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ALASKA · YAKUTAT CITY AND BOROUGH

Yakutat

657 people, 90 ft above sea level in Yakutat City and Borough.

90 ftElevation, city center
657People, 2024 estimate
100 sq miLand area
Rain 45°
Rain now Dew point 42° · NE 6 mph · high 43°
City of Yakutat River Interstate 2 miles
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The Yakutat 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 Yakutat

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 2:00 PM AKST
RIGHT NOW Yakutat (PAYA) · 2:53 PM
Rain
45° Rain Feels like 42° · high of 43° near 3 PM
WindNE 6 mphno gusts
Humidity90%rising to 93% by morning
Pressure29.10 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index0none after dark
Dew point 42° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Mostly cloudy
Today, about 3 PMin about 1 hours · 35% chance · rain
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 130.02 in · 1 dry day
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Yakutat City and Borough
NWS Juneau and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:17 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 8:11 AM3:54 PM ↓
7 h 42 m of daylight, 5 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
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Air quality index ·
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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TEMPERATURE °F
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CHANCE OF RAIN
96% · 1.04 in Monday morning 50%
WIND, MPH
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 35 to 40°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 40° / 27°
SAT Nov. 14 Chance of showers Chance of showers
43° 37°
40% rain — ENE 10 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
47° 36°
30% rain — ENE 10 B
MON Nov. 16 Showers likely Showers likely
45° 34°
100% rain 0.7–1.4″ ESE 13 A
TUE Nov. 17 Showers likely Showers likely
43° 33°
80% rain 0.2–1.6″ ESE 7 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers Chance of showers
43° 33°
50% rain up to 0.6″ E 6 B
THU Nov. 19 Showers likely Showers likely
45° 35°
80% rain 0.07–1.6″ E 13 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
44° 32°
60% rain up to 1.2″ ENE 8 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 Yakutat about 5,000 feet above the ground was over a point about 690 miles to the west three days ago, and over the Gulf of Alaska a day ago, about 830 miles back along its path. It came down from about 11,100 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. It feels dry all the same. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK IN 1982 Nov. 13–14, 1982

The wettest two days this week has seen

6.01 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1917. The next wettest, 5.07 inches, fell in 2005.

5.07″
6.01″
20051982
Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Yakutat Area threaded record since 1917.
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THE GROUND

What Yakutat stands on

Yakutat’s center stands about 90 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 150 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. Open water lies within three miles.

Yakutat, cut in half from southwest to northeast

A section southwest to northeast, 24 miles through the town center
0 ft100 ft200 ft YAKUTAT90 ftHigh point of the line230 ft ← SWNE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×.

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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THE ALMANAC

Yakutat’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1917 · Yakutat Airport, 3 mi southeast

Yakutat has a subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 62° in July; winter nights fall to about 22° in January. A normal year brings about 147 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 140 inches of water.

35°22°38°24°40°24°47°30°54°38°59°45°62°49°62°48°57°42°49°35°40°27°36°25° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 123 TODAY YAKUTAT 140.4 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average62° / 49°high / low, the warmest month
January, average35° / 22°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow140.4 inwettest months: September and October
Snow a year147.3 insnowiest: March
Hottest on record88°FAugust 15, 2004
Coldest on record−24°FDecember 30, 1964
Wettest day on record10.2 inDecember 15, 1988
Snowiest day on record30.0 inMarch 11, 1960
Nights at or below 32°157and 34 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeSubarcticKöppen Dfc

AROUND THE RING

1Freeze seasonfrom the first fall freeze, about Sept. 24, to the last in spring, about May 23 (median dates)
2Lows below freezingOct. 23 to April 23; normal lows fall below 32°
3Wettest stretchAugust through October: 51.8 of the year’s 140.4 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Yakutat normally reaches 40° and falls to 27°. The record high is 55°, in 1976; the record low −2°, in 1966. The most rain on this date, 3.10 in, fell in 1992.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high35°38°40°47°54°59°62°62°57°49°40°36°
Normal low22°24°24°30°38°45°49°48°42°35°27°25°
Rain and melt, in12.4110.299.527.947.855.417.6313.9119.0318.8813.5513.94
Snow, inches28.927.530.47.20.30.00.00.00.03.420.029.6
Record high58° (1930)56° (1945)60° (2019)71° (1995)80° (1942)82° (2022)85° (2009)88° (2004)77° (1957)66° (2018)59° (1947)61° (2019)
Record low−22° (1952)−20° (1989)−20° (1972)3° (1948)9° (1945)29° (1971)35° (1968)29° (1974)16° (1940)6° (1966)−10° (1948)−24° (1964)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1917 from the Yakutat Area threaded record (Yakutat Airport, 3 miles southeast). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Yakutat

657 people, 90 ft above sea level in Yakutat City and Borough.

90 ftElevation
657People
100 sq miLand
Rain 45°
RainDew point 42°
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Today in Yakutat

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now rain 43° 35%
6p mostly cloudy night 41° 4%
9p mostly cloudy night 39° 0%
12a overcast 39° 0%
3a overcast 40° 0%
6a overcast 40° 11%
Mostly cloudy
NEXT RAINToday about 3 PM · 35%
→
Sat40%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
37
43
A
Sun30%
Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
36
47
B
Mon100%
Showers likely Showers likely
34
45
A
Tue80%
Showers likely Showers likely
33
43
B
Wed50%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
33
43
B
Thu80%
Showers likely Showers likely
35
45
B
Fri60%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
32
44
B
Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
THIS WEEK IN 1982 · NOV. 13–14, 1982

6.01 inches in two days, the most for this week since 1917.

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What Yakutat stands on

Yakutat’s center stands about 90 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 0 ft to 150 ft, a difference of 150 ft: gently rolling country. Open water lies within three miles.

Yakutat, southwest to northeast Yakutat90 ftHigh point230 ft ← SWNE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×.
Elevation, center90 ft
Within 3 miles0 to 150 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (150 ft of relief)
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Yakutat’s year

Yakutat has a subarctic climate. Summer afternoons average 62° in July; winter nights fall to about 22° in January. A normal year brings about 147 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 140 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 123 140.4 in
July, average62° / 49° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average35° / 22° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow140.4 in · wettest months: September and October
Snow a year147.3 in · snowiest: March
Hottest on record88°F · August 15, 2004
Coldest on record−24°F · December 30, 1964
Wettest day on record10.2 in · December 15, 1988
Snowiest day on record30.0 in · March 11, 1960
Nights at or below 32°157 · and 34 days that stay below freezing
Climate typeSubarctic · Köppen Dfc
1Freeze season · from the first fall freeze, about Sept. 24, to the last in spring, about May 23 (median dates)
2Lows below freezing · Oct. 23 to April 23; normal lows fall below 32°
3Wettest stretch · August through October: 51.8 of the year’s 140.4 inches
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Yakutat normally reaches 40° and falls to 27°. The record high is 55°, in 1976; the record low −2°, in 1966. The most rain on this date, 3.10 in, fell in 1992.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1917 from the Yakutat Area threaded record (Yakutat Airport, 3 miles southeast). NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.