Temperature
43 F at 5 PM; 43 F at its warmest, 7 PM Wednesday, and 40 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 43F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 43F
- 7 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 40F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cold Bay Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska43°
46°/38°
Overcast·
Feels like 31°·Near gale 36 mph NW
Now. Cold Bay Airport is 43° and overcast at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 31°. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Near gale from the northwest at 36 mph, gusting to 47 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 37° by 6 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 51°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 43°. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%), Saturday (75%), Sunday (89%), Monday (81%), Tuesday (97%) and Wednesday (88%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 44 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:51 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 31 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
82%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
43feels31
21%
36mph
Today
Oct 15
4638
100%
43mph
Fri
Oct 16
4336
99%
41mph
Sat
Oct 17
4632
75%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5138
89%
23mph
Mon
Oct 19
4839
81%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
4535
97%
44mph
Wed
Oct 21
4433
88%
37mph
43°
46°38°
43°36°
46°32°
51°38°
48°39°
45°35°
44°33°
As of 6:00 PM in Cold Bay Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CDB
- ICAO
- PACD
- IATA
- CDB
- Field elevation
- 96 ft
- Serves
- Cold Bay
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PACD
- Wind now
- From 320° at 33 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 4,900 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 95° / 275° | 23 mph head, on 26 | 23 mph from the right |
| 15 / 33 | 10,179 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 159° / 339° | 31 mph head, on 33 | 11 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cold Bay (PACD), Cold Bay Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 86% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 7 PM Wednesday to 89% at 12 PM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 86%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
31 mph from the northwest at 6 PM; at its strongest 32 mph, 11 PM Wednesday, with a gust of 48 mph at 5 AM.
- Now
- 31mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 32mph
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- 48mph
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.43 inHg at 6 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.43inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 12 PM; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 12 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 1,100 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 12 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.17 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.04 in, in the hour to 5 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.17in
- Wettest hour
- 0.04in
- 5 AM
- Hours with some
- 18
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cold Bay: 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 Cold Bay Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
Cold BayPACD
At an airfield/0.9 mi away/79 ft/17 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
King Cove 0.6 WAK-AE-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/12 ft/84 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Cold Bay Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Cold Baycity, under 1 mi
- King Covecity, 19 mi
- False Passcity, 35 mi
- Nelson Lagooncommunity, 77 mi
- Sand Pointcity, 89 mi
- Ivanof Baycommunity, 135 mi
- Akutancity, 143 mi
- Perryvillecommunity, 148 mi
- Chignik Lakecommunity, 170 mi
- Unalaskacity, 177 mi
- Chignik Lagooncommunity, 181 mi
- Chignikcity, 185 mi
Airports near Cold Bay Airport
- King Cove AirportKVC, 19 mi
- False Pass AirportKFP, 37 mi
- Nelson Lagoon AirportOUL, 82 mi
- Sand Point AirportSDP, 87 mi
- Akutan Airport7AK, 136 mi
- Perryville AirportPEV, 147 mi
- Chignik Lake AirportA79, 170 mi
- Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) AirportDUT, 178 mi