Temperature
39 F at 5 PM; 40 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 36 F at its coolest, 8 AM.
- Now
- 39F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 40F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 36F
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kipnuk Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Bethel Census Area, Alaska39°
38°/32°
Overcast·
Feels like 28°·Strong breeze 25 mph NNW
Now. Kipnuk Airport is 39° and overcast at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the north-northwest at 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 11 PM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 40°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 36°. Rain is likely Sunday (73%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 28 mph. The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:47 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8:55 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 13 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
82%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
39feels28
14%
25mph
Today
Oct 15
3832
14%
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
3834
23%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
3729
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
4033
73%
24mph
Mon
Oct 19
3932
22%
14mph
Tue
Oct 20
3628
18%
28mph
Wed
Oct 21
3627
18mph
39°
38°32°
38°34°
37°29°
40°33°
39°32°
36°28°
36°27°
As of 6:00 PM in Kipnuk Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- IIK
- ICAO
- PAKI
- IATA
- KPN
- Field elevation
- 11 ft
- Serves
- Kipnuk
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAKI
- Wind now
- From 340° at 25 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,200 ft | 60 ft | GRAVEL-G | 165° / 345° | 25 mph head, on 35 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kipnuk (PAKI), Kipnuk Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 82% at 5 PM to 98% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 82 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Set aside: the wind read 25 mph in 6 reports in a row from 5 PM Wednesday, the mark of a sensor that has stuck, so none of that day's wind is counted.
- Now
- -
- Strongest
- -
- Highest gust
- -
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.40 inHg at 6 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.40inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 7 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 7mi
- 8 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 700 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 1,800ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 700ft
- 8 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
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
Kipnuk: 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 Kipnuk 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
KipnukPAKI
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/10 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Kongiganak 3.3 NNWAK-BC-11
In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.1 mi away/23 ft/12 ft above 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 Kipnuk Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kipnukcommunity, 1 mi
- Chefornakcity, 17 mi
- Kwigillingokcommunity, 31 mi
- Kongiganakcommunity, 40 mi
- Nightmutecity, 45 mi
- Tuntutuliakcommunity, 55 mi
- Toksook Baycity, 56 mi
- Tununakcommunity, 62 mi
- Mertarvikcommunity, 63 mi
- Eekcity, 72 mi
- Newtokcommunity, 72 mi
- Quinhagakcity, 75 mi
Airports near Kipnuk Airport
- Chefornak AirportCFK, 17 mi
- Kwigillingok AirportGGV, 30 mi
- Kongiganak AirportDUY, 40 mi
- Nightmute AirportIGT, 44 mi
- Tuntutuliak AirportA61, 55 mi
- Toksook Bay AirportOOK, 56 mi
- Tununak Airport4KA, 61 mi
- Mertarvik AirportEWU, 63 mi