TORNADOES MAP · HISTORICAL ARCHIVE

Alaska Tornado History & Map

Explore Alaska tornado records from 1950–2025: touchdown counts, monthly distribution, F/EF ratings, and selected tracks.

5 tornado records with touchdown in Alaska during 1950–2025.

Recorded dates in this selection run from Nov 4, 1959 to Apr 19, 2024. The archive has entries in 4 of 76 covered calendar years. 2004 has the largest annual count, with 2 records.

This is a small historical sample. A few events can dominate the chart, and a year with no entries does not establish that no tornado occurred.

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Single-track records
5
Tracks affecting more than one state
0
Unrated records
0
Records without a start position
0

When were Alaska tornadoes recorded?

June has the largest pooled count, with 2 records across the archive. This pools all covered years; individual dates can strongly influence the total. It is not a forecast or an adjusted monthly average.

Monthly tornado records · Alaska, 1950–2025
  1. January0
  2. February0
  3. March0
  4. April1
  5. May0
  6. June2
  7. July1
  8. August0
  9. September0
  10. October0
  11. November1
  12. December0

Recorded tornadoes by archive month. Counts include records with missing coordinates or ratings. Source: NOAA SPC single-track archive.

Recorded damage ratings

F labels remain on earlier records and EF labels on records from February 1, 2007 onward. Unrated means unavailable, not EF0. Read the rating definitions.

Counts by original F or EF label. Zero means no rated records in that category; unknown ratings are counted separately.
Rating numberF recordsEF records
041
100
200
300
400
500
Unrated0

Recent years in Alaska

Latest five archive years, using the same touchdown-state selection.
YearRecordsExplore
20250Map for 2025
20241Map for 2024
20230Map for 2023
20220Map for 2022
20210Map for 2021

Selected records to explore

5 rated records, ordered by rating number, then most recent date and archive ID. These are examples to inspect, not a ranking of financial loss, measured winds, or casualties.

Record dimensions and dates come from the source archive. Follow a date to open its map record.
DateTouchdownRatingLength (mi)
Apr 19, 2024AlaskaEF00.01
Jul 25, 2005AlaskaF00
Jun 18, 2004AlaskaF00
Jun 14, 2004AlaskaF00
Nov 4, 1959AlaskaF00.2

How to interpret this page

These are whole tracks selected by their recorded touchdown area, not all tornadoes that affected that area. The linked map also includes tracks recorded as ending in or crossing the selected state, so its count may be higher. A border-crossing track's rating and dimensions describe the whole event and may reflect conditions beyond that border. Earlier reporting was less complete, especially for weaker tornadoes.

Source: NOAA SPC 1950–2025 single-track CSV. Latest event date: 2025-12-28. Processing and limitations explain missing values, approximate track lines, and why monetary losses are not totaled here.

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