Now. Talkeetna Airport is 40° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 44° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 32° 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 tomorrow, near 41°, and the coolest Thursday, near 35°. Rain is likely Monday (69%) and Tuesday (55%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:42 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 8:15 PM. 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 55 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Talkeetna Airport, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 / 19 | 3,500 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 27° / 207° | 2 mph head, on 1 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Talkeetna (ASOS) (PATK), Talkeetna Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
45 F at 7 PM Thursday; 49 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 35 F at its coolest, 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 33 F, the air 63% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 10 AM Thursday to 75% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
5 mph from the north at 7 PM Thursday; at its strongest 11 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.26 inHg at 7 PM Thursday, rising 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.41 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,600 ft at 5 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 13 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Talkeetna (ASOS): every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Talkeetna 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 now3 instruments
Talkeetna (ASOS)PATK
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/358 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Susitna Valley High SnotelSUVA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/13.0 mi away/375 ft/17 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Parks Hwy @ Talkeetna Road MP 98.3TKPA2
Beside a road/13.3 mi away/413 ft/55 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/350 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Talkeetna 2.4 SSEAK-MS-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/428 ft/70 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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Snow on the ground
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.