Weather in Kaktovik

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 2:58 pm (AKDT)

Now · partly cloudy 25 °F

Feels like: 16 °F
Low / high: 23 / 25 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 8 mph SSE

↘ 29.96 inHg · falling

Today in Kaktovik: overcast, 23 °F to 25 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the south-southeast (8 mph). Tomorrow, light drizzle, 16 °F to 42 °F and a 37% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Thursday 29, at 42 °F. Next likely rain: Monday 2 (23%).

Measured now at the airport

Barter Island (PABA), 0.9 mi away · 1 h 2 min ago

Visibility9.9 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature23 °F

Wind6 mph from the south

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

25° 23°
Today
42° 16°
Thu 29
23° 15°
Fri 30
33° 19°
Sat 31
24° 17°
Sun 1
27° 21°
Mon 2
22° 14°
Tue 3
22° 17°
Wed 4
23° 20°
Thu 5
21° 18°
Fri 6
21° 19°
Sat 7
25° 20°
Sun 8
25° 22°
Mon 9
26° 22°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	23 / 25 °F	0%	13 mph S	1.5 ft	ECMWF
Thu 29	Light drizzle	16 / 42 °F	37% · 0.01 in	30 mph WSW	4.4 ft	ECMWF
Fri 30	Overcast	15 / 23 °F	10%	10 mph ESE	2.4 ft	ECMWF
Sat 31	Light drizzle	19 / 33 °F	24% · 0.04 in	10 mph WSW	2.8 ft	ECMWF
Sun 1	Overcast	17 / 24 °F	10%	9 mph SW	2.8 ft	ECMWF
Mon 2	Snow	21 / 27 °F	23% · 0.09 in	25 mph W	2.8 ft	ECMWF
Tue 3	Light drizzle	14 / 22 °F	9% · 0.00 in	14 mph SE	2.8 ft	ECMWF
Wed 4	Overcast	17 / 22 °F	8%	12 mph ESE	3.1 ft	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light snow	20 / 23 °F	9%	15 mph E	3.4 ft	ECMWF
Fri 6	Overcast	18 / 21 °F	14%	17 mph ENE	4.6 ft	ECMWF
Sat 7	Light snow	19 / 21 °F	14% · 0.02 in	14 mph ENE	4.1 ft	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light snow	20 / 25 °F	14% · 0.10 in	19 mph ENE	5.2 ft	ECMWF
Mon 9	Light snow	22 / 25 °F	10% · 0.02 in	20 mph ENE	6.2 ft	ECMWF
Tue 10	Snow	22 / 26 °F	8% · 0.11 in	23 mph ENE	6.8 ft	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy
Temperature	23°	24°	24°	24°	24°	25°	24°	24°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	9 SSW	8 SSW	8 S	8 SW	7 SW	8 SSE	11 SE	13 SE
Humidity	70%	75%	80%	74%	74%	71%	69%	66%
UV	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Low confidence

They don't agree on wind on Saturday 31: it may change, so check again closer to the day.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	25°	42°	23°	33°	24°	27°	21°
AIFS	30°	37°	26°	28°	28°	25°	24°
GFS	32°	38°	25°	29°	28°	28°	22°
ICON	32°	37°	28°	33°	30°	28°	28°
Confidence	medium	high	high	high	medium	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0	0.01 in	0	0.04 in	0	0.09 in	0.00 in
AIFS	0	0	0.00 in	0.14 in	0.07 in	0.06 in	0.10 in
GFS	0	0	0	0.05 in	0	0.10 in	0
ICON	0	0.00 in	0	0.07 in	0	0	0
Confidence	high	high	high	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	1318	3041	1014	1014	929	2519	1420
AIFS	16	25	11	7	7	8	12
GFS	1928	3056	1219	810	1424	1525	55
ICON	1723	3857	1722	2433	1422	1521	2435
Confidence	high	medium	high	low	high	low	low

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	37%	10%	24%	10%	23%	9%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	28%	4%	39%	14%	19%	13%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: much warmer, normal rain and a slightly warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well above +7.4 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.9 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Well above +8.6 °F	Normal	A bit above +1.3 °F	22° / 21°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Well above +8.1 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.7 °F	19° / 17°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Well above +6.1 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.5 °F	13° / 11°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Above +3.6 °F	Normal	Normal +0.4 °F	9° / 7°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Above +5.2 °F	Normal	Normal +0.2 °F
December	Above +3.6 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
January	A bit above +2.5 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
February	Above +3.6 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F
March	Above +5.2 °F	Normal	Normal 0.0 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Kaktovik climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Kaktovik is from March to July: highs of -2 °F to 54 °F, about 5 rainy days a month and 8 hours of sunshine a day.

-3° -20°

JanJ
-5° -22°

FebF
-2° -22°

MarM
15° -5°

AprA
33° 19°

MayM
45° 31°

JunJ
54° 38°

JulJ
52° 38°

AugA
43° 31°

SepS
28° 16°

OctO
12° -3°

NovN
2° -13°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water
JanuaryJan	-3°	-20°	0.35 in	2	0.0	29°
FebruaryFeb	-5°	-22°	0.13 in	2	4.0	29°
MarchMar	-2°	-22°	0.14 in	2	7.2	29°
AprilApr	15°	-5°	0.14 in	2	8.6	29°
MayMay	33°	19°	0.29 in	4	6.8	29°
JuneJun	45°	31°	0.39 in	5	8.5	31°
JulyJul	54°	38°	1.06 in	8	6.9	36°
AugustAug	52°	38°	0.87 in	10	2.6	38°
SeptemberSep	43°	31°	0.47 in	9	2.1	35°
OctoberOct	28°	16°	0.56 in	6	1.5	31°
NovemberNov	12°	-3°	0.35 in	2	0.0	29°
DecemberDec	2°	-13°	0.22 in	2	0.0	29°

Month	Water
Jan	29°
Feb	29°
Mar	29°
Apr	29°
May	29°
Jun	31°
Jul	36°
Aug	38°
Sep	35°
Oct	31°
Nov	29°
Dec	29°

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 4.97 in of rain on about 54 days and about 1,450 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now25 °Ffeels like 16 °F

Tomorrow16 / 42 °F

It's 25 °F now (feels like 16 °F). Today, 23 °F to 25 °F; tomorrow, 16 °F to 42 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Thu 29 37% 0.01 in
Fri 30 10%
Sat 31 24% 0.04 in
Sun 1 10%
Mon 2 23% 0.09 in
Tue 3 9% 0.00 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. The next day with likely rain is Monday 2: 23% and 0.09 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.01 in; last 7 days, 0.02 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity71%

Dew point17 °F

Humidity is 71% now and the dew point is 17 °F.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds68%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak0low

Thu 29: 0 · Fri 30: 0 · Sat 31: 0

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling · now Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.5030.00 29.15

Falling now (−0.06 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.82 inHg. Falling pressure: anglers say fish feed more before the change. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 37

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 27	Light drizzle	18 / 36 °F	0.01 in	20 mph WSW
Mon 26	Overcast	24 / 36 °F	0	16 mph SW
Sun 25	Overcast	27 / 32 °F	0	12 mph SSW
Sat 24	Overcast	16 / 39 °F	0	13 mph S
Fri 23	Light snow	20 / 33 °F	0.01 in	16 mph SSW
Thu 22	Overcast	2 / 28 °F	0	15 mph SSW
Wed 21	Overcast	22 / 25 °F	0	23 mph W

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Overcast	5 / 24 °F	0	15 mph W
Mon 19	Overcast	4 / 20 °F	0	9 mph S
Sun 18	Overcast	8 / 24 °F	0	19 mph SW
Sat 17	Snow	23 / 27 °F	0.10 in	17 mph W
Fri 16	Light snow	27 / 30 °F	0.01 in	28 mph E
Thu 15	Overcast	14 / 26 °F	0	24 mph E
Wed 14	Light snow	17 / 22 °F	0.03 in	9 mph SE
Tue 13	Snow	22 / 31 °F	0.16 in	10 mph N
Mon 12	Light snow	26 / 31 °F	0.04 in	10 mph WSW
Sun 11	Overcast	21 / 30 °F	0	8 mph SSW
Sat 10	Overcast	19 / 34 °F	0	10 mph S
Fri 9	Overcast	9 / 22 °F	0	12 mph S
Thu 8	Overcast	7 / 24 °F	0	10 mph SE
Wed 7	Snow	22 / 25 °F	0.13 in	12 mph ENE
Tue 6	Snow	24 / 28 °F	0.21 in	15 mph ENE
Mon 5	Overcast	26 / 30 °F	0	13 mph ENE
Sun 4	Overcast	10 / 29 °F	0	12 mph E
Sat 3	Mainly clear	10 / 25 °F	0	11 mph SSE
Fri 2	Light snow	11 / 22 °F	0.03 in	19 mph WSW
Thu 1	Snow	23 / 27 °F	0.20 in	16 mph W
Wed 30	Light snow	26 / 29 °F	0.02 in	12 mph ENE
Tue 29	Snow	28 / 32 °F	0.13 in	21 mph WNW
Mon 28	Light snow	29 / 33 °F	0.02 in	20 mph W

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in KaktovikQuestions

What's the weather like today in Kaktovik?

Overcast, from 23 °F to 25 °F, with a gentle breeze from the south-southeast (8 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Kaktovik?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 37% (0.01 in): light drizzle.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 14 °F and a high of 42 °F; the warmest day, Thursday 29.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 0 (low). No special protection needed.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 29.96 inHg and falling: −0.30 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Kaktovik?

The best time to visit Kaktovik is from March to July: highs of -2 °F to 54 °F, about 5 rainy days a month and 8 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Kaktovik in October?

In October, Kaktovik normally sees highs of 28 °F and lows of 16 °F, with about 6 rainy days (0.56 in for the month) and 1 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 31 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Kaktovik?

The warmest is July, with average highs of 54 °F, and the coldest February, with lows of -22 °F. The wettest is July (1.06 in) and the driest, February.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 9.6 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 2:58 pm (local time).

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