Chisana, Alaska Weather
Chisana, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chisana, Copper River.
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About Chisana, Alaska
Chisana rests in a vast, sculpted landscape where the Copper River’s glacial meltwaters once surged with a raw, untamed power, their memory etched into the wide, gravelly flats that now lie exposed under the immense Alaskan sky. It lies 259.4 miles south-east of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 135°T), and is situated 92.7 miles south-south-east of Tok. The terrain here is a testament to the earth's slow, persistent artistry, a place where the mountains, softened by millennia of wind and snow, meet broad valleys carpeted in low-lying tundra and the resilient green of spruce and birch. The air itself carries a crispness, a clean scent of pine and damp earth, and in the long twilight of summer, the light hangs like a pale gold veil over the sweeping vistas, lending a profound stillness to the land. The silence is not empty but full, composed of the distant murmur of water, the rustle of wind through stunted trees, and the occasional cry of a bird high above. The history of Chisana is deeply intertwined with the relentless quest for gold, a chapter written in the sweat and grit of prospectors who braved this formidable wilderness in the early twentieth century. Though the boom days have long since faded, the echoes of that era persist, a faint hum beneath the quietude of present-day life, where the local economy now leans more towards the rhythms of the land and the sparse but enduring presence of those who call this place home. This is a locality where the grand narrative of Alaska’s frontier unfolds in miniature, a place of enduring spirit where the challenges of isolation are met with a stoic resilience, and where the sheer, breathtaking beauty of the natural world remains the most constant and compelling attraction.
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| Location | Chisana, Copper River, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 62.066111°N, 142.040833°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99566 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chisana, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chisana, 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 Chisana includes coordinates 62.066111°N, 142.040833°W, situated in Copper River. ZIP code 99566. 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.
