Chickaloon, Alaska Weather
Chickaloon, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chickaloon, Fairbanks North Star.
Full aviation weather for Chickaloon is published on the Bradley Sky-Ranch Airport (K95Z) page, 51 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Conditions reported at K95Z describe the airfield itself. Weather 51 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chickaloon specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chickaloon.
About Chickaloon, Alaska
Chickaloon rests in the embrace of Alaska's vast interior, a scattering of homes and businesses against a backdrop of rugged, boreal wilderness. It lies 22.2 miles west of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 263°T), and is situated 20.0 miles west-south-west of College. The land here is a study in contrasts: low-lying muskeg meadows, damp and dark with the scent of peat, give way to the rising shoulders of hills cloaked in spruce and birch. Creeks, silver threads in the muted light, wind their way through the terrain, their waters cold and quick, carrying the melt of distant snow. The air itself has a clean, sharp edge, even in the height of summer, hinting at the profound chill that will soon reclaim the land. The history of Chickaloon is deeply entwined with the earth's bounty, particularly the coal that once fueled its growth. This was a place carved out of necessity and hard work, its economy once driven by the demanding labor of miners extracting black gold from the hillsides. Though the mines are now largely silent, the echoes of that era linger in the stoic character of its residents and the enduring spirit of self-reliance. Today, the economy of Chickaloon is a mosaic of smaller enterprises and individual pursuits, from guiding adventurers through the surrounding wilderness to the quiet cultivation of gardens that yield surprising abundance under the long summer days.
Live animated radar for Chickaloon and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Chickaloon, Fairbanks North Star, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 64.795833°N, 148.466667°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99709, 99674 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chickaloon, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chickaloon, Alaska, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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 Chickaloon includes coordinates 64.795833°N, 148.466667°W, situated in Fairbanks North Star. ZIP code 99709, 99674. 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. 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.
