At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,276 ft/611 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Coming up. Snow is likely late tonight, from about 12 AM, the chance peaking at 73% around 1 AM.
Now. Hughes is 32° and overcast at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 21°. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 18 mph, gusting to 39 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 29° by 5 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 33°, and the coolest Monday, near 21°. Snow is likely tomorrow (91%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 26°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 9 hours 39 minutes long, 7 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Hughes, Alaska.
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The 1 instruments nearest Hughes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 15.5 miles away.
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At an airfield/15.5 mi away/1,276 ft/611 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.5 mi from Hughes, Alaska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:29 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 2,600 ft, scattered at 5,500 ft, broken at 7,000 ft, broken at 19,000 ft; the ceiling is 7,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
32.0 F with a dew point of 23.0 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; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,600 ft.
From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 41 mph.
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Snow on the ground
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