Strong southerly winds brought moisture from the central Pacific in to the King Cove area. The FAA weather station at the King Cove airport recorded 4.93" of rain from the early morning of June 25 through the early morning of June 28, and half of that total (2.49") fell in 12 hours from late evening on the 26th to late morning on the 27th, and resulted in flooding.
Observation by Ginger Bear:
All the creeks in town were flooding from heavy rain on June 27th. Rams Creek uptown, and Delta Creek in the valley by the airport leading to Leonard's harbor. Bruce Wright and I stopped by the hydroelectric building as well. We could hear huge boulders being swept by in the current. All the water around here is usually clear as well.
Rick Thoman, Climate Scientist at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, writes:
The Federal Aviation Association (FAA) weather station at the King Cove airport recorded 4.93" of rain from the early morning of June 25 through the early morning of June 28, and half of that total (2.49") fell in 12 hours from late evening on the 26th to late morning on the 27th. At Cold Bay, 2.58" of rain fell in three days, which is the greatest 3-day rainfall since 2001 and overall the fourth greatest 3-day rainfall in June. This was the result of strong southerly winds aloft bring moisture from the central Pacific right into the region.
Ginger Bear writes:
We drove on the Cold Bay road from King Cove. The weather closer to Cold Bay was much better than in King Cove on the 27th. Whatever was recorded in Cold Bay, we probably had more in King Cove on the 27th. The weather varies quite a bit in King Cove and Cold Bay even though the communities are pretty close.
