Temperature
30 F at 5 PM; 40 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 21 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 30F
- 5 PM
- Highest
- 40F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 21F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Shungnak Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska29°
29°/16°
Clear·
Feels like 23°·Light breeze 5 mph NNW
Now. Shungnak Airport is 29° and clear at 6 PM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 24°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 23° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 19° by 12 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 tomorrow, near 28°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 18°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 15°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:59 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% 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 day is 9 hours 32 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
29feels23
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
2916
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 16
2815
overcast
Sat
Oct 17
2519
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
2311
overcast
Mon
Oct 19
2210
12%
Tue
Oct 20
2110
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
188
partly cloudy day
29°
29°16°
28°15°
25°19°
23°11°
22°10°
21°10°
18°8°
As of 6:00 PM in Shungnak Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SHG
- ICAO
- PAGH
- IATA
- SHG
- Field elevation
- 197 ft
- Serves
- Shungnak
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAGH
- Wind now
- From 220° at 7 mph, read 15 Oct, 17:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 4,000 ft | 60 ft | GVL | 117° / 297° | 2 mph head, on 27 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Shungnak (PAGH), Shungnak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 24 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 55% at 2 PM to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 5 PM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 55 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph at 6 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 PM Wednesday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 8mph
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 PM Wednesday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.57 inHg at 6 PM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.46 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.57inHg
- 6 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.46inHg
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 4,300 ft at 8 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 4,300ft
- 8 PM Wednesday
- Hours with a base reported
- 4
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
Shungnak: 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 Shungnak 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 now2 instruments
ShungnakPAGH
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/197 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kobuk 3N - SNOTELDHLA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/8.3 mi away/282 ft/85 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
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 Shungnak Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Shungnak Airport
- Kobuk AirportOBU, 7 mi
- Ambler AirportAFM, 24 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 80 mi
- Huslia AirportHLA, 85 mi
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 89 mi
- Hughes AirportHUS, 99 mi
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 105 mi
- Indian Mountain LRRS AirportUTO, 114 mi