Temperature
26 F at 10 AM; 32 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 25 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 26F
- 10 AM
- Highest
- 32F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 25F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, Alaska
Medium airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska25°
28°/19°
Overcast·
Feels like 18°·Light breeze 6 mph NE
Now. Ralph Wien Memorial Airport is 25° and overcast at 11 AM. With the wind it feels like 18°. The dew point is 20°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northeast at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 28° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 22° by 3 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 33°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 28°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 21°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 9 hours 25 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
77%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
25feels18
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
2819
13mph
Sat
Oct 17
3121
17%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
3328
27%
18mph
Mon
Oct 19
2925
16%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
2821
18mph
Wed
Oct 21
2821
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
2921
29%
14mph
25°
28°19°
31°21°
33°28°
29°25°
28°21°
28°21°
29°21°
As of 11:00 AM in Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OTZ
- ICAO
- PAOT
- IATA
- OTZ
- Field elevation
- 14 ft
- Serves
- Kotzebue
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAOT
- Wind now
- From 40° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 10:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 6,300 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 102° / 282° | 3 mph head, on 09 | 5 mph from the left |
| 17 / 35 | 3,800 ft | 90 ft | GVL | 195° / 15° | 5 mph head, on 35 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kotzebue / Wien (PAOT), Ralph Wien Memorial Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 20 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 4 AM to 85% at 9 AM.
- Dew point now
- 20F
- 10 AM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 85%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the north northeast at 11 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 12 PM Thursday, with a gust of 18 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 12 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.38 inHg at 11 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.38inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.37inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 11,000 ft at 7 AM; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 11,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 11,000ft
- 7 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 13
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
Kotzebue / Wien: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Ralph Wien Memorial Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Kotzebue / WienPAOT
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/3 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mount Noak RAWSMNOA2
A remote fire weather station/20.7 mi away/848 ft/834 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/11 ft/3 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Ralph Wien Memorial Airport
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 43 mi
- Noatak AirportWTK, 48 mi
- Deering AirportDEE, 57 mi
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 59 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 74 mi
- Buckland AirportBVK, 74 mi
- Kivalina AirportKVL, 79 mi
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 80 mi