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Ashland, Alabama

Town in Clay County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Ashland

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 55 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 0, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

SatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ashland

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ashland, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 PM.

SatSun

On the radar over Ashland, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Ashland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

TalladegaTLDA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/18.3 mi away/643 ft/461 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank205of 781

WedoweeS2175

At a soil climate station/18.8 mi away/934 ft/170 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank584of 781

AnnistonANB

At an airfield/22.0 mi away/597 ft/507 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank95of 781

measured daily2 instruments

AshlandALDA1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.7 mi away/994 ft/110 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank494of 781

Ashland 4.6 WNWAL-CY-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,230 ft/126 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Anniston, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.0 mi from Ashland, Alabama. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 1:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Anniston, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. A THE SKY OVER ANNISTONSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAnniston, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 38.0 F, 55 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Anniston: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.0, 55 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. B THE AIR AT ANNISTONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.6 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 38.0 FSPREAD 16.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 55 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAnniston, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 9 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Anniston, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 9 miles an hour, gusting 18; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ANBFIG. C THE WIND AT ANNISTONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 18 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAnniston, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ANBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-ANB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Anniston, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Ashland

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Ashland

River and lake gauges