Temperature
38 F at 7 PM; 40 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 37 F at its coolest, 10 PM Wednesday.
- Now
- 38F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 40F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 37F
- 10 PM Wednesday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Chevak Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska38°
39°/34°
Overcast·
Feels like 27°·Fresh breeze 23 mph N
Now. Chevak Airport is 38° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 27°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 35° by 5 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. Highs stay close to 37° all week. Snow is possible Saturday (31%) and Sunday (49%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 25 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 4 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
-UV
-Air quality
79%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
38feels27
23mph
Today
Oct 15
3934
22%
25mph
Fri
Oct 16
3829
20%
20mph
Sat
Oct 17
3628
31%
Sun
Oct 18
3628
49%
25mph
Mon
Oct 19
3728
24%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
3628
25mph
Wed
Oct 21
3526
15mph
38°
39°34°
38°29°
36°28°
36°28°
37°28°
36°28°
35°26°
As of 9:00 PM in Chevak Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- VAK
- ICAO
- PAVA
- IATA
- VAK
- Field elevation
- 75 ft
- Serves
- Chevak
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAVA
- Wind now
- From 350° at 23 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 3,220 ft | 75 ft | Gravel | 33° / 213° | 17 mph head, on 02 | 16 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Chevak (PAVA), Chevak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 82% saturated; the humidity ran from 79% at 5 PM to 92% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 82%
- Humidity, range
- 79 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
25 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 28 mph, 6 PM, with a gust of 39 mph at 6 PM.
- Now
- 25mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 28mph
- 6 PM
- Highest gust
- 39mph
- 6 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.50 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.23 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.50inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.23inHg
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 1,100 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
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
Chevak: 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 Chevak 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
ChevakPAVA
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/75 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Chevak 0.4 ESEAK-WH-10
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/74 ft/1 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 Chevak Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Chevakcity, 1 mi
- Hooper Baycity, 17 mi
- Scammon Baycity, 21 mi
- Newtokcommunity, 53 mi
- Mertarvikcommunity, 62 mi
- Tununakcommunity, 67 mi
- Nunam Iquacity, 70 mi
- Toksook Baycity, 71 mi
- Mountain Villagecity, 72 mi
- Nightmutecity, 79 mi
- Mekoryukcity, 82 mi
- Pitkas Pointcommunity, 83 mi
Airports near Chevak Airport
- Hooper Bay AirportHPB, 18 mi
- Scammon Bay AirportSCM, 21 mi
- Cape Romanzof LRRS AirportCZF, 22 mi
- Newtok Seaplane BaseWWT, 53 mi
- Mertarvik AirportEWU, 62 mi
- Tununak Airport4KA, 68 mi
- Toksook Bay AirportOOK, 71 mi
- Nunam Iqua AirportSXP, 72 mi