Beside a road/1.8 mi away/102 ft/39 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area, Alaska
State Recreation Area in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska44°
49°/37°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 39°·Gentle breeze 9 mph ENE
Now. Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area is 44° and mostly clear at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 39°. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the east-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 36° by 8 AM, with some cloud. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 48°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 40°. Rain is likely Tuesday (63%). Rain is possible Monday (37%) and Wednesday (34%). The first freeze could come Saturday, a low of 32°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 7:17 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 day is 10 hours 5 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
76%Humidity
16%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
44feels39
now, mostly clear
Today
Oct 15
4937
37%
16mph
Fri
Oct 16
4836
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 17
4332
11%
Sun
Oct 18
4130
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
4232
37%
Tue
Oct 20
4333
63%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
4032
34%
44°
49°37°
48°36°
43°32°
41°30°
42°32°
43°33°
40°32°
As of 7:00 PM in Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.76 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 141 ft
- Borough
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 61.5632° N
- Longitude
- 149.2087° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Citizen station GW8006GW8006
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/176 ft/35 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
EW9414 WasillaE9414
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/132 ft/9 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/4.5 mi away/233 ft/92 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Palmer - Matanukska Exp FarmPALA2
On a farm or research station/1.5 mi away/167 ft/26 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Palmer 7.1 WSWAK-MS-21
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/232 ft/91 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alaska
18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Gatewaycommunity, 2 mi
- South Lakescommunity, 4 mi
- Palmercity, 4 mi
- Farm Loopcommunity, 4 mi
- North Lakescommunity, 5 mi
- Buttecommunity, 6 mi
- Fishhookcommunity, 7 mi
- Wasillacity, 8 mi
- Tanainacommunity, 8 mi
- Lazy Mountaincommunity, 9 mi
- Buffalo Soapstonecommunity, 9 mi
- Knik Rivercommunity, 10 mi
Parks near Matanuska Lakes State Recreation Area
- Nancy Lake State Recreation Area27 mi
- King Mountain State Recreation Site28 mi
- Chugach State Park33 mi
- Willow Creek State Recreation Area35 mi
- Susitna Landing State Recreation Site38 mi
- Montana Creek State Recreation Site46 mi
- Matanuska Glacier State Recreation Site48 mi
- Captain Cook State Recreation Area80 mi