Temperature
70 F at 9 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 65 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 70F
- 9 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 65F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Pryor Field Regional Airport, Alabama
Small airport in Limestone County, Alabama70°
90°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 70°·Light air 2 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 79° after 90° today.
Now. Pryor Field Regional Airport is 70° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 63°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 63° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 58): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 79°, and the coolest Saturday, near 64°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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
58Air quality
79%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
70feels70
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9064
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7962
17%
20mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
6445
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6839
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7141
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7543
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7845
overcast
70°
90°64°
79°62°
64°45°
68°39°
71°41°
75°43°
78°45°
As of 10:00 PM in Pryor Field Regional Airport, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Pryor Field Regional Airport
Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Huntsville (AL), 15 miles off.
58Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate20.6 mi
- Ozone23Good24 ppb13.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good20.6 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 56YesterdayOct 14
- 56TodayOct 15
- 53FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pryor Field Regional Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Pryor Field Regional Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- DCU
- ICAO
- KDCU
- IATA
- DCU
- Field elevation
- 592 ft
- Serves
- Decatur
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- DCU
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 21:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 6,107 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Decatur/Pryor Field (DCU), Pryor Field Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 63 F, the air 78% saturated; the humidity ran from 33% at 1 PM to 100% at 3 AM.
- Dew point now
- 63F
- 9 PM
- Humidity now
- 78%
- Humidity, range
- 33 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
3 mph from the south southeast at 10 PM; at its strongest 7 mph, 12 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 3mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 12 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 10 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 10 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.01inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 3 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 3 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 6,000 ft at 11 AM; a base was reported in 3 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 6,000ft
- 11 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
Decatur/Pryor Field: 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 Pryor Field Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/581 ft/11 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wtars ScanWTAA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/18.2 mi away/625 ft/33 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Stanley FarmS2056
At a soil climate station/21.3 mi away/635 ft/43 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Courtland 2 WSW63868
At a climate reference station/22.4 mi away/575 ft/17 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Belle Mina 2 NBLMA1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.4 mi away/610 ft/18 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Decatur 2.7 NWAL-MG-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/574 ft/18 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Belle Mina 2 N (BLMA1), 4.4 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Alabama
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
AnnistoncityAuburncityBirminghamcityCullmancityDauphin IslandtownDecaturcityDothancityFlorencecityFort PaynecityGadsdencityGulf ShorestownHuntsvillecityJaspercityLake GuntersvillefeatureMobilecityMobile BayfeatureMontgomerycityMount CheahafeatureSelmacityTalladega National ForestfeatureTroycityTuscaloosacity
Near Pryor Field Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Decaturcity, 4 mi
- Mooresvilletown, 4 mi
- Trinitytown, 9 mi
- Pricevilletown, 9 mi
- Athenscity, 10 mi
- Madisoncity, 11 mi
- Trianatown, 12 mi
- Hillsborotown, 14 mi
- Hartsellecity, 15 mi
- Somervilletown, 16 mi
- Redstone Arsenalcommunity, 17 mi
- Harvestcommunity, 18 mi
Airports near Pryor Field Regional Airport
- Huntsville International AirportHSV, 10 mi
- Redstone Army Air FieldHUA, 15 mi
- Courtland Airport9A4, 23 mi
- Madison County Executive Airport-Tom Sharp Jr FieldMDQ, 26 mi
- Cullman Regional Airport-Folsom FieldCMD, 27 mi
- Northwest Alabama Regional AirportMSL, 38 mi
- Guntersville Municipal Joe Starnes Field8A1, 42 mi
- Posey Field1M4, 45 mi