Temperature
43 F at 7 PM; 44 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 41 F at its coolest, 10 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 43F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 44F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 41F
- 10 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Aleutians West Census Area, AlaskaGale Warning, in full · Every severe alert
Coastal Waters Forecast for Southwest Alaska+Bristol Bay+The Alaska Peninsula Waters and the Aleutian Islands up to 100 nm out. Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent an average of the highest one-third of the combined wind wave and swell height. .TODAY...NW wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. Patchy fog. Rain showers. .TONIGHT...NW wind 35 kt. Seas 14 ft. .FRI...NW wind 20 kt diminishing to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 ft subsiding to 3 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...W wind 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...S wind 15 kt. Seas 2 ft. .SUN...SW wind 25 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...W wind 30 kt. Seas 5 ft.
43°
44°/41°
Overcast·
Feels like 33°·Fresh breeze 24 mph NW
Alert. A Gale Warning is in force for Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport until 5 AM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport is 43° and overcast at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 33°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the northwest at 24 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 6 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 51°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 42°. Rain is likely tomorrow (69%), Saturday (94%), Sunday (82%), Monday (89%), Tuesday (97%) and Wednesday (67%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 28 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 8:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 10:18 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 36 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
76%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
43feels33
24mph
Today
Oct 15
4441
86%
33mph
Fri
Oct 16
4237
69%
24mph
Sat
Oct 17
5038
94%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5146
82%
17mph
Mon
Oct 19
4642
89%
Tue
Oct 20
4339
97%
28mph
Wed
Oct 21
4337
67%
14mph
43°
44°41°
42°37°
50°38°
51°46°
46°42°
43°39°
43°37°
As of 7:00 PM in Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DUT
- ICAO
- PADU
- IATA
- DUT
- Field elevation
- 22 ft
- Serves
- Unalaska
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PADU
- Wind now
- From 320° at 22 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 4,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 137° / 317° | 22 mph head, on 31 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Dutch Harbor (PADU), Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 36 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 1 PM to 80% at 10 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 36F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 80%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
21 mph from the northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 31 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 60 mph at 9 AM.
- Now
- 21mph
- from the northwest
- Strongest
- 31mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- 60mph
- 9 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.79 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.79inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 6 PM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 6 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 500 ft at 10 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,100ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 10 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.04 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.04in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 24
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Dutch Harbor: 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 Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now1 instrument
Dutch HarborPADU
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/13 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Dutch HarborDUT
At a harbour/0.3 mi away/10 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Unalaska 3.4 SSWAK-AW-3
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/56 ft/34 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Dutch Harbor (DUT), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 09:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Unalaskacity, 3 mi
- Akutancity, 35 mi
- Nikolskicommunity, 116 mi
- False Passcity, 143 mi
- Cold Baycity, 178 mi
- King Covecity, 188 mi
- St. Georgecity, 221 mi
- Nelson Lagooncommunity, 252 mi
- Sand Pointcity, 262 mi
- St. Paulcity, 266 mi
- Ivanof Baycommunity, 313 mi
- Perryvillecommunity, 325 mi
Airports near Tom Madsen (Dutch Harbor) Airport
- Akutan Airport7AK, 42 mi
- Nikolski Air StationIKO, 116 mi
- False Pass AirportKFP, 142 mi
- Cold Bay AirportCDB, 178 mi
- King Cove AirportKVC, 191 mi
- St George AirportPBV, 222 mi
- Nelson Lagoon AirportOUL, 258 mi
- Sand Point AirportSDP, 260 mi