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Childersburg, Alabama

City in Talladega County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Childersburg

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 28 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate-
  • Ozone40Good40 ppb21.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)25Good21.6 mi

The days ahead

Highest 59, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Childersburg

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

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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 1 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Childersburg, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SylacaugaSCD

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/559 ft/142 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank198of 798

TalladegaTLDA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/19.4 mi away/643 ft/226 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank204of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Childersburg Water PlantCHLA1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.7 mi away/413 ft/4 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Childersburg 3.1 SAL-TG-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/568 ft/151 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sylacauga, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.8 mi from Childersburg, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 7,000 ft, broken at 9,000 ft, overcast at 10,000 ft; the ceiling is 9,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sylacauga, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 7,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 9,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, the ceiling at 9,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. A THE SKY OVER SYLACAUGASECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 10,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 9,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 7,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 9,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESylacauga, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

80.0 F with a dew point of 66.2 F, 63 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Sylacauga: temperature 80.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 66.2, 63 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. B THE AIR AT SYLACAUGATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.9 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 7,000 FTTEMPERATURE 80.0 FDEW POINT 66.2 FSPREAD 13.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 63 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 POINTTITLESylacauga, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sylacauga, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SCDFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLACAUGAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESylacauga, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sylacauga, 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.

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