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Buckland, Alaska

City in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

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What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Buckland, 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 now2 instruments

BucklandPABL

At an airfield/0.4 mi away/43 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily1 instrument

Buckland 0.3 SEAK-NA-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/13 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Buckland RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.9 mi from Buckland, Alaska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:01 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

29.0 F with a dew point of 20.1 F, 69 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Buckland RAWS: temperature 29.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 20.1, 69 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKLA2FIG. B THE AIR AT BUCKLAND RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 2,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 18.2 FTEMPERATURE 29.0 FDEW POINT 20.1 FSPREAD 8.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 69 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBuckland RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BKLA2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKLA2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (342 degrees) at 7 mph, gusting 2 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 112 mph.

Plan of the wind at Buckland RAWS, north up: blowing from 342 degrees, the north northwest, at 7 miles an hour, gusting 2; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKLA2FIG. C THE WIND AT BUCKLAND RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 342°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1GUST, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBuckland RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BKLA2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKLA2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 388 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.50 inHg and the temperature at 57.6 F; it reports 29.0 F, 28.6 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Buckland RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 388 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.50 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BKLA2FIG. D WHERE BUCKLAND RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREBUCKLAND RAWS1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT388 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.50 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED29.0 FTITLEBuckland RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BKLA2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BKLA2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Buckland RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Elsewhere in Alaska

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