At an airfield/0.0 mi away/89 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wainwright Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in North Slope Borough, Alaska15°
17°/10°
Light snow·
Feels like 1°·Gentle breeze 12 mph E
Coming up. Snow is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (51%).
Now. Wainwright Airport is 15° and light snow at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 1°. The dew point is 11°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 15°, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 29°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 25°. Snow is likely tomorrow (56%). Rain is possible Saturday (38%), Sunday (38%) and Monday (40%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 21 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 13°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:53 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 8 hours 58 minutes long, 9 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
83%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
15feels1
12mph
Today
Oct 15
1710
14mph
Fri
Oct 16
2513
56%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
2623
38%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
2921
38%
21mph
Mon
Oct 19
2924
40%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
2823
26%
Wed
Oct 21
2519
11%
15°
17°10°
25°13°
26°23°
29°21°
29°24°
28°23°
25°19°
As of 6:00 PM in Wainwright Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- AWI
- ICAO
- PAWI
- IATA
- AIN
- Field elevation
- 41 ft
- Serves
- Wainwright
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAWI
- Wind now
- From 80° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 4,494 ft | 90 ft | GVL | 67° / 247° | 12 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the right |
What is measuring near here
The 1 instruments nearest Wainwright 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
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wainwright Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wainwrightcity, 1 mi
- Atqasukcity, 60 mi
- Utqiagvikcity, 85 mi
- Point Laycommunity, 94 mi
- Red Dog Minecommunity, 191 mi
- Nuiqsutcity, 210 mi
- Noatakcommunity, 222 mi
- Point Hopecity, 227 mi
- Kivalinacity, 230 mi
- Amblercity, 251 mi
- Kianacity, 253 mi
- Anaktuvuk Passcity, 264 mi
Airports near Wainwright Airport
- Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial AirportATK, 60 mi
- Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportBRW, 85 mi
- Point Lay LRRS AirportPIZ, 94 mi
- Cape Lisburne LRRS AirportLUR, 190 mi
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 193 mi
- Alpine AirstripAK15, 210 mi
- Nuiqsut AirportAQT, 210 mi
- Noatak AirportWTK, 225 mi