mi…

Akhiok recorded winds at 55G75 mph on 12/11 at 6:56AM. Kodiak recorded winds at 53G74mph 12/10 at 11:53PM and the Kodiak Port recorded 18G61 mph 12/11 at 1:06AM Additionally, the RAWS station at FourPeaked observed winds 86G103 mph on 12/11 at 1:17AM and the Kodiak Gull Island Ma…

The Gull Island weather station located in the Kodiak Boat Harbor and run by the Alaska Marine Exchange, reported a wind gust of 86 mph around 3 PM AKDT. The Kodiak Airport (PADQ), located south of the Gull Island station, had its strongest wind of 64 mph at 7:24 PM AKDT. Some da…

Strong southwest winds effected Kodiak Island for about 33 hours.

ASOS at the Kodiak airport recorded 6 hours of blizzard conditions. An estimated 22 inches snowfall total on Wed morning 1/29. On Wednesday, schools, senior center, and most agencies closed around town. On Wednesday afternoon, Alaska Airlines announced no flights in or out of Kod…

Heavy rainfall caused erosion and mudslides along the Chiniak Highway. Some parts of the road were washed out.

The first gust at Kodiak Air Station was the strongest. No damage was recorded.

Winds fueled a wildfire on Kodiak Island, near the town of Chiniak. Two structures were destroyed and the town was evacuated.

Kodiak WSO reported visibility below 1/4-mile, falling snow and frequent gusts over 35 mph on the North and West side of island beginning around 10 p.m. and continuing overnight into February 8. Storm total snow at Kodiak City (PADQ) was 6.2 inches with 2.1 inches in 3 hours prio…

Hickerson Lake RAWS report 140 mph gusts. This RAWS is over 1000 feet in elevation. Based upon this observation and observations around Kodiak Island, it is estimated wind gusts were around 80 mph in some of the populated areas near sea level.

Chigmit Mountain reported gust to 104 mph.

Heavy rain overnight November 30th into the morning of December 1st produced local flooding in Chignik.

A landslide in downtown Kodiak tore part of the deck from a hillside home and caused other damage Saturday morning.