Temperature
41 F at 6 PM; 44 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 32 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 41F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 44F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 32F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska
Medium airport in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska39°
43°/26°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 35°·Light breeze 5 mph NE
Now. Eielson Air Force Base is 39° and mostly cloudy at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 35°. The dew point is 29°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 27° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. 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 41°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 31°. Snow is likely Wednesday (70%). Rain is possible Saturday (32%) and Tuesday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 9 hours 48 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
67%Humidity
75%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
39feels35
10%
Today
Oct 15
4326
overcast
Fri
Oct 16
4127
14%
Sat
Oct 17
3624
32%
Sun
Oct 18
3320
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
3718
11%
Tue
Oct 20
3621
43%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
3121
70%
39°
43°26°
41°27°
36°24°
33°20°
37°18°
36°21°
31°21°
As of 9:00 PM in Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EIL
- ICAO
- PAEI
- IATA
- EIL
- Field elevation
- 547 ft
- Serves
- Fairbanks
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PAEI
- Wind now
- From 40° at 6 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 / 32 unlit | 14,530 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 159° / 339° | 3 mph head, on 32 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Eielson AFB (PAEI), Eielson Air Force Base's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 29 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM to 93% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 29F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the northeast at 6 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 10 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 10 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.30 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.55 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.30inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.55inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- 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 3,000 ft at 3 PM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,000ft
- 3 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
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
Eielson AFB: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Eielson Air Force Base, 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 now4 instruments
Eielson AFBPAEI
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/548 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Eielson AFB MG @Richardson Hwy MP 341.3AK074
Beside a road/2.0 mi away/545 ft/2 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
ManchuMANA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/595 ft/48 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fairbanks 11 NE26494
At a climate reference station/24.2 mi away/1,140 ft/593 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
North PoleNOPA2
At a cooperative observer's station/9.0 mi away/485 ft/62 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
North Pole 2.6 NEAK-FN-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.8 mi away/496 ft/51 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at North Pole (NOPA2), 9.0 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 23:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Eielson Air Force Base
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Eielson AFBcommunity, 1 mi
- Moose Creekcommunity, 4 mi
- Salchacommunity, 8 mi
- North Polecity, 9 mi
- Badgercommunity, 12 mi
- Pleasant Valleycommunity, 15 mi
- Two Riverscommunity, 16 mi
- Harding-Birch Lakescommunity, 18 mi
- South Van Horncommunity, 20 mi
- Steele Creekcommunity, 21 mi
- Fairbankscity, 22 mi
- Farmers Loopcommunity, 23 mi
Airports near Eielson Air Force Base
- Ladd Army AirfieldFBK, 19 mi
- Fairbanks International AirportFAI, 25 mi
- Nenana Municipal AirportENN, 59 mi
- Allen Army AirfieldBIG, 62 mi
- Clear AirportZ84, 65 mi
- Minto Al Wright Airport51Z, 74 mi
- Denali National Park AirportINR, 84 mi
- Central AirportCEM, 92 mi