Temperature
36 F at 7 PM; 39 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 33 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 36F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 39F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 33F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
White Mountain Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Nome Census Area, Alaska32°
35°/23°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 23°·Gentle breeze 11 mph N
Now. White Mountain Airport is 32° and mostly cloudy at 1 AM. With the wind it feels like 23°. The dew point is 23°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 35° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 24° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Sunday, near 36°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 32°. Rain is possible Sunday (38%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 22°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 9 hours 40 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
64%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
32feels23
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
3523
overcast
Sat
Oct 17
3422
mostly clear day
Sun
Oct 18
3624
38%
Mon
Oct 19
3321
20%
Tue
Oct 20
3318
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
3218
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
3316
22%
32°
35°23°
34°22°
36°24°
33°21°
33°18°
32°18°
33°16°
As of 1:00 AM in White Mountain Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WMO
- ICAO
- PAWM
- IATA
- WMO
- Field elevation
- 267 ft
- Serves
- White Mountain
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAWM
- Wind now
- From 360° at 13 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 / 33 unlit | 3,000 ft | 60 ft | Gravel | 165° / 345° | 13 mph head, on 33 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from White Mountain (PAWM), White Mountain 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 61% saturated; the humidity ran from 59% at 4 PM to 89% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 24F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 61%
- Humidity, range
- 59 to 89%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 29 mph at 8 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 17mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.47 inHg at 7 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.37 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.47inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.37inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 9 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 9 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 6,000 ft at 12 PM; a base was reported in 14 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,000ft
- 12 PM
- Hours with a base reported
- 14
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
White Mountain: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest White Mountain 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
White MountainPAWM
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/266 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rocky Point SnotelRPTA2
A snow pillow on a mountain/10.7 mi away/500 ft/233 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/20 ft/247 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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 White Mountain Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- White Mountaincity, 1 mi
- Golovincity, 15 mi
- Elimcity, 34 mi
- Nomecity, 61 mi
- Koyukcity, 68 mi
- Shaktoolikcity, 70 mi
- Stebbinscity, 88 mi
- St. Michaelcity, 93 mi
- Tellercity, 95 mi
- Unalakleetcity, 97 mi
- Deeringcity, 98 mi
- Brevig Missioncity, 100 mi
Airports near White Mountain Airport
- Golovin AirportGLV, 15 mi
- Elim AirportELI, 34 mi
- Nome AirportOME, 61 mi
- Koyuk Alfred Adams AirportKKA, 69 mi
- Shaktoolik Airport2C7, 69 mi
- Stebbins AirportWBB, 88 mi
- St Michael AirportSMK, 92 mi
- Teller AirportTER, 94 mi