Northwest Arctic Coast, Alaska
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2023 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Tornado reports
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Hail reports
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Floods since 1996
10
All events
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Deaths
$0
Property damage
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A significant winter storm impacted the Northwest Arctic Coast, where a Winter Storm Warning was in effect from 1145AKST February 20 through 2101AKST February 22, 2026. While AWOS stations at Wainwright Airport (PAWI) and Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr. Memorial Airport (PATQ) were of…
Blizzard Blizzard
Windy conditions redeveloped along the Northwest Arctic coast during the morning hours of the the 28th. While occasional light snow fell, there was plenty of blowable snow on the ground to produce a ground blizzard as the day wore on. The Atqasuk AWOS (PATQ) began reporting blowi…
Blizzard Blizzard
The Atqasuk AWOS (PATQ) met blizzard criteria at 2245 on 12/11/25. Blizzard conditions continued for more than 3 continuous hours, but wind data was lost at 0355 on 12/12/25. The peak observation at PATQ was a peak wind gust of 55 mph with visibility less than 1/4 miles at 2050 o…
Blizzard Blizzard
The Wainwright ASOS (PAWI) reported blizzard conditions developing in the morning hours and continuing into the late evening. A peak wind gust of 49 mph was reported during the later stages of the blizzard.
Blizzard Blizzard
The Atqasuk AWOW PATQ reported several hours of blizzard conditions with visibility as low as .13 mile and wind gusts as high as 55 mph.
Blizzard Blizzard
Steady snowfall combined with strong winds overnight to produce blizzard conditions at Atqasuk (PATQ) during the early morning hours of December 13th. These conditions persisted into the early afternoon before visibility improved above one quarter mile. East winds consistently gu…
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions developed the evening of the 20th and continued through the early afternoon of the 21st. Atqasuk reported a peak wind gust of 47 mph during the event.
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions developed at Atqasuk the afternoon of the 16th and persisted through the evening of the 19th. A peak wind gust of 47 mph was recorded during the event.
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions developed at Atqasuk on the morning of the 13th and continued into the afternoon of that day. Atqasuk reported a peak wind gust of 54 mph during the event.
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions were observed at the Atqasuk (PATQ) AWOS. Wind gusts up to 48 mph were reported and were accompanied by visibility of 1/4 mile or less in blowing snow.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
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