Temperature
28 F at 7 PM; 31 F at its warmest, 5 PM, and 21 F at its coolest, 11 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 28F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 31F
- 5 PM
- Lowest
- 21F
- 11 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Kivalina Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, AlaskaNorthwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Light freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Light freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Light freezing spray. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Light freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
26°
27°/16°
Clear·
Feels like 17°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Kivalina Airport until 5 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kivalina Airport is 26° and clear at 10 PM. With the wind it feels like 17°. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 19° by 5 AM, with some cloud. 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 34°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 25°. Snow is likely Sunday (68%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%) and Monday (47%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 18°.
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 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. The day is 9 hours 25 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
77%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
26feels17
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
2716
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
2518
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
3019
33%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
3426
68%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
3025
47%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
2920
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
2820
11%
13mph
26°
27°16°
25°18°
30°19°
34°26°
30°25°
29°20°
28°20°
As of 10:00 PM in Kivalina Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- KVL
- ICAO
- PAVL
- IATA
- KVL
- Field elevation
- 13 ft
- Serves
- Kivalina
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAVL
- Wind now
- From 350° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | GVL | 137° / 317° | 7 mph head, on 30 | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kivalina Airport (ASOS) (PAVL), Kivalina Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 21 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 5 PM to 84% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 21F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 75%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north northeast at 7 PM; at its strongest 15 mph, 4 AM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 15mph
- 4 AM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.65 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.41 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.65inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.05inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.41inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Kivalina Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/10 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tahinichok RAWSTAHA2
A remote fire weather station/29.0 mi away/961 ft/948 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Kivalina 0.4 NNWAK-NA-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/9 ft/4 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 Kivalina Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Kivalinacity, under 1 mi
- Noatakcommunity, 41 mi
- Red Dog Minecommunity, 49 mi
- Point Hopecity, 70 mi
- Kotzebuecity, 78 mi
- Shishmarefcity, 112 mi
- Noorvikcity, 113 mi
- Kianacity, 122 mi
- Deeringcity, 124 mi
- Point Laycommunity, 144 mi
- Selawikcity, 145 mi
- Bucklandcity, 153 mi
Airports near Kivalina Airport
- Noatak AirportWTK, 43 mi
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 48 mi
- Point Hope AirportPHO, 72 mi
- Ralph Wien Memorial AirportOTZ, 79 mi
- Cape Lisburne LRRS AirportLUR, 88 mi
- Shishmaref AirportSHH, 111 mi
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 114 mi
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 121 mi