Prince of Wales Island storm history

The Hydaburg AWOS measured wind gusts trending up through the day on the 19th, peaking at 56mph at 519pm AKST. The AWOS station stopped reporting after 552pm, likely due to a power outage. The Klawock COOP observer noted damaging wind had occurred on both the 19th and 20th in the…

The Hydaburg AWOS measured high winds for several hours early on November 9th, including a peak gust of 68mph at 558am.

A social media report estimated wind gusts to 65mph at Coffman Cove all day on the 26th. Another social media comment estimated 70mph gusts in Port Protection at the northern end of Prince of Wales Island shortly after 3pm AKDT. Peak wind measured at the Hydaburg AWOS was 51kt (5…

Hydaburg AWOS measured a peak gust of 51 knots (59mph) at 251am and 307am AKDT. The Klawock COOP marked damaging wind in their morning report.

COOP observer in Craig and Klawock noted damaging wind in their 8am report on the 17th. Craig Police confirmed that fallen trees caused brown outs in Craig and power outages resulting in a fire in two other communities on Prince of Wales Island between the hours of 4am and 8am AK…

The Hydaburg Seaplane Base AWOS started measuring gusts above 60mph at 420am on the 26th and continued through mid-day, including a peak gust of 81mph at 509am. A social media report shared a photo of damage to a porch roof from this event. Other peak winds across Prince of Wales…

Snow began in the early morning hours of the 30th, with periods of heavy rates, resulting in a social media report of 6 inches by 1235pm in Craig on the west side of Prince of Wales Island. Another report from a traveler from Hollis had only 4 inches there on the east side of the…

Public report of heavy snowfall rates falling over eastern Prince of Wales Island Monday evening. They estimated 2 inches on the ground around 5pm and measured 8 inches by 9pm in Thorne Bay. The COOP observer measured a total of 12 inches at Thorne Bay the following morning.

The Hydaburg AWOS measured a peak gust of 56 knots or 64 mph at 326pm AKDT on the 29th. The AWOS stopped reporting after 456pm while other stations on the island measured peak gusts after this time until 10pm. The Klawock COOP noted damaging winds in their afternoon report and Cr…

Craig weather station CRGA2 recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph during frontal passage at 1324 AKDT.

Public comments on social media from around Prince of Wales Island noted highly variable snowfall amounts due to blowing and drifting snow. The first report was for up to 12 inches in Coffman Cove by 126pm on the 27th. Other reports ranged from 14 inches in Thorne Bay, confirmed …

The Hydaburg AWOS at the seaplane dock measured periodic high wind gusts through the night of the 28th and into the early morning hours of the 29th. The peak wind gust measured was 86 mph at 907pm on the 28th.

A social media comment estimated that 6 inches of snow had fallen by 1130pm in Thorne Bay on the 15th, then the Thorne Bay COOP Observer measured a total of 7.5 inches by their 8am observation the next day. Per nearby ASOS stations, most of that snow fell during the afternoon and…

A front advancing northward brought high winds to western Prince of Wales Island on Christmas morning. NWS station in Craig measured the first high wind gust of 63 mph at 624am and the Hydaburg Seaplane base AWOS recorded 3 hours of high wind, peaking at 67 mph at 1102am.

A high wind event from an advancing front resulted in an extended duration of high winds. The AWOS at the Hydaburg Seaplane base recorded a peak wind gust of 85 mph at 333 PM AKST December 23.

Two separate waves brought periods of windy conditions to Prince of Wales Island, with the second wave resulting in a power outage which affected Hollis and Klawock. A gust of 54 mph was observed by the Thorne Bay RAWS site at 254pm and the FAA webcam at Kasaan saw sustained wind…

The Craig NWS weather station measured a peak gust of 60 mph at 1124pm on the 8th. On the opposite side of the island, a little over an hour later a wind gust of 63 mph was measured near Thorne Bay during frontal passage.

A peak wind gust of 75mph was measured at 0622AKST at the Hydaburg Seaplane Base. Other areas on Prince of Wales Island also measured sustained winds above 40mph for a period of 1 to 3 hours and the Thorne Bay RAWS had a peak gust of 67mph.

Snow began late on February 28th and became heavy through the following morning with periodic gusts of around 30mph and a peak of 52mph at Hydaburg. A change to rain happened in the late morning. A trained spotter in Craig measured 5 inches of snow, blizzard like conditions and a…

Trained spotter in Craig noted that they had blizzard like conditions with snow drifts everywhere, making it hard to measure but estimated 6 inches by 917pm on the 24th. COOP station on the opposite side of the island in Thorne Bay measured 6.5 inches by 9am on the 25th and was s…

Hydaburg Seaplane Base measured a peak gust of 64 mph at 112pm on the 20th.

Hydaburg Seaplane Base AWOS measured frequent peak gusts near or above 60 mph throughout New Years Day, with a peak of 67 knots, or 77 mph, at 544pm. The RAWS station near Thorne Bay on the opposite side of Prince of Wales Island measured a peak gust of 62 mph at 154 pm.

The COOP observer in Thorne Bay reported that snow had begun around 10pm on the 22nd and measured 8 inches by 8am the next morning with heavy snow continuing to fall. They measured another 3.5 inches by 6am on the 24th when snow had ended or changed to rain. Other communities on …

The Hydaburg AWOS reported numerous wind gusts in excess of high wind criteria, including one wind gust at 1040 AM AKST November 23rd which measured 70 kt.

There were repeated wind gusts on islands adjacent to Prince of Wales Island in excess of 70 mph, including Ship Island and Lincoln Rock. Peak gusts of 58 mph were measured at the Hydaburg Seaplane Base at 841 am and 1033 am Monday the 21st.