Ketchikan, AK Weather Forecast
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Ketchikan, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Ketchikan, AK at a glance
Ketchikan is home to about 8,079 people in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, across 3.8 square miles. It ranks 6th by population of 25 places in Alaska with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Wrangell, 59 miles away.
- County
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough
- Population
- 8,079 2023 est.
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,118
- Forecast point
- 55.3571°N, 131.6746°W
How well can the network see Ketchikan?
The nearest Doppler radar, PACG (Sitka, AK), is 181 miles to the NW, beyond its useful range: its lowest scan is around 24,700 ft up by the time it reaches Ketchikan. Warnings here lean on satellite and ground reports.
The closest weather station is PAKT (Ketchikan Intl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Ketchikan
- Wrangell, AK59 mi
- Sitka, AK190 mi
- Juneau, AK229 mi
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