At an airfield/0.1 mi away/10 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Kivalina, Alaska
City in Northwest Arctic Borough, AlaskaNorthwestern Alaska Coastal Waters out 100 NM Wind forecasts reflect the predominant speed and direction expected. Sea forecasts represent the average of the highest one- third of the combined wind-wave and swell height. .TONIGHT...NE winds 25 kt. Seas 4 ft. Light freezing spray. .FRI...N winds 25 kt. Seas 5 ft. Light freezing spray. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Light freezing spray. .SAT...NW winds 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Light freezing spray. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft. .MON...N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 ft. .TUE...N winds 20 kt. Seas 5 ft.
27°
27°/16°
Clear·
Feels like 18°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNE
Alert. A Small Craft Advisory is in force for Kivalina until 5 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Kivalina is 27° and clear at 9 PM. With the wind it feels like 18°. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northeast at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 19° by 5 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 Sunday, near 34°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 25°. Snow is likely Sunday (68%). Rain is possible Saturday (33%) and Monday (47%). The windiest day is Sunday, with wind to 20 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 18°.
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. 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 25 minutes long, 8 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
78%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
27feels18
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
2716
13mph
Fri
Oct 16
2518
15mph
Sat
Oct 17
3019
33%
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
3426
68%
20mph
Mon
Oct 19
3025
47%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
2920
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
2820
11%
13mph
27°
27°16°
25°18°
30°19°
34°26°
30°25°
29°20°
28°20°
As of 9:00 PM in Kivalina, Alaska.
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Now, today, and the week
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Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 3 instruments nearest Kivalina, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
Rank665of 1,023
Red Dog DockNDBC-RDDA2
At a harbour/16.7 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily1 instrument
Kivalina 0.4 NNWAK-NA-1
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/9 ft/4 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Kivalina Airport (ASOS), drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 0.1 mi from Kivalina, Alaska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
27.0 F with a dew point of 21.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up.
The wind
From the north (350 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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 Kivalina
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Kotzebuecity, 78 mi
- Shishmarefcity, 112 mi
- Noorvikcity, 112 mi
- Kianacity, 121 mi
- Deeringcity, 124 mi
- Point Laycommunity, 144 mi
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- Bucklandcity, 153 mi
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