Red Dog Mine, Alaska Weather
Red Dog Mine, 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 Red Dog Mine, Northwest Arctic.
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About Red Dog Mine, Alaska
Red Dog Mine broods beneath a sky that often wears the bruised hues of an approaching storm, a vast canvas stretched over a land of stark beauty. It lies 472.2 miles north-west of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 305°T), and is situated 35.0 miles north of Noatak. The terrain here is a raw, unforgiving sculpture of tundra and rock, where the wind, a constant, invisible sculptor, carves drifts of snow and shapes the low-lying vegetation into low, resilient hummocks. In the brief, riotous bloom of summer, the ground erupts in a fleeting tapestry of wildflowers, their delicate colors a brave defiance against the immense, brooding silence. The air itself carries a crisp, glacial edge, even in the warmer months, and the light, when it breaks through the perpetual cloud cover, possesses a peculiar, ethereal quality, casting long, sharp shadows that emphasize the dramatic contours of the landscape. This is a place where the earth feels ancient and untamed, a frontier etched by forces far older than any human endeavor. The history of Red Dog Mine is inextricably linked to the earth's deep, mineral wealth, a story of discovery and extraction that has shaped the fortunes and the very existence of this remote outpost. For generations, this land was the domain of the Iñupiat people, their lives harmonized with the rhythms of the caribou and the sea, a legacy of deep ecological understanding. The modern era of Red Dog Mine, however, is defined by the immense deposits of zinc and lead that lie beneath the surface, a bounty that has spurred a significant, albeit concentrated, local economy. A steady stream of trucks traverses the long haul road, a lifeline connecting this isolated operation to the wider world, carrying the ore that fuels industries far beyond these stark horizons. The operation itself, a testament to human ingenuity and perseverance in one of the planet's most challenging environments, has become the defining characteristic of Red Dog Mine, a beacon of industrial activity in a wilderness of epic proportions.
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| Location | Red Dog Mine, Northwest Arctic, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 68.075556°N, 162.856111°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Nome) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99752 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Red Dog Mine, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Red Dog Mine, 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 Red Dog Mine includes coordinates 68.075556°N, 162.856111°W, situated in Northwest Arctic. ZIP code 99752. Telephone area code: 907. Timezone: Alaska Time (America/Nome).
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.
