Temperature
61 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 3 AM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 66° after 85° today.
Now. Talladega Municipal Airport is 61° and clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 83° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 6 AM, with some cloud. 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 80°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 66°. 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 day is 11 hours 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Talladega Municipal Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 33 miles off.
Yesterday measured 49, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 6,032 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 35° / 215° | 2 mph head, on 04 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
Every hour from Talladega (ASN), Talladega Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
61 F at 3 AM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 61 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 5 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east at 3 AM; at its strongest 6 mph, 3 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.05 inHg at 3 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 7 miles at 2 AM; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Talladega: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Talladega Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
TalladegaASN
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/510 ft/19 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Talladega 10 NNE73803
At a climate reference station/0.1 mi away/525 ft/4 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Al Talladega 10 NNETLXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/0.4 mi away/525 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
WedoweeS2175
At a soil climate station/34.8 mi away/934 ft/405 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Talladega 9.1 NNWAL-TG-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/475 ft/54 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Waste Water Treatment PltTALA1
At a cooperative observer's station/11.7 mi away/505 ft/24 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.