Temperature
35 F at 12 AM; 37 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 23 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 35F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 37F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 23F
- 2 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bettles Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska34°
33°/25°
Overcast·
Feels like 26°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NNE
Now. Bettles Airport is 34° and overcast at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 30° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 26° by 8 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 29°, and the coolest Thursday, near 16°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 25°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 9 hours 25 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
85%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
34feels26
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
3325
44%
Sat
Oct 17
2925
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
2213
overcast
Mon
Oct 19
218
15%
Tue
Oct 20
2410
15%
Wed
Oct 21
2212
18%
Thu
Oct 22
165
partly cloudy day
34°
33°25°
29°25°
22°13°
21°8°
24°10°
22°12°
16°5°
As of 12:00 AM in Bettles Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BTT
- ICAO
- PABT
- IATA
- BTT
- Field elevation
- 647 ft
- Serves
- Bettles
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PABT
- Wind now
- From 290° at 12 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:25
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 5,190 ft | 150 ft | GVL | 33° / 213° | 3 mph head, on 19 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bettles Field (PABT), Bettles Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 24 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 4 PM Thursday to 96% at 1 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 64%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside: the gust read 21 mph in 12 reports in a row from 5 PM Thursday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.46 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.56 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.46inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.56inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 12 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 12 AM
- 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 4,500 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 19 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,500ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,500ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 19
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
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bettles Field: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Bettles Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Bettles FieldPABT
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/653 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Bettles Field SnotelBFLA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/0.2 mi away/640 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/645 ft/2 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
4in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bettles Airport (BTT), 0.4 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:45. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Bettles Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bettlescity, under 1 mi
- Evansvillecommunity, 1 mi
- Allakaketcity, 39 mi
- Alatnacommunity, 42 mi
- Coldfootcommunity, 42 mi
- Wisemancommunity, 49 mi
- Anaktuvuk Passcity, 85 mi
- Stevens Villagecommunity, 92 mi
- Hughescity, 96 mi
- Rampartcommunity, 105 mi
- Beavercommunity, 119 mi
- Tananacity, 121 mi
Airports near Bettles Airport
- Prospect Creek AirportPPC, 25 mi
- Allakaket Airport6A8, 39 mi
- Coldfoot AirportCXF, 43 mi
- Anaktuvuk Pass AirportAKP, 84 mi
- Indian Mountain LRRS AirportUTO, 87 mi
- Stevens Village AirportSVS, 92 mi
- Hughes AirportHUS, 97 mi
- Rampart AirportRMP, 105 mi