In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/736 ft/48 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Tomorrow is 11 degrees cooler: a high of 63° after 74° today.
Now. Lexington is 67° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 61°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 71° by 10 AM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 79°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 63°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:22 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in Lexington, Alabama.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Loretto (TN), 8 miles off.
Yesterday measured 44, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 53, moderate, Fri 3 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sat 7 PM, lowest 10 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lexington, AlabamaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Lexington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.5 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.3 mi away/736 ft/48 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Muscle Shoals 2 N63894
At a climate reference station/19.9 mi away/530 ft/254 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/20.1 mi away/551 ft/233 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Al Muscle Shoals 2 NMSXA1
At a river or reservoir gauge/20.2 mi away/551 ft/233 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Isbell FarmsS2173
At a soil climate station/36.1 mi away/603 ft/181 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Anderson 5.4 NNWAL-LD-40
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/828 ft/44 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AndersonANDA1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/774 ft/10 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Lexington, Alabama. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Anderson (ANDA1), 7.1 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 07:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.