Temperature
29 F at 7 PM; 34 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 23 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 29F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 34F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 23F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Bob Baker Memorial Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska27°
29°/15°
Clear·
Feels like 18°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNE
Now. Bob Baker Memorial Airport is 27° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 18°. The dew point is 17°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 14° by 4 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 Sunday, near 27°, and the coolest Saturday, near 23°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 10°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 day is 9 hours 31 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
63%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
27feels18
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
2915
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 16
2610
overcast
Sat
Oct 17
2310
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
2714
18%
Mon
Oct 19
2413
19%
Tue
Oct 20
2511
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
2310
mostly clear day
27°
29°15°
26°10°
23°10°
27°14°
24°13°
25°11°
23°10°
As of 10:00 PM in Bob Baker Memorial Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IAN
- ICAO
- PAIK
- IATA
- IAN
- Field elevation
- 166 ft
- Serves
- Kiana
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAIK
- Wind now
- From 340° at 12 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | GVL | 82° / 262° | 2 mph head, on 25 | 12 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kiana (PAIK), Bob Baker Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 18 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 54% at 3 PM to 92% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 18F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 63%
- Humidity, range
- 54 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
10 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 6 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 10mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.61 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.43 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.61inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.43inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 11 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 11 PM Wednesday
- 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 1,600 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,600ft
- 11 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Kiana: 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 Bob Baker Memorial 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 now2 instruments
KianaPAIK
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/167 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.1 mi away/178 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
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 Bob Baker Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Bob Baker Memorial Airport
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 19 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 29 mi
- Ralph Wien Memorial AirportOTZ, 59 mi
- Ambler AirportAFM, 70 mi
- Buckland AirportBVK, 71 mi
- Noatak AirportWTK, 79 mi
- Shungnak AirportSHG, 89 mi
- Deering AirportDEE, 90 mi