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Benton, Alabama

Town in Lowndes County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Benton

Index 71, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Montgomery (AL), 36 miles off.

71Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)71Moderate-
  • Ozone40Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 66, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Benton

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Benton, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Benton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SelmaS2176

At a soil climate station/8.1 mi away/140 ft/2 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank580of 798

Selma 6 SSE63897

At a climate reference station/9.1 mi away/157 ft/19 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

SelmaSEM

At an airfield/10.3 mi away/145 ft/7 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank797of 798

measured daily2 instruments

SelmaSELA1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/135 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Selma 1.5 WSWAL-DS-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.4 mi away/151 ft/13 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank706of 798

Station report

The weather at Selma, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.1 mi from Benton, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:00 PM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

84.2 F with a dew point of 62.3 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Selma: temperature 84.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.3, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2176FIG. B THE AIR AT SELMATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 F100 FSATURATES 5,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FTEMPERATURE 84.2 FDEW POINT 62.3 FSPREAD 21.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLESelma, the airSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2176TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2176-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 140 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.77 inHg and the temperature at 58.5 F; it reports 84.2 F, 25.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Selma stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 140 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.77 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2176FIG. D WHERE SELMA STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERESELMA1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT140 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.77 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED84.2 FTITLESelma, the columnSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2176TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2176-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 49 degrees above the horizon at 32.40 N, and the day is 11 h 13 min long. Level ground there takes 75 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Selma, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 49 degrees above the horizon, against 81 at the June solstice, 58 at the equinoxes and 34 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 13 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT S2176FIG. E THE SUN AT SELMAELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 81°EQUINOXES 58°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 34°OCT 16, 49°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 13 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 75 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 32.40 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLESelma, the sunSTATION REPORT · SCAN S2176TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-S2176-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Selma, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Alabama

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