Sterling Hwy @ Ninilchik River BridgeNRBA2
Beside a road/1.0 mi away/89 ft/115 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Ninilchik, Alaska
Community in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska33°
48°/33°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 33°·Light air 2 mph E
Now. Ninilchik is 33° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 35°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 47° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 35° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 44°, and the coolest Thursday, near 39°. Rain is likely Sunday (54%), Monday (76%) and Tuesday (76%). Rain is possible Wednesday (40%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 30°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:54 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 35% lit, and sets at 9:09 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 10 hours 7 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
-Air quality
92%Humidity
57%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
33feels33
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 16
4833
12%
Sat
Oct 17
4433
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
4230
54%
Mon
Oct 19
4229
76%
Tue
Oct 20
4231
76%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
4131
40%
Thu
Oct 22
3927
partly cloudy day
33°
48°33°
44°33°
42°30°
42°29°
42°31°
41°31°
39°27°
As of 1:00 AM in Ninilchik, Alaska.
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Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Ninilchik, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank579of 1,023
Ninilchik SouthNCKA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/133 ft/71 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Schor GardenS2063
At a soil climate station/26.4 mi away/120 ft/84 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At an airfield/28.1 mi away/72 ft/132 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW4901GW4901
In a volunteer observer's own ground/37.6 mi away/83 ft/121 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Homer 1.4 NNWAK-KP-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/27.2 mi away/331 ft/127 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At an airfield/28.3 mi away/63 ft/141 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Homer Municipal (ASOS), drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 28.1 mi from Ninilchik, Alaska. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
37.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.
The wind
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air 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 Ninilchik
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Happy Valleycommunity, 7 mi
- Clam Gulchcommunity, 14 mi
- Nikolaevskcommunity, 16 mi
- Anchor Pointcommunity, 19 mi
- Cohoecommunity, 21 mi
- Fritz Creekcommunity, 24 mi
- Kasilofcommunity, 24 mi
- Fox Rivercommunity, 24 mi
- Diamond Ridgecommunity, 24 mi
- Kachemakcity, 26 mi
- Homercity, 28 mi
- Halibut Covecommunity, 34 mi