Temperature
66 F at 7 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 7 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 66F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 60° after 77° today.
Now. Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field is 64° and clear at 7 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 12 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 4 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. Air quality is moderate (index 64): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 76°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 60°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:12 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 AM in Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 64, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 27 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 59, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 33 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 5,500 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 16° / 196° | 6 mph head, on 20 | None |
Measured here
Every hour from Cullman (CMD), Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 7 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 66 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 63 F, the air 88% saturated; the humidity ran from 43% at 2 PM Thursday to 100% at 9 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the south southwest at 7 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.06 inHg at 7 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 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
Cullman: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom Field, 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
CullmanCMD
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/948 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Cullman-Nahrc ScanCNSA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.1 mi away/799 ft/170 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cullman-NAHRCS2113
At a soil climate station/6.1 mi away/799 ft/170 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Cullman 3 ENE63867
At a climate reference station/6.7 mi away/800 ft/169 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Vinemont 1.6 ENEAL-CM-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/865 ft/104 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West PointWPTA1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.0 mi away/938 ft/31 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.