Storm Station
Chicken, Alaska
31°
Clear· Feels like 31°·Light air 2 mph E
Mostly clear, with a low around 22. North wind around 0 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
79%Humidity
2%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Chicken, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

ChickenCKNA2

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.8 mi away/1,685 ft/730 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank212of 848

measured daily2 instruments

Chicken 1NNECQNA2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/1,766 ft/649 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Eagle 45.5 SAK-FN-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/23.7 mi away/2,365 ft/50 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chicken, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.8 mi from Chicken. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:20 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

28.0 F with a dew point of 23.5 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chicken: temperature 28.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.5, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKNA2FIG. B THE AIR AT CHICKENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00010 F20 F30 F40 FSATURATES 1,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.5 FTEMPERATURE 28.0 FDEW POINT 23.5 FSPREAD 4.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEChicken, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP CKNA2TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CKNA2-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 0 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 6 mph.

Plan of the wind at Chicken, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 0; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKNA2FIG. C THE WIND AT CHICKENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0GUST, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChicken, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP CKNA2TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CKNA2-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,685 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.14 inHg and the temperature at 53.0 F; it reports 28.0 F, 25.0 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Chicken stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,685 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.14 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CKNA2FIG. D WHERE CHICKEN STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECHICKEN6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,685 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.14 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED28.0 FTITLEChicken, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP CKNA2TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CKNA2-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Chicken, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Chicken 1NNE (CQNA2), 2.0 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Alaska

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Near Chicken

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