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Skagway, Alaska

Community in Skagway Municipality, Alaska

On the radar over Skagway, AlaskaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Skagway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SkagwayPAGY

At an airfield/0.7 mi away/36 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank276of 1,023

SkagwayNDBC-SKTA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/0.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank958of 1,023

measured daily2 instruments

Haines 6.5 NWAK-HB-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.1 mi away/130 ft/69 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Skagway, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.7 mi from Skagway, Alaska. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 6,000 ft; the ceiling is 6,000 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Skagway, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, the ceiling at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAGYFIG. A THE SKY OVER SKAGWAYSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 6,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLESkagway, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PAGYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAGY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

43.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 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 lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Skagway: temperature 43.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAGYFIG. B THE AIR AT SKAGWAYTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.8 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 43.0 F, 42.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESkagway, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAGYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAGY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Skagway, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAGYFIG. C THE WIND AT SKAGWAYPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESkagway, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAGYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PAGY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Skagway, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at SKAGWAY RIVER 98 N Skagway River nr Skagway (SKGA2), 0.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 17:50. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alaska

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Near Skagway

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Skagway

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