Temperature
52 F at 2 PM; 52 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 43 F at its coolest, 9 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 52F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 52F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 43F
- 9 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Skagway Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Skagway Municipality, Alaska49°
50°/45°
Overcast·
Feels like 44°·Gentle breeze 13 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM (51%).
Now. Skagway Airport is 49° and overcast at 5 PM. With the wind it feels like 44°. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the south at 13 mph, gusting to 31 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 45° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 42° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. Highs stay close to 47° all week. Rain is likely tomorrow (99%), Sunday (82%), Monday (77%), Tuesday (99%), Wednesday (96%) and Thursday (71%). The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 41 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 5:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 8:09 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 10 minutes long, 5 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
80%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 PM
49feels44
14%
13mph
Today
Oct 16
5045
100%
29mph
Sat
Oct 17
4742
99%
Sun
Oct 18
4743
82%
Mon
Oct 19
4640
77%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
4840
99%
41mph
Wed
Oct 21
4642
96%
35mph
Thu
Oct 22
4539
71%
49°
50°45°
47°42°
47°43°
46°40°
48°40°
46°42°
45°39°
As of 5:00 PM in Skagway Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SGY
- ICAO
- PAGY
- IATA
- SGY
- Field elevation
- 44 ft
- Serves
- Skagway
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAGY
- Wind now
- From 190° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 14:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 3,550 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 43° / 223° | 11 mph head, on 20 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Skagway (PAGY), Skagway Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 61% at 2 PM to 96% at 4 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 61 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
15 mph from the south southwest at 4 PM; at its strongest 26 mph, 7 AM, with a gust of 40 mph at 6 AM.
- Now
- 15mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 26mph
- 7 AM
- Highest gust
- 40mph
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.60 inHg at 4 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.60inHg
- 4 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 6 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 6 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 5 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 600ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
1.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.18 in, in the hour to 6 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 1.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.18in
- 6 AM
- Hours with some
- 15
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Skagway: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Skagway Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SkagwayPAGY
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/36 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Dyea NPSDWSA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/64 ft/20 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Klondike Highway @ US/Canada BorderKLNA2
Beside a road/12.9 mi away/3,287 ft/3,243 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
SKAGWAY RIVER 98 N Skagway River nr SkagwaySKGA2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/57 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Haines 6.5 NWAK-HB-7
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.0 mi away/130 ft/86 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at SKAGWAY RIVER 98 N Skagway River nr Skagway (SKGA2), 0.4 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 16:51. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Skagway Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Skagwaycommunity, under 1 mi
- Lutakcommunity, 10 mi
- Hainescommunity, 16 mi
- Klukwancommunity, 21 mi
- Mud Baycommunity, 21 mi
- Covenant Lifecommunity, 24 mi
- Mosquito Lakecommunity, 29 mi
- Excursion Inletcommunity, 72 mi
- Gustavuscity, 73 mi
- Juneaucity, 86 mi
- Hoonahcity, 94 mi
- Whitestone Logging Campcommunity, 95 mi
Airports near Skagway Airport
- Haines AirportHNS, 17 mi
- Excursion Inlet Seaplane BaseEXI, 72 mi
- Gustavus AirportGST, 73 mi
- Juneau International AirportJNU, 81 mi
- Funter Bay Seaplane BaseFNR, 85 mi
- Hoonah AirportHNH, 94 mi
- Elfin Cove Seaplane BaseELV, 95 mi
- Pelican Seaplane BasePEC, 109 mi