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Banks, Alabama

Town in Pike County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Banks

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 35 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Banks

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Banks, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Banks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Troy 2 W23801

At a climate reference station/9.4 mi away/472 ft/82 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

TroyTRXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.4 mi away/482 ft/72 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank471of 798

Broad AcresS2177

At a soil climate station/34.6 mi away/269 ft/285 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank528of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Troy - WTBFTOIA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/568 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Troy 2.5 SAL-PK-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/421 ft/133 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Troy Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.4 mi from Banks, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:14 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Troy Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOIFIG. A THE SKY OVER TROY MUNICIPALSECTION, 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: 3 MI0510TITLETroy Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

61.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Troy Municipal: temperature 61.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOIFIG. B THE AIR AT TROY MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.7 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.0 F, 60.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLETroy Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Troy Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOIFIG. C THE WIND AT TROY MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETroy Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Troy Municipal, 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 Banks

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

Near Banks

River and lake gauges