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Detroit, Alabama

Town in Lamar County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Detroit

Index 26, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Tupelo (MS), 35 miles off.

26Good
  • Ozone26Good-

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Detroit

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Detroit, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 7 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Detroit, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 11.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Haleyville1M4

At an airfield/36.8 mi away/932 ft/471 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 798

Russellville 4 SSE63895

At a climate reference station/39.3 mi away/720 ft/259 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Al Russellville 4 SSERUXA1

At a river or reservoir gauge/39.4 mi away/715 ft/254 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

HamiltonHAMA1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/446 ft/15 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank11of 798

Guin 6.8 NNWAL-MR-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.1 mi away/524 ft/63 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Haleyville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.8 mi from Detroit, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:56 AM 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 Haleyville, 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 1M4FIG. A THE SKY OVER HALEYVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEHaleyville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Haleyville: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1M4FIG. B THE AIR AT HALEYVILLETHE 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 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.3 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 61.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 78 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 POINTTITLEHaleyville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Haleyville, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 1M4FIG. C THE WIND AT HALEYVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHaleyville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 1M4TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-1M4-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Haleyville, 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 Detroit

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

Near Detroit

River and lake gauges