Fog in Kake, AK

daily fog outlook & 2016–2026 climatology
No fog signal in NWS guidance for the next 48 hours. August typically brings about 10 hours of dense fog here.forecast cycle 2026-08-16T00:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Measured at Kake Airport (PAFE). This station is in forecast verification — percentages publish when it clears the accuracy bar.

Measuring station

stationairportfog hours/yrforecast
PAFEKake Airport70 h/yrverifying

Fog is measured where instruments live — airports. Hours/yr = time below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), the aviation definition of seriously dense fog.

When Kake fogs in

Fog here concentrates in January and September — about 70 hours in a typical year at PAFE, usually lasting ~1 h once it forms. Hour-by-hour patterns, live conditions and the forecast strip live on the PAFE station page.

Fog season

January: ~15 hJanFebruary: ~2 hFebMarch: ~3 hMarApril: ~3 hAprMay: ~1 hMayJune: ~2 hJunJuly: ~8 hJulAugust: ~10 hAugSeptember: ~11 hSepOctober: ~10 hOctNovember: ~4 hNovDecember: ~3 hDec
Fog season is January, July, August, September, October, November, peaking in January; fog is mostly a 4 AM–10 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 2 PM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Machine access: data.json · llms.txt · forecast verification. Not for operational use.