Allakaket

Geography

Allakaket is located in the Fairbanks Recording District. Allakaket is on the south bank of the Koyukuk River, southwest of its junction with the Alatna River, approximately northwest of Fairbanks and upriver from Hughes. The village of Alatna is located directly across the river. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (17.05%) is water. Allakaket has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc) characterized by frigid, snowy winters and mild summers. The average high temperature during July is . Temperatures in January fall to or below on all but four mornings, and during December and February on all but six per month, whilst extended periods below are common: the coldest month on record of January 1971 averaged . Being further from the Alaska Range than Fairbanks, Allakaket is less influenced by warming chinook winds, so that temperatures have topped freezing in January only six times on record, and in December only ten times of record. The highest temperature ever recorded was and the lowest was . Average precipitation is and annual snowfall is . The Koyukuk River is ice-free from June through October.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Allakaket School
  Other · Allakaket · 27 students · 5.4:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2026-05-27
  88 km NNW of Alatna, Alaska
• M 2.8 — 2026-04-19
  81 km NNW of Alatna, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2026-03-30
  35 km NW of Alatna, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2026-02-15
  71 km SE of New Allakaket, Alaska
• M 3.1 — 2026-01-27
  54 km SE of Bettles, Alaska
• M 2.5 — 2026-01-18
  68 km NNW of Rampart, Alaska