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Butler, Alabama

Town in Choctaw County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Butler

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Ward (AL), 35 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good19.1 mi
  • Ozone24Good28 ppb19.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide0Good0.7 ppb19.1 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.6 ppb19.1 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 38, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Mon 7 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Butler

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

Last 24 hours
0.02in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Butler, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Mon 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Butler, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DemopolisDYA

At an airfield/29.9 mi away/106 ft/95 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank558of 781

measured daily1 instrument

Toxey 6.0 NAL-CW-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.0 mi away/367 ft/166 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank743of 781

Station report

The weather at Demopolis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 29.9 mi from Butler, Alabama. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:15 PM 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 Demopolis, 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 DYAFIG. A THE SKY OVER DEMOPOLISSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEDemopolis, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DYATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DYA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 41.7 F, 37 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Demopolis: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.7, 37 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DYAFIG. B THE AIR AT DEMOPOLISTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 35.9 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 41.7 FSPREAD 27.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 37 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 POINTTITLEDemopolis, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DYATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DYA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Demopolis, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DYAFIG. C THE WIND AT DEMOPOLISPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDemopolis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DYATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DYA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Demopolis, in 6 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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