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Hokes Bluff, Alabama

City in Etowah County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Hokes Bluff

Index 29, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Gadsden (AL), 10 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good7 mi
  • Ozone5Good0 ppb7 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 7 PM: the index from smoke stays at 44 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Hokes Bluff

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Hokes Bluff, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 9 miles Fri 5 AM.

FriSat

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Hokes Bluff, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.2 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Gadsden Muni (AWOS)GAD

At an airfield/12.5 mi away/568 ft/36 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Gadsden 19 N63857

At a climate reference station/20.4 mi away/1,152 ft/548 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank538of 798

HodgesS2055

At a soil climate station/35.4 mi away/730 ft/126 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Hokes Bluff 5.0 NEAL-ET-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/591 ft/13 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Mt. Longleaf RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.0 mi from Hokes Bluff, Alabama. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:46 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 60.9 F, 78 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mt. Longleaf RAWS: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 60.9, 78 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGLA1FIG. B THE AIR AT MT. LONGLEAF RAWSTHE 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 1,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.2 FTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 60.9 FSPREAD 7.1 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 POINTTITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mt. Longleaf RAWS, 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 LGLA1FIG. C THE WIND AT MT. LONGLEAF RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR1GUST, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,017 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.84 inHg and the temperature at 55.4 F; it reports 68.0 F, 12.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Mt. Longleaf RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,017 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.84 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGLA1FIG. D WHERE MT. LONGLEAF RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREMT. LONGLEAF RAWS4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,017 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.84 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED68.0 FTITLEMt. Longleaf RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LGLA1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGLA1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Mt. Longleaf RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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