Temperature
32 F at 2 AM; 37 F at its warmest, 5 AM Thursday, and 32 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 32F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 37F
- 5 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 32F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kalskag Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Bethel Census Area, Alaska33°
40°/29°
Light snow·
Feels like 29°·Light air 3 mph NNW
Now. Kalskag Airport is 33° and light snow at 2 AM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 38° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Monday, near 39°, and the coolest Thursday, near 35°. Rain is likely Monday (52%). Rain is possible Sunday (42%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:18 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 9 hours 59 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
93%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
33feels29
21%
Today
Oct 16
4029
83%
Sat
Oct 17
3727
overcast
Sun
Oct 18
3623
42%
Mon
Oct 19
3926
52%
Tue
Oct 20
3626
25%
Wed
Oct 21
3623
partly cloudy day
Thu
Oct 22
3522
11%
33°
40°29°
37°27°
36°23°
39°26°
36°26°
36°23°
35°22°
As of 2:00 AM in Kalskag Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- KLG
- ICAO
- PALG
- IATA
- KLG
- Field elevation
- 55 ft
- Serves
- Kalskag
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PALG
- Wind now
- From 290° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:39
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 3,198 ft | 75 ft | Gravel | 81° / 261° | 3 mph head, on 25 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kalskag (PALG), Kalskag Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 30 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 80% at 6 PM Thursday to 93% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 30F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 93%
- Humidity, range
- 80 to 93%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 7 AM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 7 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.34 inHg at 2 AM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.15 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.34inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.15inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 2 AM; 5 miles now.
- Now
- 5mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 2 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 600 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 20 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 700ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 20
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.07 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.02 in, in the hour to 3 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.07in
- Wettest hour
- 0.02in
- 3 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Kalskag: 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 Kalskag 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
KalskagPALG
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/56 ft/1 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Upper Kalskag 0.3 EAK-BC-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/42 ft/13 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 Kalskag Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Upper Kalskagcity, 1 mi
- Lower Kalskagcity, 2 mi
- Aniakcity, 26 mi
- Tuluksakcommunity, 37 mi
- Chuathbalukcity, 37 mi
- Russian Missioncity, 37 mi
- Holy Crosscity, 49 mi
- Akiakcity, 52 mi
- Akiachakcommunity, 56 mi
- Marshallcity, 61 mi
- Kwethlukcity, 63 mi
- Bethelcity, 70 mi
Airports near Kalskag Airport
- Aniak AirportANI, 26 mi
- Russian Mission AirportRSH, 36 mi
- Tuluksak AirportTLT, 37 mi
- Chuathbaluk Airport9A3, 37 mi
- Holy Cross AirportHCA, 49 mi
- Akiak AirportAKI, 53 mi
- Akiachak AirportZ13, 58 mi
- Marshall Don Hunter Sr AirportMDM, 60 mi