Birch Beach, Alaska
Beach in Aleutians West Census Area, AlaskaNow. Birch Beach is 36° and light rain at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 24°. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the southwest at 25 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 36°, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 37°, and the coolest Monday, near 33°. Snow is likely tomorrow (65%), Sunday (58%), Monday (53%), Wednesday (73%) and Thursday (92%). Snow is possible Tuesday (45%). The windiest day is Thursday, with wind to 30 mph. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 9:30 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 36% lit, and sets at 12:52 AM after midnight. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 35 minutes long, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Birch Beach, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing NNW 330°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- Area
- Aleutians West Census Area
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 52.9778° N
- Longitude
- 172.9708° E
What is measuring near here
Every instrument close enough to be worth naming, how far away it is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes.
What the snow tracker reads here
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Birch Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Attu Stationcommunity, 14 mi
- Eareckson Stationcommunity, 51 mi
- Adakcity, 444 mi
- Atkacity, 540 mi
- St. Paulcity, 720 mi
- St. Georgecity, 738 mi
- Nikolskicommunity, 754 mi
- Unalaskacity, 845 mi
- Akutancity, 872 mi
- Gambellcity, 924 mi
- Mekoryukcity, 935 mi
- Savoongacity, 947 mi
Beaches near Birch Beach
- Center Beach1 mi
- Smith Beach2 mi
- Austin Beach4 mi
- West Beach7 mi
- Red Beach8 mi
- Temnac Beach11 mi
- Earle Beach11 mi
- Chichagof Beach12 mi