Winter Weather — Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska

2020-01-07 to 2020-01-08 · Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska

Event narrative

Winds over 15 mph combined with ambient temperatures in the -30's Fahrenheit resulted in wind chill readings from 60 to 70 below zero. The coldest official wind chill reading of -67F was observed at the Point Thompson Oil field airport.

Wider weather episode

The combination of a very cold airmass over northern Alaska and the approach of a weather front moving south from the Arctic Ocean resulted in extremely low wind chills. The lowest wind chill readings occurred over the Arctic Coast east of Prudhoe Bay.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 874418. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.