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Portage Creek, Alaska Weather

Mosquitoes rise from snowmelt. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Portage Creek weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Portage Creek, AK
Friday, June 5 at 12:35 AM
76
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
73°
Humidity
31%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Sunset
11:32 PM
Portage Creek, AK
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPortage Creek, AK: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 50 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 50°H 65°
Portage Creek, AK
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Partly Cloudy
    77°52°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Light Drizzle
    66°50°-11°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Heavy Drizzle
    18%
    0.09″
    68°48°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    49%
    0.02″
    56°42°-12°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    18%
    53°41°-3°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Light Drizzle
    14%
    0.08″
    60°42°+7°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    25%
    62°44°+2°
Portage Creek, AK
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
331° · backing 7°
Direction
NNW
331°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
15
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 15 @ 9:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 125SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 7° from the nnw.
Portage Creek, AK
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.2
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.80 inHg
Now
1009.2
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-1.1
mb
24h
+0.4
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10081010
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.91008.31008.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Portage Creek, AK
Air quality
29
AQI
Good
+4 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 36 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Levels should ease through evening.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
1.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
2μg/m³
NO₂Good
0μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
76μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
4.2

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
3.8 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 36
Portage Creek, AK
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
27%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
144.7mi
UNLIMITED
146 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
00:35 UTC ·Portage Creek, AK · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:35 UTC ·Portage Creek, AK · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Portage Creek, AK
Satellite · infrared · animated
Portage Creek, AK
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Portage Creek, AK
Almanac · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:11 PM
Sunrise
5:25 AM
Daylight
18h 07m
Sunset
11:32 PM
Civil dusk
8:49 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Portage Creek, AK
The moon
Waning Gibbous
81% illuminated
Moonrise
10:48 AM
Moonset
6:44 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Portage Creek, AK
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Mosquitoes rise from snowmelt

celestial
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Portage Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 20°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: August 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Warm-season window is open

As of June 5, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.

ZIP codes in Portage Creek

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.