Temperature
36 F at 7 PM; 38 F at its warmest, 8 PM Wednesday, and 35 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 36F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 38F
- 8 PM Wednesday
- Lowest
- 35F
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Holy Cross Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska36°
39°/32°
Overcast·
Feels like 28°·Gentle breeze 12 mph N
Now. Holy Cross Airport is 36° and overcast at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 28°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 12 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 38° by 7 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° by 4 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 37°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 33°. Rain is likely tomorrow (70%). Rain is possible Monday (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:24 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 7:40 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 10 hours 1 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
75%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
36feels28
now, overcast
Today
Oct 15
3932
75%
12mph
Fri
Oct 16
3729
70%
Sat
Oct 17
3627
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
3523
19%
Mon
Oct 19
3625
47%
Tue
Oct 20
3324
22%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
3422
partly cloudy day
36°
39°32°
37°29°
36°27°
35°23°
36°25°
33°24°
34°22°
As of 7:00 PM in Holy Cross Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- HCA
- ICAO
- PAHC
- IATA
- HCR
- Field elevation
- 70 ft
- Serves
- Holy Cross
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAHC
- Wind now
- From 340° at 13 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:25
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,000 ft | 100 ft | GRAVEL-G | 31° / 211° | 8 mph head, on 02 | 10 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Holy Cross (PAHC), Holy Cross Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 28 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 5 PM to 93% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 28F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
14 mph from the north northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 12 AM, with a gust of 26 mph at 6 PM.
- Now
- 14mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 12 AM
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.28 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.28inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 5 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 5 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 800 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 800ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 11 PM Wednesday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Holy Cross: 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 Holy Cross 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 now1 instrument
Holy CrossPAHC
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/69 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Holy Cross 1.0 EAK-YC-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/43 ft/27 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Holy Cross Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Holy Crosscity, 1 mi
- Shagelukcity, 33 mi
- Anvikcity, 34 mi
- Aniakcity, 43 mi
- Chuathbalukcity, 46 mi
- Upper Kalskagcity, 48 mi
- Lower Kalskagcity, 50 mi
- Graylingcity, 51 mi
- Crooked Creekcommunity, 58 mi
- Flatcommunity, 58 mi
- Russian Missioncity, 59 mi
- Marshallcity, 77 mi
Airports near Holy Cross Airport
- Anvik AirportANV, 34 mi
- Shageluk AirportSHX, 35 mi
- Aniak AirportANI, 43 mi
- Chuathbaluk Airport9A3, 46 mi
- Kalskag AirportKLG, 49 mi
- Grayling AirportKGX, 50 mi
- Crooked Creek AirportCJX, 57 mi
- Russian Mission AirportRSH, 58 mi