Yukon Delta storm history

An ice jam formed in the Yukon River Delta on May 27th on the South Mouth of Yukon River near Alakanuk. Extensive flooding occurred with moderate flooding at Alakanuk. Low-lying roads in the community were submerged including the access road to the airport. In addition, numerous …

An ice jam formed in the Yukon River Delta on May 27th on the South Mouth of Yukon River near Alakanuk. Extensive overland flooding occurred with minor flooding Emmonak. Low-lying roads were submerged, including access road to the airport. In addition, numerous homes which are el…

High Winds developed over the Yukon Delta the afternoon of the 13th and continued into the early morning hours on the 14th. Cape Romanzof reported gusts as high as 61 mph during the event. Elsewhere, Mountain Village reported gusts as high as 54 mph, while Scammon Bay, Marshall a…

Winds increased the evening of the 19th as the front approached from the south. Blizzard conditions developed in the early morning hours of the 20th. The visibility improved the evening of the 20th as winds decreased. Cape Romanzof reported wind gusts as high as 87 mph during the…

Blizzard Conditions developed in the late evening of the 3rd along the coast of the Yukon Delta, with poor visibility persisting through the morning of the 4th. Winds at Cape Romanzof peaked at 77 mph. The winds gusted as high as 47 mph at Scammon Bay, 46 mph at Chevak, 45 mph at…

Chevak AWOS reported reported multiple hours of heavy snow and gusty winds reducing visibility to quarter mile or less at times. Peak wind gusts were as high as 53 MPH.

Chevak AWOS reported multiple hours of low visibility and heavy snow with wind gusts as high as 47 MPH.

Chevak AWOS reported multiple hours of quarter-mile visibility with gusts as high as 48 MPH and heavy snow.

Snow transitioned to freezing rain on the morning of the 29th and eventually transitioned to rain on the morning of the 30th. The combination of freezing rain and rain falling on frozen ground caused a tenth of an inch of ice to accumulate on the frozen ground in St Marys and in …

Blizzard conditions developed in the Yukon Delta early in the morning on the 22nd and continue into the early morning hours on the 23rd. Cape Romanzof saw wind gusts as high as 93 mph during this event, while Chevak saw gusts as high as 63 mph.

Cape Romanzof AWOS measured a gust of 62 mph the morning on the 23nd before increasing to 66 mph later that morning. Strong winds continued before tapering off by the afternoon of the 25th.

Blizzard Conditions developed at Cape Romanzof in the early morning hours on the 25th and continued through the late evening. Winds gusted as high as 66 mph during the event.

The remnants of Typhoon Merbok brought high winds to the Yukon Delta beginning the afternoon of the 16th. The strongest winds were observed at Cape Romanzof which saw gusts as high as 91 mph. Other peak wind gusts in the Yukon Delta included 67 mph at Hooper Bay, 64 mph at the Re…

The extratropical remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved north through the Bering Sea from Thursday September 15th to Saturday September 17th. Strong south to southwest winds resulted in a storm surge that caused water levels to rise from 5 to 9 feet above the normal high tide line cau…

A peak gust of 52 mph (44 KT) at the Cape Romanzof AWOS.

Blizzard conditions and high winds occurred across the Yukon Delta. This was the second strong weather system to impact the region the first week of December. The weather station in the villages of Scammon Bay and Mountain Village reported a visibility near zero along with very s…

Blizzard conditions and high winds occurred across the Yukon Delta. The weather station at the village of Scammon Bay reported visibility near zero for five hours along with very strong winds. Wind gusts peaked from the southeast to 51 mph during the afternoon of December 3rd.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Cape Romanzof AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 54 kt (62 mph) at the Cape Romanzof AWOS.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Marshall AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 36 kt (42 mph) at the Marshall AWOS.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Marshall AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 36 kt (42 mph) at the Marshall AWOS.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Cape Romanzof AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 63 kt (72 mph) at the Cape Romanzof AWOS.

Blizzard conditions were observed at the Cape Romanzof AWOS. Visibility was reduced to one quarter mile or less at times in snow and blowing snow. There was a peak wind gust of 35 kt (40 mph) at the Cape Romanzof AWOS.

Storm surge ranged from 4 to 8 feet above the normal high tide line in southern Norton Sound and the Yukon River Delta. The high surge combined with southwest winds 30 to 40 mph resulted in high surf and significant wave runup. In Kotlik, Flooding reached some homes and structure…

Water and ice pushed inland along the Yukon river near Kotlik. The village of Kotlik experienced the most significant impacts. Reports of water rising and minor flooding in the village of Kotlik.

Over one tenth of ice accumulated in the village of Marshall on the 9th of November.