Temperature
35 F at 3 AM; 39 F at its warmest, 5 PM Thursday, and 34 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 35F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 39F
- 5 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 34F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Russian Mission Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska35°
40°/31°
Overcast·
Feels like 28°·Gentle breeze 8 mph NW
Now. Russian Mission Airport is 35° and overcast at 4 AM. With the wind it feels like 28°. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 39° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 30° by 6 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 36° all week. Rain is likely Monday (50%). Rain is possible Sunday (39%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:17 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. The day is 9 hours 58 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
85%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
35feels28
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
4031
20%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
3628
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
3525
39%
Mon
Oct 19
3727
50%
Tue
Oct 20
3627
14%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
3625
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
3523
14%
35°
40°31°
36°28°
35°25°
37°27°
36°27°
36°25°
35°23°
As of 4:00 AM in Russian Mission Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- RSH
- ICAO
- PARS
- IATA
- RSH
- Field elevation
- 51 ft
- Serves
- Russian Mission
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PARS
- Wind now
- From 290° at 9 mph, read 16 Oct, 03:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 / 35 unlit | 3,600 ft | 100 ft | GRAVEL-G | 188° / 8° | 2 mph head, on 35 | 9 mph from the left |
| 18W / 36W unlit | 3,000 ft | 500 ft | Water | - | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Russian Mission (PARS), Russian Mission Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 31 F, the air 85% saturated; the humidity ran from 67% at 7 PM Thursday to 96% at 9 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 31F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 85%
- Humidity, range
- 67 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the west northwest at 4 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 7 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 11 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 7 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 11 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.35 inHg at 4 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.14 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.35inHg
- 4 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.14inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 10 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 10 PM Thursday
- 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 1,100 ft at 9 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 10,000ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 9 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 24
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 9 PM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.01in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 9 PM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 7
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Russian Mission: 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 Russian Mission 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
Russian MissionPARS
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/52 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/36.6 mi away/42 ft/9 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 Russian Mission Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Russian Missioncity, 1 mi
- Marshallcity, 25 mi
- Upper Kalskagcity, 36 mi
- Lower Kalskagcity, 36 mi
- Tuluksakcommunity, 48 mi
- Pilot Stationcity, 52 mi
- Holy Crosscity, 58 mi
- Aniakcity, 60 mi
- Akiachakcommunity, 60 mi
- Akiakcity, 60 mi
- St. Mary'scity, 63 mi
- Pitkas Pointcommunity, 66 mi
Airports near Russian Mission Airport
- Marshall Don Hunter Sr AirportMDM, 24 mi
- Kalskag AirportKLG, 36 mi
- Tuluksak AirportTLT, 49 mi
- Pilot Station Airport0AK, 54 mi
- Holy Cross AirportHCA, 58 mi
- Aniak AirportANI, 60 mi
- Akiachak AirportZ13, 60 mi
- Akiak AirportAKI, 60 mi