Petersburg Borough storm history

Report with video showing a dugout at a ballfield in Petersburg being blown over at 304pm on the 26th. Another report from social media later that day of trees coming down near 9 mile Mitkof Highway, including a photo of a pine tree on a home. The report also said that the power …

Weather observer at the Petersburg Airport had 5 inches of snow by 1pm on the 30th and noted 2 inches from the day before. Periods of heavy snow continued through the evening of the 30th, but was swept away by the wind, making it difficult to measure.

Snow began to fall at the Petersburg airport at 1130am on the 1st and the COOP there measured 6 inches of snow by 9pm. A trained spotter near 9 mile Mitkof Highway measured a total of 7.5 inches the next morning.

Media in Petersburg reported that a 3 foot diameter spruce tree came down Sunday night, blocking both lanes of the Mitkof Highway near Blaquerie Point. During this period, a peak gust of 66mph was measured at the Zarembo Island RAWS, at 155am.

Light snow fell during the MLK long weekend across Petersburg with heaviest rates falling on the 15th when the COOP at the airport measured 11.5 inches. This in addition to the snowfall measured the previous 2 days gave a storm total of 16.9 inches. A period of freezing rain was …

Reports were received that a storm blew trees onto Mitkof Highway and snapped two power poles near the Crystal Lake Hydroelectric Plant. The bulk of the damage occurred between 3 and 18 mile Mitkof Highway. around approximately 12:30 PM AKDT (11:30 AM AKST). Customers in that are…

Snow began late on February 28th and became heavy through the following morning with periodic gusts of around 25mph. A change to rain happened in the afternoon. The COOP station at the Petersburg airport measured 6 inches by 1248pm with rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour and signifi…

COOP station at the Petersburg Airport measured 6 inches of snow had fallen by 9pm on the 24th and another 8 inches by 830am on the 25th with snow continuing to fall. Another trained spotter in the area had around 12 inches storm total.

Light snow fell at the Petersburg Airport all day on the 23rd with 3.5 inches being measured by 9pm. A lull between waves happened overnight, then picked up again around 5am on the 24th with 7.8 inches of new snow falling by 5pm, or over 12 hours.