At an airfield/1.8 mi away/161 ft/18 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Now. Newhalen is 36° and overcast at 8 PM. With the wind it feels like 29°. The dew point is 33°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 3 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 Monday, near 43°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 34°. Rain is likely Sunday (69%) and Monday (92%). Rain is possible Tuesday (47%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:27 PM. 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. The day is 10 hours 8 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Newhalen, Alaska.
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On the radar over Newhalen, AlaskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Newhalen, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/1.8 mi away/161 ft/18 ft above here
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Port Alsworth 1 SW26562
At a climate reference station/38.1 mi away/321 ft/178 ft above here
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At a river or reservoir gauge/38.2 mi away/321 ft/178 ft above here
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Citizen station FW7521FW7521
In a volunteer observer's own ground/38.6 mi away/325 ft/182 ft above here
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measured daily1 instrument
At an airfield/1.8 mi away/152 ft/9 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Newhalen, Alaska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.
Broken at 1,100 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
36.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 89 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.
At 161 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.75 inHg and the temperature at 58.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.53 inHg means its barometer reads 29.36 inHg; it reports 36.0 F, 22.4 F colder than standard.
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.