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Harpersville, Alabama

Town in Shelby County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Harpersville

Index 94, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 22 miles off.

94Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)94Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb15.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate15.8 mi

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 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Harpersville

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

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

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 7 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Harpersville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

SylacaugaSCD

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/559 ft/102 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank198of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Childersburg Water PlantCHLA1

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/413 ft/44 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sylacauga, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Harpersville, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 7 mi.

Section of the sky over Sylacauga, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 7 mi.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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 7 MI0510TITLESylacauga, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SCDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SCD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.6 F with a dew point of 60.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Sylacauga: temperature 60.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.6 F, 60.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sylacauga, 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 SCDFIG. C THE WIND AT SYLACAUGAPLAN, 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 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

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

Near Harpersville

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

Near Harpersville

River and lake gauges