Temperature
22 F at 7 PM; 23 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 14 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 22F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 23F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 14F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Nuiqsut Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in North Slope Borough, AlaskaWinter Weather Advisory, in full
* WHAT...Snow and freezing drizzle. Additional snow accumulations up to one inch with a light glaze of ice. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. * WHERE...Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast. * WHEN...Until 4 PM AKDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Travel could be difficult. Freezing drizzle could lead to icy surface conditions. Pockets of blowing snow could reduce visibility at times.
Slow down and use caution while traveling.
24°
23°/5°
Freezing rain·
Feels like 11°·Moderate breeze 16 mph ENE
Alert. A Winter Weather Advisory is in force for Nuiqsut Airport until 4 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nuiqsut Airport is 24° and freezing rain at 11 PM. With the wind it feels like 11°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 23°, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 28°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 21°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 19°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 9 hours 3 minutes long, 9 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
91%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
24feels11
16mph
Today
Oct 15
235
15mph
Fri
Oct 16
2819
17mph
Sat
Oct 17
2613
16mph
Sun
Oct 18
2210
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
2312
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
219
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
2312
11%
24°
23°5°
28°19°
26°13°
22°10°
23°12°
21°9°
23°12°
As of 11:00 PM in Nuiqsut Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AQT
- ICAO
- PAQT
- IATA
- NUI
- Field elevation
- 38 ft
- Serves
- Nuiqsut
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAQT
- Wind now
- From 60° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:07
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 4,343 ft | 90 ft | GVL | 70° / 250° | 16 mph head, on 04 | 3 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Nuiqsut (ASOS) (PAQT), Nuiqsut Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 20 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 77% at 6 AM to 92% at 7 PM.
- Dew point now
- 20F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 77 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
18 mph from the northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 18 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 4 PM.
- Now
- 18mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 18mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 4 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.96 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.36 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.96inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.36inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 7 PM; 3 miles now.
- Now
- 3mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 7 PM
- 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 700 ft at 7 PM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 7 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
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
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 14
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Nuiqsut (ASOS): 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 Nuiqsut Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
Nuiqsut (ASOS)PAQT
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/56 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Prudhoe Bay - Alpine AirstripAPNA2
At an airfield/9.6 mi away/3 ft/35 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
3in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Prudhoe Bay - Alpine Airstrip (APNA2), 9.6 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Nuiqsut Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Nuiqsutcity, under 1 mi
- Prudhoe Baycommunity, 60 mi
- Anaktuvuk Passcity, 144 mi
- Atqasukcity, 150 mi
- Utqiagvikcity, 151 mi
- Kaktovikcity, 173 mi
- Wisemancommunity, 195 mi
- Arctic Villagecommunity, 197 mi
- Coldfootcommunity, 207 mi
- Wainwrightcity, 211 mi
- Bettlescity, 228 mi
- Evansvillecommunity, 230 mi
Airports near Nuiqsut Airport
- Alpine AirstripAK15, 9 mi
- Ugnu-Kuparuk AirportUBW, 34 mi
- Deadhorse AirportSCC, 59 mi
- Point Thomson Airstrip37AA, 111 mi
- Galbraith Lake AirportGBH, 125 mi
- Anaktuvuk Pass AirportAKP, 145 mi
- Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial AirportATK, 150 mi
- Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportBRW, 151 mi