Temperature
61 F at 3 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Anniston Regional Airport, Alabama
Medium airport in Calhoun County, Alabama61°
84°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 61°·Light air 1 mph SW
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 65° after 84° today.
Now. Anniston Regional Airport is 61° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southwest at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 65°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:09 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
29Air quality
97%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
4:00 AM
61feels61
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8462
20%
15mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
6548
15mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6743
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7043
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7344
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7846
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
7948
overcast
61°
84°62°
65°48°
67°43°
70°43°
73°44°
78°46°
79°48°
As of 4:00 AM in Anniston Regional Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Anniston Regional Airport
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 33 miles off.
29Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good21.6 mi
- Ozone5Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 40 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Anniston Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Anniston Regional Airport, the next 40 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ANB
- ICAO
- KANB
- IATA
- ANB
- Field elevation
- 612 ft
- Serves
- Anniston
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- ANB
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 03:37
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 7,002 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 48° / 228° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Anniston (ANB), Anniston Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 45% at 12 PM Thursday to 100% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 3 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 45 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 3 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 11 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 11 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 3 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.3 miles at 1 AM, under a mile for 2 hours; 1 miles now.
- Now
- 1mi
- Lowest
- 0.3mi
- 1 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 1 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 3
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Anniston: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Anniston Regional Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
AnnistonANB
At an airfield/0.6 mi away/597 ft/15 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mt. Longleaf RAWSLGLA1
A remote fire weather station/10.6 mi away/1,017 ft/405 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Talladega 10 NNE73803
At a climate reference station/11.1 mi away/525 ft/87 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
WedoweeS2175
At a soil climate station/26.4 mi away/934 ft/322 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Oxford 5.3 WAL-CN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/580 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Water PlantHEFA1
At a cooperative observer's station/15.4 mi away/922 ft/310 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Anniston Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oxfordcity, 1 mi
- Hobson Citytown, 2 mi
- West End-Cobb Towncommunity, 4 mi
- Annistoncity, 5 mi
- Munfordtown, 7 mi
- Mount Cheahafeature, 8 mi
- Sakscommunity, 9 mi
- Choccoloccocommunity, 9 mi
- Weavercity, 12 mi
- Alexandriacommunity, 12 mi
- Hollis Crossroadscommunity, 13 mi
- Deltacommunity, 15 mi
Airports near Anniston Regional Airport
- Talladega Municipal AirportASN, 11 mi
- St Clair County AirportPLR, 23 mi
- Northeast Alabama Regional AirportGAD, 30 mi
- Merkel Field Sylacauga Municipal AirportSCD, 39 mi
- Thomas C Russell FieldALX, 47 mi
- Albertville Regional Airport/Thomas J Brumlik FieldBFZ, 50 mi
- Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportBHM, 51 mi
- Shelby County AirportEET, 60 mi