Mountain passes/Alaska/Portage Pass
Portage Pass, Alaska
Mountain pass in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, at 3,873 ftComing up. Tomorrow is 8 degrees cooler: a high of 17° after 25° today.
Now. Portage Pass is 21° and overcast at 3 AM. With the wind it feels like 14°. The dew point is 18°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the south-southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 25° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 14° by 7 AM, with some cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 18°, and the coolest Thursday, near 9°. Rain or snow is likely Monday (58%) and Tuesday (65%). Rain is possible Wednesday (31%). The windiest day is Wednesday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 12°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:55 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 8:36 PM. 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 day is 9 hours 57 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Portage Pass, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Mountain pass
- Height
- 3,873 ft
- Borough
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough
- State
- Alaska
- Latitude
- 61.9711° N
- Longitude
- 152.9614° W
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
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 Portage Pass
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Skwentnacommunity, 56 mi
- Petersvillecommunity, 77 mi
- Belugacommunity, 84 mi
- Nikolaicity, 85 mi
- Susitnacommunity, 85 mi
- Tyonekcommunity, 85 mi
- Trapper Creekcommunity, 88 mi
- Lime Villagecommunity, 89 mi
- Susitna Northcommunity, 96 mi
- Chasecommunity, 96 mi
- Willowcommunity, 96 mi
- Talkeetnatown, 97 mi
Mountain passes near Portage Pass
- Houston Pass7 mi
- Goodman Pass12 mi
- Rainy Pass17 mi
- Goodman Pass20 mi
- Strand Pass21 mi
- Simpson Pass25 mi
- Sled Pass33 mi
- Hayes River Pass38 mi