Koyuk, Alaska Weather
Koyuk, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Koyuk, Nome.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Koyuk. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Koyuk is published on the Council Airport (K29) page, 120 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 K29 describe the airfield itself. Weather 120 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Koyuk specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Koyuk.
About Koyuk, Alaska
Koyuk rests where the land breaks, a scattering of structures clinging to the edge of Norton Sound. It lies 393.5 miles west of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 277°T), and is situated 72.4 miles south of Buckland. The terrain here is a study in raw, untamed beauty, a low-lying coastal plain giving way to the rolling, tundra-covered hills that climb inland. In summer, this landscape explodes with a riot of low-growing vegetation, mosses, lichens, and hardy wildflowers painting swathes of vibrant green and surprising color under a sky that seems to stretch on forever. Winter transforms Koyuk into a world of stark contrasts, where wind-scoured snowdrifts sculpt the familiar contours of the land into something entirely new, and the air bites with a clean, sharp cold that stills the world. The history of Koyuk is deeply entwined with the rhythms of the sea and the enduring spirit of its people. For generations, this has been a place of sustenance, where the bounty of Norton Sound provided for those who understood its ways. The local economy, though modest, still echoes this heritage, with subsistence fishing and hunting remaining vital threads in the community's fabric, supplemented by the occasional work found in nearby, larger settlements or through government programs. There's a quiet resilience in Koyuk, a sense of being a part of something ancient and vast, where the daily concerns of life are often measured against the grand, sweeping cycles of the Alaskan seasons.
Live animated radar for Koyuk 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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Koyuk, Nome, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 64.931944°N, 161.156944°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99753 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Koyuk, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Koyuk, 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 Koyuk includes coordinates 64.931944°N, 161.156944°W, situated in Nome. ZIP code 99753. 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.
