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Colony, Alabama

Town in Cullman County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Colony

Index 63, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 35 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)63Moderate-
  • Ozone24Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)35Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 70, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 60, moderate, Fri 4 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Colony

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Colony, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Cullman 3 ENE63867

At a climate reference station/18.2 mi away/800 ft/367 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

Cullman-NAHRCS2113

At a soil climate station/18.4 mi away/799 ft/366 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank530of 798

CullmanCMD

At an airfield/22.8 mi away/948 ft/515 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank183of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Hayden 3.6 WNWAL-BL-28

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.9 mi away/557 ft/124 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HancevilleHNCA1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.5 mi away/594 ft/161 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cullman, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 22.8 mi from Colony, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:15 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 Cullman, 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 CMDFIG. A THE SKY OVER CULLMANSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLECullman, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CMDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.2 F with a dew point of 64.4 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Cullman: temperature 66.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.4, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CMDFIG. B THE AIR AT CULLMANTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.0 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.2 F, 64.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLECullman, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMD-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 Cullman, 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 CMDFIG. C THE WIND AT CULLMANPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECullman, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CMDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CMD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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