St. Michael, Alaska Weather
St. Michael, 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 St. Michael, Nome.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for St. Michael.
About St. Michael, Alaska
St. Michael, a sentinel on Alaska's western coast, is a place where the land itself seems to breathe with the rhythm of the Bering Sea. It lies 418.6 miles west-north-west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 297°T), and is situated 8.3 miles east-south-east of Stebbins. Here, the tundra stretches in a vast, undulating carpet of muted greens and browns, punctuated by the glint of shallow lakes and the serpentine curve of slow-moving rivers. The air, sharp and clean, carries the scent of salt and damp earth, a constant reminder of the immense watery expanse that defines the horizon. Low, rounded hills, smoothed by millennia of wind and ice, embrace the settlement, their slopes often dusted with resilient wildflowers in the brief summer bloom, a vibrant, fleeting defiance against the prevailing austerity. The light, particularly at dawn and dusk, possesses a peculiar, ethereal quality, painting the sky in hues of rose, lavender, and a startling, electric blue that bleeds into the muted landscape. The history of St. Michael is deeply entwined with the ebb and flow of human presence in this remote corner of the world, a story etched in the sparse but enduring structures that dot the landscape. Once a vital trading post and a hub for the Bering Sea fur trade, its significance waned with changing economic tides, yet the spirit of resilience persists. Today, the local economy, though modest, is sustained by the bounty of the surrounding waters – fishing and subsistence hunting remain central to life here, a direct connection to the land and sea that has nourished generations. The distinctive character of St. Michael is also shaped by its role as a gateway to the interior, a place where the whispers of ancient trails and the echoes of those who sought fortune or passage can still be felt, a subtle resonance beneath the quiet hum of daily life.
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| Location | St. Michael, Nome, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 63.478056°N, 162.039167°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Nome) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99659 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This St. Michael, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for St. Michael, 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 St. Michael includes coordinates 63.478056°N, 162.039167°W, situated in Nome. ZIP code 99659. 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.
