At an airfield/2.1 mi away/243 ft/122 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fort Rucker, Alabama
Community in Dale County, Alabama* WHAT...North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of southeast Alabama and Big Bend and Panhandle Florida. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to 7 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Strong gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects and compromised trees. Trees damaged from Hurricane Isaias will be extra vulnerable to the elevated winds that may result in more downed trees in the area. In addition, large debris piles from storm cleanup may be blown about resulting in additional hazards to anyone nearby outdoors. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Frequent wind gusts forecast around 30-35 mph will create dangerous conditions outdoors in the vulnerable areas. Elsewhere, winds may result in large tree branches downed and localized power outages.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Secure outdoor objects. Remain alert for potential falling trees and power lines, blown debris, and additional damage to structures that remain compromised from the hurricane.
66°
87°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Calm 0 mph SSW
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Fort Rucker until 7 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 17 degrees cooler: a high of 70° after 87° today.
Now. Fort Rucker is 66° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 64°, so the air feels humid and sticky. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 86° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 80°, and the coolest Sunday, near 68°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:10 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:27 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 25 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
6Air quality
94%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8764
14mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7054
16mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6850
13mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7349
overcast
Tue
Oct 20
7650
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7951
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8052
overcast
66°
87°64°
70°54°
68°50°
73°49°
76°50°
79°51°
80°52°
As of 1:00 AM in Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Air quality
The air at Fort Rucker
Index 6, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Holmes, Jackson, and Washington Counties (FL), 43 miles off.
6Good
- Ozone6Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 15
- GoodTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 68, moderate, Fri 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Fort Rucker
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Fort Rucker, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fort Rucker, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Fort Rucker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank690of 798
Citizen station GW0137GW0137
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.0 mi away/309 ft/56 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Troy 2 W23801
At a climate reference station/34.9 mi away/472 ft/107 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
TroyTRXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/34.9 mi away/482 ft/117 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Daleville 0.3 EAL-DL-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.1 mi away/297 ft/68 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
HeadlandHDLA1
At a cooperative observer's station/22.3 mi away/358 ft/7 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Lowe AHP/Ft. Rucker, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.1 mi from Fort Rucker, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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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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Near Fort Rucker
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dalevillecity, 3 mi
- Level Plainstown, 4 mi
- Newtontown, 7 mi
- Enterprisecity, 7 mi
- Clayhatcheetown, 7 mi
- Ozarkcity, 8 mi
- Pinckardtown, 10 mi
- New Brocktontown, 13 mi
- Midland Citytown, 13 mi
- Napier Fieldtown, 16 mi
- Grimestown, 16 mi
- Hartfordcity, 17 mi