Temperature
30 F at 2 AM; 36 F at its warmest, 3 PM Friday, and 28 F at its coolest, 10 PM Friday.
- Now
- 30F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 36F
- 3 PM Friday
- Lowest
- 28F
- 10 PM Friday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Now. Elim Airport is 29° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 22°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 32° by 3 PM. Tonight holds near 30°, under cloud. 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 35°, and the coolest Monday, near 31°. Rain is likely Friday (64%). Snow is possible tomorrow (46%). The windiest day is Friday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 44% lit, and sets at 9:57 PM. 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 34 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Elim Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 3,401 ft | 60 ft | Gravel | 30° / 210° | 1 mph head, on 01 | 6 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Elim (PFEL), Elim Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
30 F at 2 AM; 36 F at its warmest, 3 PM Friday, and 28 F at its coolest, 10 PM Friday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 22 F, the air 72% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 4 AM Friday to 87% at 11 PM Friday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the northwest at 3 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 4 AM Friday, with a gust of 21 mph at 4 AM Friday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.65 inHg at 3 AM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.27 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 10 PM Friday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,400 ft at 10 PM Friday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Elim: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 3 instruments nearest Elim 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 now2 instruments
ElimPFEL
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/3 ft/159 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rocky Point SnotelRPTA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/34.5 mi away/500 ft/338 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
At a cooperative observer's station/33.7 mi away/20 ft/142 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.