Storm Station
Kivalina, Alaska
41°
Overcast· Feels like 35°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NE
A slight chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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80%Humidity
89%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Kivalina, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Kivalina Airport (ASOS)PAVL

At an airfield/0.1 mi away/10 ft/3 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank64of 848

Tahinichok RAWSTAHA2

A remote fire weather station/28.8 mi away/961 ft/948 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank291of 848

measured daily1 instrument

Kivalina 0.4 NNWAK-NA-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/9 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Kivalina Airport (ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.1 mi from Kivalina. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 5,000 ft; the ceiling is 5,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Kivalina Airport (ASOS), height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, the ceiling at 5,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAVLFIG. A THE SKY OVER KIVALINA AIRPORT (ASOS)SECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 5,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 5,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEKivalina Airport (ASOS), the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PAVLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAVL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

40.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 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 5,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Kivalina Airport (ASOS): temperature 40.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 85 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 5,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAVLFIG. B THE AIR AT KIVALINA AIRPORT (ASOS)THE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.1 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 5,000 FTTEMPERATURE 40.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 85 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 POINTTITLEKivalina Airport (ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAVLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAVL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Kivalina Airport (ASOS), north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAVLFIG. C THE WIND AT KIVALINA AIRPORT (ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEKivalina Airport (ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAVLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAVL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Kivalina Airport (ASOS), in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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