Ugashik, Alaska Weather
Ugashik, 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 Ugashik, Lake and Peninsula.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Ugashik.
About Ugashik, Alaska
Ugashik rests on a broad, gravelly plain, where the land flattens out into a landscape of low-lying tundra and shallow lakes, all under a sky that can shift from a bruised, stormy grey to an astonishing, luminous blue in the span of an hour. It lies 367.3 miles south-west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 229°T), and is situated 85.1 miles south of Naknek. The air here carries the damp, earthy scent of sedge and the distant, briny tang of the Pacific, a constant reminder of the vast ocean that shapes this remote corner of Alaska. Slender willow and alder cling to the banks of the slow-moving Ugashik River, their skeletal branches stark against the muted greens and browns of the summer landscape, and in the winter, the land surrenders to a hushed whiteness, the wind whistling across the frozen expanse. The history of Ugashik is deeply entwined with the bounty of its waters, particularly the salmon runs that have sustained life here for generations. This place was once a bustling hub for the salmon canning industry, a vibrant, if temporary, community that swelled with workers during the fishing season, leaving behind echoes of its industrious past in the weathered remnants of old structures. Today, the economy of Ugashik continues to pivot on the natural wealth of the region, with subsistence fishing and hunting forming the bedrock of local life, supplemented by a growing interest in ecotourism drawn to the raw, untamed beauty of the Bristol Bay watershed. It’s a place where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the pulse of daily existence, a quiet persistence against the grand, indifferent backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness.
Live animated radar for Ugashik and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Ugashik, Lake and Peninsula, Alaska |
| Coordinates | 57.513056°N, 157.3975°W |
| Timezone | Alaska Time (America/Anchorage) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 99649 |
| Area Code | 907 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ugashik, Alaska Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ugashik, 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 Ugashik includes coordinates 57.513056°N, 157.397500°W, situated in Lake and Peninsula. ZIP code 99649. 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.
