Temperature
41 F at 6 PM; 45 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 34 F at its coolest, 9 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 45F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 34F
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Adak Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska41°
46°/36°
Overcast·
Feels like 39°·Light air 4 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow morning, from about 11 AM, the chance peaking at 78% around 2 PM.
Now. Adak Airport is 41° and overcast at 8 PM. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 1 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 51°, and the coolest Monday, near 46°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%), Saturday (86%), Monday (86%) and Tuesday (56%). Rain is possible Sunday (35%) and Wednesday (42%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 23 mph. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 8:52 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and sets at 11:16 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 42 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
62%Humidity
89%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
41feels39
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
4636
11%
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
4836
98%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
5139
86%
20mph
Sun
Oct 18
4937
35%
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
4636
86%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
4635
56%
17mph
Wed
Oct 21
4735
42%
15mph
41°
46°36°
48°36°
51°39°
49°37°
46°36°
46°35°
47°35°
As of 8:00 PM in Adak Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ADK
- ICAO
- PADK
- IATA
- ADK
- Field elevation
- 18 ft
- Serves
- Adak
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PADK
- Wind now
- From 90° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 18:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 unlit | 7,790 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 61° / 241° | 4 mph head, on 05 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Adak NAS/Mitchell (PADK), Adak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 62% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 2 PM to 79% at 8 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 62%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 79%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the east at 6 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 31 mph at 8 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- 31mph
- 8 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.11inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 8 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 8 PM Wednesday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,400 ft at 10 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,400ft
- 10 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 17
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 8 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Adak NAS/Mitchell: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 2 instruments nearest Adak Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/13 ft/5 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Adak APADK
At a cooperative observer's station/0.3 mi away/17 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Adak Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Adakcity, 1 mi
- Atkacity, 106 mi
- Nikolskicommunity, 336 mi
- Eareckson Stationcommunity, 394 mi
- Attu Stationcommunity, 431 mi
- St. Georgecity, 434 mi
- St. Paulcity, 443 mi
- Unalaskacity, 445 mi
- Akutancity, 477 mi
- False Passcity, 582 mi
- Cold Baycity, 615 mi
- King Covecity, 627 mi
Airports near Adak Airport
- Atka AirportAKA, 106 mi
- Nikolski Air StationIKO, 336 mi
- Eareckson Air StationSYA, 394 mi
- St George AirportPBV, 429 mi
- Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) AirportDUT, 443 mi
- St Paul Island AirportSNP, 446 mi
- Akutan Airport7AK, 484 mi
- False Pass AirportKFP, 582 mi