Temperature
83 F at 11 AM; 83 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 71 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 83F
- 11 AM
- Highest
- 83F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 71F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Barking Sands Airport, Hawaii
Medium airport in Kauai County, Hawaii85°
87°/74°
Clear·
Feels like 88°·Light breeze 7 mph WNW
Now. Barking Sands Airport is 85° and clear at 12 PM. With the humidity it feels like 88°. The dew point is 66°, so the air feels oppressive. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° by 2 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 10, very high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. Highs stay close to 86° all week. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:13 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 10:59 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 38 minutes long, 1 minute shorter than yesterday.
10UV Very high
-Air quality
57%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 PM
85feels88
UV 10
Today
Oct 16
8774
12%
UV 10
Sat
Oct 17
8775
10%
12mph
UV 10
Sun
Oct 18
8774
UV 10
Mon
Oct 19
8674
UV 9
Tue
Oct 20
8674
UV 9
Wed
Oct 21
8573
UV 9
Thu
Oct 22
8573
UV 9
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As of 12:00 PM in Barking Sands Airport, Hawaii.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BKH
- ICAO
- PHBK
- IATA
- BKH
- Field elevation
- 23 ft
- Serves
- Kekaha
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PHBK
- Wind now
- From 280° at 7 mph, read 16 Oct, 11:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 6,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 170° / 350° | 2 mph head, on 34 | 7 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Kekaha (PHBK), Barking Sands Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 66 F, the air 57% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 8 AM to 84% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 66F
- 11 AM
- Humidity now
- 57%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 84%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the west at 11 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.01 inHg at 11 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.01inHg
- 11 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
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 3,100 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 3,100ft
- 1 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
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
Kekaha: 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 Barking Sands 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
measured daily2 instruments
MakaweliMAKH1
At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/125 ft/102 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Hanalei 4.8 WHI-KI-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.1 mi away/74 ft/51 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Hawaii
20 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Barking Sands Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Barking Sands Airport
- Lihue AirportLIH, 29 mi
- Wheeler Army AirfieldHHI, 118 mi
- Kalaeloa AirportJRF, 121 mi
- Hickam Air Force BaseHIK, 127 mi
- Daniel K. Inouye International AirportHNL, 129 mi
- Kaneohe Bay MCAS (Marion E. Carl Field) AirportNGF, 135 mi
- Molokai AirportMKK, 183 mi
- Kalaupapa AirportLUP, 189 mi