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High Wind in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

High Wind October 9, 2023 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Marine Exchange station at Salmon Landing near Ketchikan Harbor recorded a peak wind gust of 60mph at 0603AKST. Other nearby marine sites measured similar or higher gusts in the 1 to 3 hours around the same time.

The wider storm

A weakening low moving rapidly northward over the panhandle brought high winds to the southern panhandle and to Juneau.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1132129. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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