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Dayton, Alabama

Town in Marengo County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Dayton

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Ward (AL), 37 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone7Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 50 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dayton

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Dayton, the next 45 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 20.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

DemopolisDYA

At an airfield/20.1 mi away/106 ft/96 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank525of 798

Selma 13 WNW63858

At a climate reference station/24.2 mi away/193 ft/9 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Sweet Water 7.3 NWAL-MA-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.3 mi away/138 ft/64 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Selma 13 WNWMAJA1

At a cooperative observer's station/24.2 mi away/180 ft/22 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Demopolis, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Dayton, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DYA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.6 F with a dew point of 65.0 F, 95 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 Demopolis: temperature 66.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.0, 95 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 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 64.6 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 66.6 F, 65.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 95 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DYA-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 Demopolis, 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 DYAFIG. C THE WIND AT DEMOPOLISPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEDemopolis, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DYATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Dayton

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

Near Dayton

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