Beaver, Alaska Weather
Beaver, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Beaver, Yukon-Koyukuk.
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About Beaver, Alaska
Beaver lies as a quiet sentinel where the Yukon River, a broad, brown artery, begins its immense sweep across the vastness of interior Alaska. It lies 105.5 miles north of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 5°T), and is situated 60.3 miles west-south-west of Fort Yukon. The land around Beaver is a study in subtle transitions, a place where taiga meets tundra, and the immense, ancient forest of black spruce and birch presses close to the water's edge. Low, rounded hills, softened by millennia of glacial action and permafrost, rise gently from the river flats, their slopes carpeted in mosses and low-lying shrubs that blaze with fleeting color in the brief summer. The air here carries a crisp, clean scent, tinged with the damp earth and the distant, resinous aroma of pine, especially potent in the hushed light of dawn when the sky itself seems to hold its breath. The history of Beaver is deeply intertwined with the mighty Yukon, a vital highway for generations of Indigenous peoples and later, for prospectors and traders drawn by the whisper of gold. For decades, the economy of Beaver has been a humble affair, sustained by the bounty of the river and the surrounding wilderness—fishing, trapping, and a deep connection to the land that shapes the daily lives of its residents. It’s a place where the pace is set by the seasons and the river's flow, a stark contrast to the hurried pulse of more populated regions. The distinctive character of Beaver is etched not in grand monuments, but in the resilience of its people and the enduring, wild beauty of its landscape, a beauty that can feel both immense and intimately personal when the northern lights begin their silent dance across the inky sky.
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| Location | Beaver, Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 66.359444°N, 147.396389°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99724 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beaver, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beaver, Alaska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Beaver includes coordinates 66.359444°N, 147.396389°W, situated in Yukon-Koyukuk. ZIP code 99724. Telephone area code: 907. Timezone: Alaska Time (America/Anchorage).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
