Cold Weather Advisory, Alaska
ModerateWind chills as low as 45 below zero. The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.
Ended Friday, January 9, 2026.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this advisory
- Anchorage
- Knik-Fairview
- North Lakes
- Meadow Lakes
- Wasilla
- Tanaina
- Kalifornsky
- Kenai
- Sterling
- Palmer
- Gateway
- Kodiak
- Homer
- South Lakes
- Nikiski
- Soldotna
- Mill Bay
- Big Lake
- Butte
- Farm Loop
- Fritz Creek
- Ridgeway
- Bear Creek
- Anchor Point
- Houston
- Point MacKenzie
- Kodiak Station
- Cohoe
- Diamond Ridge
- Funny River
- Salamatof
- Buffalo Soapstone
- Ninilchik
- Knik River
- Womens Bay
- Happy Valley
- Fox River
- Kachemak
- Kasilof
- Cooper Landing
- Nikolaevsk
- Whittier
- Nanwalek
- Seldovia
- Moose Pass
- Old Harbor
- Clam Gulch
- Seldovia Village
- Port Lions
- Port Graham
- Hope
- Mentasta Lake
- Crown Point
- Slana
- Ouzinkie
- Primrose
- Lowell Point
- Akhiok
- Chiniak
- Chistochina
- Halibut Cove
- Chenega
- Larsen Bay
- Karluk
- Sunrise
- Point Possession
- Aleneva
- Nabesna
- Chisana
How much
- Wind chill
- As low as 45 below zero
Map
- This advisory
- US border
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Very cold wind chills as low as 45 below.
- Where
- Mentasta Pass.
- When
- Until midnight AKST tonight.
- Impacts
- The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 45 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes. Very cold temperatures can lead to hypothermia with prolonged exposure.
Updates
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Cancelled by the National Weather Service. January 9, 2026
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Extended to Saturday, midnight. January 9, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 8, 2026
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Ended for part of the area. January 8, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 8, 2026
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Area expanded. January 7, 2026
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Area expanded. January 7, 2026
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Cold Weather Advisory issued for Wednesday evening through Friday afternoon. January 7, 2026