Storm Station
Wainwright, Alaska
35°
Overcast· Feels like 27°·Gentle breeze 10 mph E
Scattered rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
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89%Humidity
94%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 1 instruments nearest Wainwright, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now1 instrument

Wainwright Airport (ASOS)PAWI

At an airfield/0.8 mi away/89 ft/62 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank62of 846

Station report

The weather at Wainwright Airport (ASOS), drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 0.8 mi from Wainwright. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

34.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wainwright Airport (ASOS): temperature 34.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAWIFIG. B THE AIR AT WAINWRIGHT 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00020 F30 F40 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.5 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 34.0 F, 32.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEWainwright Airport (ASOS), the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAWITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAWI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 12 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wainwright Airport (ASOS), north up: blowing from 20 degrees, the north northeast, at 12 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 PAWIFIG. C THE WIND AT WAINWRIGHT AIRPORT (ASOS)PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 20°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWainwright Airport (ASOS), the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAWITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAWI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The column

At 89 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.83 inHg and the temperature at 58.7 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.49 inHg means its barometer reads 29.40 inHg; it reports 34.0 F, 24.7 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Wainwright Airport (ASOS) stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 89 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.83 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.7 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.49 and the station pressure it means, 29.40.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PAWIFIG. D WHERE WAINWRIGHT AIRPORT (ASOS) 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 ATMOSPHEREWAINWRIGHT AIRPORT (ASOS)0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT89 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 HERE29.83 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.7 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.49 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.40 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED34.0 FTITLEWainwright Airport (ASOS), the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS PAWITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PAWI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Wainwright Airport (ASOS), in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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