At an airfield/1.6 mi away/312 ft/233 ft below here
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Now. Pitkas Point is 36° and overcast at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 26°. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the north at 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 31° by 6 AM, under cloud. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 36°, and the coolest Sunday, near 32°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is Tuesday, with wind to 22 mph. The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 29°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 7:39 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 8 PM. 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 10 hours 3 minutes long, 6 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Pitkas Point, Alaska.
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On the radar over Pitkas Point, AlaskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 2 instruments nearest Pitkas Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
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At an airfield/1.6 mi away/312 ft/233 ft below here
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Reindeer RiverRDRA2
At a river or reservoir gauge/30.1 mi away/107 ft/438 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 1.6 mi from Pitkas Point, Alaska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 6:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 9,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
36.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 85 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 9,000 ft.
From the north (360 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.
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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.