Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in Lower Kobuk Valley, Alaska

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill January 30, 2025 · Lower Kobuk Valley, Alaska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Selawik AWOS (PASK) reported a surface temperature of -36F and 18kt wind speed resulting in a wind chill of -70F.

The wider storm

A very cold upper level low tracked from the Bering Coastline of Western Alaska into the interior towards the end of the month. This resulted in periods of locally heavy snow and strong winds which brought low visibilities due to blowing snow. In addition, the coldest air of the season arrived across northern Alaska in the wake of this storm as a large Arctic high settled in behind the storm system.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1237167. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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