Kobuk, Alaska Weather
Kobuk, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Kobuk, Northwest Arctic.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Kobuk.
About Kobuk, Alaska
Kobuk lies in the embrace of the vast Northwest Arctic, a place where the earth is a canvas painted with the muted greens of tundra and the steely blues of the Kobuk River. It lies 295.3 miles west-north-west of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 303°T), and is situated 112.7 miles east of Noorvik. The land here is a study in resilience, a rolling expanse that yields to the persistent flow of water, shaping the terrain with a patient, unhurried hand. Low hills, softened by millennia of wind and ice, rise gently from the riverbanks, their slopes carpeted with hardy grasses and low-lying shrubs that turn a fiery red and gold in the brief, intense autumn. The air carries the clean, sharp scent of damp earth and distant, unseen snowmelt, and on clear days, the sun hangs low and golden, casting long shadows that stretch across the land like fingers. The history of Kobuk is deeply entwined with the Kobuk River, a vital artery that has sustained life and travel for generations. For centuries, this waterway served as a highway for the Iñupiat people, their ancestors navigating its currents in kayaks and umiaks, their lives dictated by the migrations of caribou and the bounty of the sea. The local economy, though modest, still echoes this ancestral connection, with subsistence hunting and fishing forming the bedrock of daily life, supplemented by the occasional sale of locally crafted goods. The river itself is a constant presence, its voice a murmur in the background, a reminder of the powerful forces that have shaped this corner of Alaska and continue to shape the lives of those who call Kobuk home.
Live animated radar for Kobuk 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 | Kobuk, Northwest Arctic, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 66.907222°N, 156.881111°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99751 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kobuk, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kobuk, 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 Kobuk includes coordinates 66.907222°N, 156.881111°W, situated in Northwest Arctic. ZIP code 99751. 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.
