Temperature
27 F at 12 AM; 32 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 21 F at its coolest, 1 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 27F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 32F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 21F
- 1 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Noatak Airport, Alaska
Small airport in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska26°
23°/12°
Clear·
Feels like 16°·Gentle breeze 11 mph N
Now. Noatak Airport is 26° and clear at 12 AM. With the wind it feels like 16°. The dew point is 15°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 20° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 14° by 1 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 31°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 23°. Rain is possible Sunday (49%), Monday (43%) and Thursday (35%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 11°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:16 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 19 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
26feels16
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
2312
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
2411
24%
Sun
Oct 18
3121
49%
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
2621
43%
Tue
Oct 20
2515
partly cloudy day
Wed
Oct 21
2314
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
2313
35%
26°
23°12°
24°11°
31°21°
26°21°
25°15°
23°14°
23°13°
As of 12:00 AM in Noatak Airport, Alaska.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WTK
- ICAO
- PAWN
- IATA
- WTK
- Field elevation
- 88 ft
- Serves
- Noatak
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- PAWN
- Wind now
- From 20° at 10 mph, read 15 Oct, 23:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 unlit | 3,992 ft | 60 ft | GRAVEL-G | 23° / 203° | 10 mph head, on 01 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Noatak (PAWN), Noatak Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 15 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 58% at 2 PM Thursday to 84% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 15F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 58 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
12 mph from the north at 12 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 2 PM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 12mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.53 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.51 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.53inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.09inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.51inHg
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
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
Noatak: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Noatak Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
NoatakPAWN
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/98 ft/10 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Tahinichok RAWSTAHA2
A remote fire weather station/15.5 mi away/961 ft/873 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Red Dog Mine 3 SSW26655
At a climate reference station/31.7 mi away/942 ft/854 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily1 instrument
At a cooperative observer's station/32.3 mi away/942 ft/854 ft above 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 Noatak Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Noatakcommunity, 4 mi
- Red Dog Minecommunity, 35 mi
- Kivalinacity, 43 mi
- Kotzebuecity, 47 mi
- Noorvikcity, 72 mi
- Kianacity, 79 mi
- Deeringcity, 102 mi
- Selawikcity, 104 mi
- Point Hopecity, 111 mi
- Bucklandcity, 120 mi
- Shishmarefcity, 125 mi
- Amblercity, 140 mi
Airports near Noatak Airport
- Red Dog AirportDGG, 33 mi
- Kivalina AirportKVL, 43 mi
- Ralph Wien Memorial AirportOTZ, 48 mi
- Robert (Bob) Curtis Memorial AirportD76, 73 mi
- Bob Baker Memorial AirportIAN, 79 mi
- Deering AirportDEE, 103 mi
- Selawik AirportWLK, 104 mi
- Point Hope AirportPHO, 113 mi