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Shaded-relief map of Harding-Birch Lakes, Alaska: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
ALASKA · FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH

Harding-Birch Lakes

253 people, 1,550 ft above sea level in Fairbanks North Star Borough.

1,550 ftElevation, city center
253People, 2024 estimate
214 sq miLand area
Sunny 17°
Sunny now Dew point 15° · W 7 mph · high 20°
City of Harding-Birch Lakes River Interstate 2 miles
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The Harding-Birch Lakes plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Harding-Birch Lakes

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 12:00 PM AKST
RIGHT NOW Allen Army Airfield (PABI) · 12:16 PM
Sunny
17° Sunny Feels like 8° · high of 20° near 12 PM
WindW 7 mphno gusts
Humidity92%falling to 81% this afternoon
Pressure29.39 in →steady
Visibility9 mihazy
CloudsClear
UV index0none after dark
Dew point 15° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Tomorrow, about 4 PMin about 27 hours · 53% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT0–0 inmost likely 0; 1 in 10 over 0.03
LAST RAINNov. 100.06 in · 4 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Fairbanks North Star Borough
NWS Fairbanks and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 12:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 9:13 AM3:47 PM ↓
6 h 33 m of daylight, 6 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 26% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
11
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
SATURDAY, NOV. 14
SUNDAY, NOV. 15
MONDAY, NOV. 16
TUESDAY, NOV. 17
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mostly cloudy night
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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
53% · 0.00 in Sunday afternoon 50%
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 13 to 20°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 15° / -1°
SAT Nov. 14 Cloudy Cloudy
20° 15°
0% rain — SW 2 A
SUN Nov. 15 Chance of showers Chance of showers
25° 19°
50% rain — NNE 2 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
27° 18°
10% rain — ENE 4 C
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
24° 16°
30% rain — E 1 B
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
26° 21°
0% rain — E 9 C
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
29° 21°
10% rain — E 8 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
26° 17°
20% rain — E 3 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Harding-Birch Lakes about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Arctic Ocean three days ago, and over interior Alaska a day ago, about 940 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It came down from about 14,700 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from interior Alaska; at 10,000 feet, from a point about 9,390 miles to the east. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Harding-Birch Lakes stands on

Harding-Birch Lakes’s center stands about 1,550 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 880 ft to 2,070 ft, a difference of 1,190 ft: steep hill country.

Harding-Birch Lakes, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
1,000 ft2,000 ft HARDING-BIRCH LAKES1,550 ftLow point700 ftHigh point of the line2,980 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 8×.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Harding-Birch Lakes on the Forecast Network

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ALASKA · FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR

Harding-Birch Lakes

253 people, 1,550 ft above sea level in Fairbanks North Star Borough.

1,550 ftElevation
253People
214 sq miLand
Sunny 17°
SunnyDew point 15°
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Today in Harding-Birch Lakes

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now overcast 20° 0%
3p overcast 18° 0%
6p overcast 19° 0%
9p overcast 18° 0%
12a overcast 20° 0%
3a overcast 18° 0%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINTomorrow about 4 PM · 53%
→
Sat0%
Cloudy Cloudy
15
20
A
Sun50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
19
25
B
Mon10%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
18
27
C
Tue30%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
16
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Wed0%
Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
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Thu10%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
21
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Fri20%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Harding-Birch Lakes stands on

Harding-Birch Lakes’s center stands about 1,550 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 880 ft to 2,070 ft, a difference of 1,190 ft: steep hill country.

Harding-Birch Lakes, west to east Harding-Birch Lakes1,550 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 16×.
Elevation, center1,550 ft
Within 3 miles880 to 2,070 ft
Lie of the landSteep hill country (1,190 ft of relief)