Hail history in Anchorage, AK
No NOAA hail reports within 15 miles of the center of Anchorage since 2010.
Ranks #177 of 200 US cities for days with hail 1 inch or larger, 2016 to 2025.
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
No NOAA hail reports within 15 miles since 2010
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Anchorage, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
No NOAA wind reports within 15 miles since 2010
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
About this data
- Distances are from the center of Anchorage, not from any one property. Look up a street address below for a single building.
- Reports come from trained spotters and the public, so they cluster near towns and roads.
- No report does not mean no hail. Hail can fall where no one is there to report it.
- Wind speed is the highest reported gust; some reports have no speed.
- This is not a damage or insurance assessment.
Gusts, tornadoes and hurricanes in Anchorage
Estimated peak gusts
No day since October 1, 2021 had an estimated peak gust of 58 mph or more at Anchorage.
Estimates: the highest gust of each storm day in NOAA’s hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. Analyses like this smooth out short thunderstorm gusts, so they are best for widespread wind (hurricanes, winter storms, high wind days); for thunderstorm wind, NOAA’s wind reports are the better record. Not a measurement at any building.
Tornadoes within 10 miles
NOAA has no tornado path within 10 miles of Anchorage since 1950.
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center. Ratings before 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hurricanes and tropical storms
No hurricane or tropical storm in NOAA's records brought modeled tropical-storm-force winds (39 mph) to Anchorage.
Modeled from NOAA’s best tracks for open, flat ground; not measurements. How we model hurricane winds
No NOAA radar hail estimate within 15 miles since 2020
Source: NOAA MRMS radar (MESH), from October 14, 2020. Estimates of the largest hail in each 1 km cell, not measurements.
Storms in Anchorage
The Chugach Mountains east of Anchorage shape its strongest winds, which come down the range as coastal chinook winds. Rarer bora winds blow from the northeast in winter.1 Most strong winds in Anchorage occur in the colder months, and because the airports sit on flat ground away from the mountains, they nearly always record far lower speeds than the Hillside.1 Anchorage averages only 1.4 thunderstorms per year.2
Notable storms
- January 12, 2025Gusts peaked at 111 mph in Bear Valley and topped 65 mph in several parts of town, downing trees and tearing off pieces of roofs. The winds also brought down part of the Rabbit Creek pedestrian bridge over the Seward Highway.3
- April 24, 2018Winds reached 90 to 100 mph in parts of the Hillside, 60 mph at Merrill Field and 55 mph at the airport. Numerous trees fell, and nearly 25,000 customers from Anchorage to Chugiak lost power.1
- September 4, 2012An unusual late-summer windstorm brought gusts of 88 mph at McHugh Creek and 63 mph at the Port of Anchorage, and meteorologists said gusts likely reached 100 mph or more. Thousands of trees fell across the city, and at least 50,000 homes and businesses lost power.4
- March 6, 2003From March 6 to 14, 2003, a northeasterly bora wind brought sustained winds of 92 to 94 mph at the Anchorage Airport air traffic control tower and tore roofs from buildings. ACCAP lists $3.5 million in damage in the Municipality of Anchorage, and FEMA declared an emergency on April 26.1
- December 27, 1982Winds topped 100 mph in east Anchorage and blew moving cars off roads. A building under construction collapsed, killing 2 people, and ACCAP puts the damage in the millions of dollars.1
- April 4, 1980Southeasterly winds gusted to 134 mph on the Hillside, about 5,000 homes and businesses were damaged, and Gov. Hammond declared a disaster.1
Warnings and alerts
Warnings for Anchorage come from the National Weather Service forecast office in Anchorage.5
Sources
- 1. Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Anchorage Winds
- 2. Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Preparedness, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Quarterly Climate & Weather Report: March to May 2019
- 3. Alaska Public Media: 'You can't sit and relax': Anchorage cleans up after turbulent winds
- 4. Anchorage Daily News: Unseasonable windstorm ravages Anchorage
- 5. NWS Anchorage: NWS Forecast Office: Anchorage, AK
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Questions about hail in Anchorage
Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center
Data through November 1, 2026
- How often does it hail in Anchorage?
- NOAA has no hail reports within 15 miles of the center of Anchorage since 2010. Reports come from people who saw the hail, so no report does not mean no hail.