Temperature
63 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 87F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Coming up. Tomorrow is 18 degrees cooler: a high of 68° after 86° today.
Now. Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell Field is 63° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 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 70): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 78°, and the coolest Sunday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:11 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 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 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell Field, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 70, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 66, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 6,197 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 69° / 249° | Calm | Calm |
| 14 / 32 | 5,024 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 143° / 323° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Troy Municipal (TOI), Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
63 F at 1 AM; 87 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 62 F, the air 97% saturated; the humidity ran from 42% at 2 PM Thursday to 97% at 8 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 3 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.09 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 0.5 miles at 10 PM Thursday, under a mile for 1 hour; 3 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 1 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 5 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Troy Municipal: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 6 instruments nearest Troy Municipal Airport at N Kenneth Campbell 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/397 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TroyTRXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.9 mi away/482 ft/84 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Troy 2 W23801
At a climate reference station/4.9 mi away/472 ft/74 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
Broad AcresS2177
At a soil climate station/29.4 mi away/269 ft/129 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Troy 2.8 NWAL-PK-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/387 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Troy - WTBFTOIA1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.3 mi away/568 ft/170 ft above 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.