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Hanover, Alabama

Community in Coosa County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Hanover

Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 46 miles off.

46Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good-
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 73, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM: the index from smoke stays at 39 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hanover

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Hanover, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 7 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hanover, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 13.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SylacaugaSCD

At an airfield/13.2 mi away/559 ft/201 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank198of 798

Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/25.9 mi away/584 ft/176 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Water PlantSCGA1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.0 mi away/541 ft/219 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank156of 798

Sylacauga 2.8 NNEAL-CS-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/14.5 mi away/541 ft/219 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Sylacauga, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.2 mi from Hanover, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sylacauga, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 7,500 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTFEW 7,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

83.5 F with a dew point of 65.3 F, 54 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 7,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Sylacauga: temperature 83.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 65.3, 54 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 7,500 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00050 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 4,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 7,500 FTTEMPERATURE 83.5 FDEW POINT 65.3 FSPREAD 18.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 54 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 southwest (250 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sylacauga, north up: blowing from 250 degrees, the west southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light 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 250°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE 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

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