Cold/Wind Chill — Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

1999-01-27 · Lower Kobuk Valley-northern Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Wider weather episode

Local north winds around 25 mph at Deering produced wind chills as cold as -74. Other sites over Zone 3 did not have as strong of winds or as low of wind chills. A ridge of high pressure from teh Northern Seward Peninsula southwest to the Bering Sea was stationary.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5681511. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.