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Hoover, Alabama

City in Jefferson County, Alabama

Air quality

The air at Hoover

Index 97, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Birmingham (AL), 4 miles off.

97Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)97Moderate-
  • Ozone5Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)60Moderate-

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 1 AM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Hoover

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Hoover, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 1 AM, lowest 9 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Hoover, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

BessemerEKY

At an airfield/7.6 mi away/701 ft/220 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank795of 798

Clanton 2 NE63891

At a climate reference station/38.7 mi away/584 ft/103 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank545of 798

measured daily2 instruments

Hoover 0.8 SSEAL-SH-72

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/452 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank687of 798

Cahaba Pump HouseCHTA1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.9 mi away/495 ft/14 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station WA4FG, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.2 mi from Hoover, Alabama. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station WA4FG, 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 WA4FGFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION WA4FGPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station WA4FG, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP WA4FGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WA4FG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 453 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.43 inHg and the temperature at 57.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.06 inHg means its barometer reads 29.57 inHg; it reports 63.0 F, 5.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station WA4FG stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 453 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.43 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.4 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.06 and the station pressure it means, 29.57.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WA4FGFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION WA4FG 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION WA4FG2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT453 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 HERE29.43 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.4 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.06 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.57 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLECitizen station WA4FG, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP WA4FGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WA4FG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 48 degrees above the horizon at 33.35 N, and the day is 11 h 12 min long. Level ground there takes 74 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station WA4FG, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 48 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 57 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 12 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WA4FGFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION WA4FGELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 57°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 48°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 12 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 74 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.35 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station WA4FG, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP WA4FGTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WA4FG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station WA4FG, in 4 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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Near Hoover

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