Ruby, Alaska Weather
Ruby, Alaska — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Ruby, Yukon-Koyukuk.
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About Ruby, Alaska
Ruby clings to the northern bank of the vast Yukon River, a scattering of structures dwarfed by the immense, rolling taiga that stretches to the horizon in every direction. It lies 228.7 miles west of Fairbanks, AK (from Fairbanks, AK: bearing 272°T), and is situated 42.5 miles east of Galena. The land here is a study in muted greens and browns, a wild carpet of spruce and birch, broken by the occasional gleam of a hidden lake or the slow, powerful sweep of the river. Even in the summer's long twilight, a certain stillness pervades, a quiet breath held by the ancient forests, where the air carries the faint, clean scent of pine needles and damp earth. Winter transforms this already stark beauty into a realm of pure white and crystal, the silence deepening under a blanket of snow, the sky often ablaze with the ethereal dance of the aurora borealis. The story of Ruby is intrinsically tied to the pulse of the Yukon River, a vital artery that has sustained life and industry here for generations. Once a bustling hub during the gold rushes, its fortunes ebbed and flowed with the precious metal, leaving behind a legacy etched into the very spirit of its people. Today, while the echoes of those boom times still resonate, the local economy finds its footing in the bounty of the land and river – subsistence fishing and hunting remain crucial, supplemented by the occasional tourism that seeks the raw, untamed allure of the Alaskan interior. The spirit of resilience, honed by the harsh climate and the isolation, is palpable in the close-knit community, a place where neighbors know each other's names and the rhythm of life is dictated by the seasons and the slow, unyielding flow of the great river.
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| Location | Ruby, Yukon-Koyukuk, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 64.739444°N, 155.486944°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99768 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ruby, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ruby, 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 Ruby includes coordinates 64.739444°N, 155.486944°W, situated in Yukon-Koyukuk. ZIP code 99768. 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.
